Children's Festival and the Main Station

The store owners inside the Heidelberg main station had announced a Children's festival inside the station on Sunday afternoon. When coming back from a flee market that was interrupted by a thunderstorm we stopped by not expecting much: What could three be besides some face painting and a table for coloring. It turned out ro be quite a good program with a nice performance every 30 minutes.
After an acrobat there was an interactive theater performance for kids

Mia had an idea on how to get off an island

In other parts of the station there was an acrobat

Of course there was also a magic show

Elsa made it Heidelberg as well - she could really explain to Mia though why Anna was not around

Flooding in Heidelberg

After some heavy rain upriver the Neckar flooded some streets in the old parts of Heidelberg. This was worth checking out

 

A young woman pushed her bike trough the water which was really dangerous. When she realized this it was too late to turn around because the current was so strong but luckily she mad out okay

On the way back Mia wanted to ride her mother's bike - which is still a bit too big for her

Winefest in Edenkoben

The Pfalz is famous for its wine and many villages have wine festivals in the summer or fall. We took the train to Edenkoben to check out the one there.

The carousel was from 1906

The other rides were a also a bit older but still fun for Mia

The wine in the Pfalz comes in big 0,5 l glasses - something we are not really used to. Mia had her Fanta

The pony ride was free

When Mia didn't behave we could use some old fashioned pedagogical device that was in the medival part of the festival

Picking Strawberries

We have a couple of farms nearby where one can pick strawberries yourself. We tried one in Ladenburg which we knew  from the fall when had gone there for a corn maze

Of course we also had quite a few during picking

Bike Tour along the Neckar

The last Thursday in May was a public vacation day and we used to nice weather for a bike tour along the Neckar. We took the S-Bahn with our bikes to Neckargmünd and the rode back to Heidelberg.  Parts of the ride were very nice along the river at other parts we ad to ride along noisy street.

Half way we stopped for ice cream

The Reader

On a rainy vacation day Mia decided to spend the morning reading a book

Kampenwand

On our last day in Oberbayern (Southern Bavaria) we made a trip to the mountains. A old cable car that took us up to the Kampenwand

On top we had  breathtaking view of many snow covered peaks in the Austrian Alps

The top station of the cable car was also a starting spot for paragliders

A 30 minute walk - with no difference in elevation - took us to the north facing side of the mountain with a great view of the Chiemsee. We even passed some snow fields

Then it was time for lunch

Then Mia wanted to climb to the cross on top of the mountain - the largest one in the region

Half way up she changed her mind though

The last evening we couldn't stay on the farm but found a hotel in Marqartstein s small village with impressive old buildings