Sunday, March 7, 2021

The New Helper

Our new helper was named Ruby by Mia. She tells her what to do and she is cleaning the floor in our apartment


Before she starts working we have to clear everything out of the way - like he pile pf library books Mia can't return because the library is closed due to Corona


Thursday, February 25, 2021

Papa's Birthday

 Another nice birthday with chocolates and Kölsch beer

 The traditional birthday dish


 


Saturday, February 13, 2021

Two Hikes

On another cold winter weekend Mia went hiking with her friend Nisha on one side of he Neckar and we on the opposite side around the castle. After many cold days there were long icicles at the castle walls






 It also looked nice from Mia's side



Belated Christmas Presents

When Colleen returned to Heidelberg after a unplanned long stay in Chicago because of Corona she had some presents for Mia. They had been planned for Christmas but it was still a great surprise in February



 


Monday, February 1, 2021

Colorful Visitors

Some of the rose ringed parakeets that are quite frequent in Heidelberg stopped at our balcony for a few minutes. Some colorful visitors in the middle of winter




Sunday, January 17, 2021

Snowy Weekend

We got a bit of snow this months and already went to some nice walks on the previous weekend but Mia didn't feel like joining. This Sunday she came along

The way up was a bit slippery
 




Snowball fight


A bit up he mountain








Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Storm on the Capitol

 Shocked like everybody else we followed the news coverage when a mob stormed in Capitol in Washington DC

It was already past Mia" bed time and she had taken a shower but she stayed up late to follow the events