Papa's Birthday

After a week in Hamburg to help Ji's friensd we stopped in Cologne for a little birthday get together.
First we stopped in Bensberg for coffee and cake

We left at sunset to join a party at Stefan's place

When we left the next morning there was time for a selfie in fron of the cathedral

Our train took the scenic route along the Rhine:

Unpacking a package back home

Kleinfischlingen

Stefan came for a short visit to see some friends from Finland who were in the area to participate in an exchange with a school in Wiesloch only 16 km south if Heidelberg. It turned out that part of the program on this Sunday was a tour of a winery in Kleinfischlingen - is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinata across the Rhine. One of the local teachers had grown up at the winery and had organized a private tour where we could join.

A lot of wine was stored in huge stainless steel tanks

A wine tasting was part of the tour but Mia of course had some grape juice -it had wone a gold medal at some competition. Luckily she had  brought a book