Going Away Card

Mia and her friend put together a self made card and some chocolates for a school librarian from her school who will be leaving soon

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

Neunstadt an der Weinstrasse - the main town at the foothills of the Palatine Forrest - has one of the biggest old towns in the area. We never went for a visit but a warm late summer day was a good opportunity to take the one hour S-Bahn ride there.

 
We also went for a little walk into the hills outside of town

Back in town we looked for a restaurant for dinner

Bike Tour to Neckargemünd

On a sunny but a bit bit cool day we tried out the new bike route along the river Neckar to Neckargemünd where one lane of a four lane road had ben converted into a bike path.

Mia"s friend came along

It was not too cool for ice cream

Some crackers for a swan

Evening sun on the ride back

Back to school

 Leaving for school on the first school day in grade 7

 

Saturday mornig project

Mia build a little domino course as a Saturday morning project

 Of course when they started falling it was captured on video

Calw

To make use of the nice weather we did a day trip to Calw. A city at the north eastern edge of the Black Forrest which has a pretty old town.

Some of the old half timbered merchant houses were really impressive

 The birth place of Hermann Hesse is right on the market square

After a nice dinner at a brew pub by the river we drove back