necessity is the mother of invention ... and adventure!

In my last post I mentioned we were going on an afternoon bike ride with some of Andi's friends. What I wasn't sure of then was how we were going to get Nate on a bike given that we had no child's seat. Of course I had underestimated the creative genius of both my husband and Andi. I'm not sure who more appropriately suits the title of 'Macgyver'. Anyway, as you can see by the photo, Nate enjoyed the ride strapped into his car seat.

It was a beautiful ride - flat (which suited me perfectly!) and on a smooth bike path all the way along the Danube from Ottensheim to a lake where we swam and then to the beer garden for an afternoon break (from doing nothing!). On the way home we stopped at the beach* where Andi and Nate took a swim, the rest of us retiring on the sand. Loved every minute.

*When I say 'beach' I mean river with a sand bed next to it. Those who passed Geography will know that Austria is bordered entirely by other countries and has no coastline to speak of.