Papa's Birthday

This year Papa's birthday was on a weekday. But there was still a great little party in the afternoon. Mia had the idea to get a pink birthday shash

She also made her own rrum-aisin-nut-coco-nut chocolate

Special decoration

Barbara and Ueli in town

Barbara could not come fot Chinese New Year because of a businee trip to South Africa but she and Ueli came a week later for a whole weekend

Sightseeing in Heidelberg was included

Museum in Künzelsau

For a little weekend trip on a cold but sunny Saturday Ji had suggested to drive to Künzelsau - a small town about an hour east of Heidelberg. A rich factory owner has build a museum there for his private collection is is free to the public.
Actually there were tow museums - the smaller one is next to the company headquarters and showed a Christo exhibition

One of his projects was in Central Park in New York City

The bigger museum had some famous artworks

We also checked ou the center of the old tow

Driving back at sunset

Dinner at an Italian restaurant here in Heidelberg we like

Chinese New Year

Like the year before we had a little celebration on the eve of Chinese New Year. On TV we could folllow the traditional gala on Chinese TV and Ji had made a big dinner

Some champagne a midnight in Shanghai

Shopping in Stuttgart

On the last day of the school break it was time for a quick shopping trip to Stuttgart - mainly for window shopping

Flying back

 On the last day of the year we were flying back to Frankfurt

A cute desert for the end of the year

At home we unwrapped the Christmas presents under the Christmas tree but only Mia managed to stay up until midnight

Back in Shanghai

After returning from Zhejiang we also stopped by at Mia's favorite bakery chain.
A cute scooter when we walked from the bus stop to the cafe

Bubble tea and coconut bread

The hotel was already decorated for the Chinese New year - the year of the snake

We also went for some last minute shopping at Metro and Declathon. Its almost a tradition that Mia checks out some of the sporting goods at the Declathon next to her grand parents place