Trip food (of course)

If you've been following our travels long, you'll have realized we basically travel for the food, and our recent trip to Vienna and Bratislava was no exception. Due to its recurrence in our travels, I'm creating a new tag specifically for Schweinehaxe, the slow-cooked pork knuckle. The one we had in Bratislava was the biggest we've ever seen, and the massive plank of wood it came on (below) was pretty amazing too.We had to try the famous Sachertorte while we were in Vienna. It's an incredibly rich chocolate cake with apricot filling, covered with a very dark (incredible) chocolate icing.

Unfortunately Gavin managed to eat an entire dark chocolate disk. He stuffed the whole thing in his mouth all at once and wouldn't give any of it up. He's a dark chocolate fan, for sure. (Little Michaela--also a fan.)Jacob bought this little square of ice cream that was labeled as Russian ice cream. It tasted like thick cream that had been frozen onto little wafers. Very delicious. Again, Gavin agreed.Other things we ate: Austrian blood sausage (Blunzengröstl); boiled beef (Tafelspitz); and several pieces of Apfelstrudel. We watched a strudel-making demonstration that was lots of fun. I didn't have a chance to get photos, but here's one of a little strawberry pastry we ate in Vienna.