Becky decided to leave the fashion design course in Paris after one semester, and started a degree in Information Science at the Vienna Technical University in March. In April, she moved into an apartment near the Votivkirche in Vienna. John helped her a lot with building furniture and hanging curtains.

There was a very late spring this year. We had snow through the last days of March, but warm sunny Spring weather arrived at the beginning of April. It was a very good year for the flowers and fruit trees in our garden.

In June, John travelled to England where the main event was his sister Ann's 60th Birthday. On her birthday, she prepared a lovely meal and received many nice presents.

In July, Becky went to Berlin with her boyfriend, Daniel, while Marian baked various fruit pies and tarts using fruit from the garden.

This year, for the first time, we planted roses in the garden and there were many lovely blooms.

In August, Marian's sister Lisa came for a visit. They visited Schoenbrunn and the Belvedere palaces, took a ride on a steam train to the top of the Schneeberg, visited the Amethyst World (the largest amethyst vein in the world), went to a concert of the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at the Grafenegg castle, and took a boat ride on the Danube to the Durnstein Castle.