Sunday, November 25, 2018

Girl Scout Sleepover

Mia joined an American girl scout group at the end of the summer - maybe a good way to make new friends. As a perpetration for future camping trips  a mother with a big house invited the older girls for a sleepover the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Right after the drop of we had to leave but thanks to Facebook we received some pictures later -


There was a late Thanksgiving potluck dinner



There was a ginger bread house building activity





The next morning the had to get up at 7 am


Time for breakfast


View from the front yard


Sunday, November 11, 2018

A walk in the woods

On a sunny Sunday afternoon we set out for a walk along the hills of the Neckar valley towards Heidelberg. The fall colors of the leaves were really beautiful





Towards the we could see the river and the castle between the trees


 A little break
 T
he old town and the castle


Saturday, November 3, 2018

Düsseldorf

We November 1 - All Saints day - a public holiday in southern Germany and Mia with a one week fall break we decided to go for a mini vacation to Düsseldorf. The city is the capitol of North Rhine Westphalia and got top rankings in some "best towns to live in the world" rankings. Also our old friend Claudia lives there.
It was raining pretty hard on our first afternoon and we met Claudia and her boyfriend in a brew pubg were we tries the local Alt beer - Mia tried a lemonade


 After the rain had stopped we walked around in the old twon a bit


The next morning we walked along the  Köningsallee of Kö a famous high end shopping  street tying to find an ATM


We ended up in the old town and tried the ferries wheel which offered some nice views



Apparently Düsseldorf was famous for boys who made meoey by showing their cart wheels. Mia tried some too but didn't get any money




We walked to the parliament building on the Rhine and the TV tower



We had dinner at another brew pub after buying a basket ball for Mia



Saturday we checked out an aquarium everybody had recommended


The zoo in Heidelberg has no penguins or shark and many other animals that need an aquarium so it was nice to see those at the Aquazoo