Some of our friends think we're silly to do these overseas "workations" where we have the pressures of following schedules and cranking out lessons as we do at home. 

We do take time for sightseeing and recreation on occasion.  This past weekend, we caught a train to Vienna and toured the splendid Schonbrunn palace gardens, developed by the Habsburg monarchs in the seventeenth century.  We treated ourselves to overpriced apple strudel and enjoyed the view.