Buying things over here is much easier than in the States. The reason being that all tax is included in listed prices. If that toaster is listed as being 39.99 Euro, that’s what you pay. There is no tax added on. As such, most of their prices tend to end in a 5 or 0, […]
As you may know, we’re living in the city of Linz, Austria. We’ve done some exploring, but it occurred to me that I don’t know all that much about the city. I decided to look up some information on Wikipedia about the town. Here’s the quick rundown: Linz is pronounced “Lintz” We’re in the northern […]
Thing here are very similar to back home, but every now and then we come across something that’s just down right neat. Here’s one such example.
Before I forget, I need to mention a few things. First, we bought a TV today. It’ll be nice to take in some culture, watch kid’s shows to learn some German, and have something to hook my Xbox up to. It’s small and cheap, but that’s all we need… and Mary Jo would let me […]
During our trip to Toys R Us, I discovered a potential problem. Let me preface this by saying that Austrian toys are awesome. They are traditional toys that you pair with your imagination to really get the full experience. Things like plastic food that you can play with. Or blocks. Or gigantic plastic robots. The […]
Mary Jo is blogging right now too! I wonder who’ll post first! Today we went out to the only big shopping center we know of. I’m sure there are others, but we don’t know about them… yet. We hit the Toys R Us (yeah, they have them), and did some browsing. This particular store was […]