Visisting relatives

Ji's cousin invited us to her place in the west of Singapore to meet here family. It was quite a long trip by MRT - the rapid transit trains - so Singapore is a bit bigger than we though. The view from the apartment was really nice - including a really big pool

They had prepared some fruits as a snack:

Mia was happy to meet the family cat

The view from the kitchen was nice as well - on a clear day it would go all the way to Indonesia

 

Sentosa Island

One of the tourist attractions for Singapore is Sentosa Island. We took the scenic route with a cable car to enjoy the vew

The island is very artificial including the beach

Botanical Garden

 On Wednesday morning Mia didn't feel well and she stayed in bed when we met Ji's aunt and cousin when they showed us the botanical garden. Since we really enjoyed it we also took Mia there in the afternoon when she felt better again. It was quite hot so we had to look for a cold drink

Some strange creatures were running around in the park

We cooled of in a cool house for orchids that grow on mountains

When it turned dark we headed to a hawker market in China Town

From there we then walked to the river after some fresh squeezed organge juice from a vending machine

Trip to Singapore

For Mia's two week break in early June we decided to combine a trip to Shanghai with one to Singapore - it was almost the same price for both stops on the same airline ticket.
Ji's cousin who lives in Singapore and who she last saw more than 25 years ago in the US picked us up at the airport and drove us to our hotel on Orchard road. First we tool some pictures at a indoor waterfall at a mall attached to the airport

The next day we explored the area around Marina Bay. We could see chickens in different parts of the town

We cooled off a bit and had lunch at a huge mall

We watched a light show in the evening

On the way back to the metro station a long tunnel with mirrors was used by groups of young dancer for the practice 

 

A visit by Maya

The daughter of our former neighbors who had moved to Australia was visiting Heidelberg for a few weeks and come over for coffee and cake. Mia and Maya had been in a choir together

 

Shopping for summer clothes

For our upcoming trip to Singapore and  China we needed to buy some extra summer cloth. So we went to hughe shopping mall north of Mannheim. We even took a fashion advisor along

BOGY

For the week of May 2 -9 Mia went every day to Frankfurt to work for her BOGY internship at a big service company there. The internship is required by the school in grade 10 and a Girl Scout leade had helped her get the spot

The last day she helped out a a public event with very tall basketball players