The Young Photographer

My used an older camera to take some pictures by herself when we went to the zoo:
The result was not too bad

Deidesheim

We wanted to check out some of the other "Alla Hopp" playgrounds in the area and decided to go to Deidesheim in the Pfalz. We could go for free by train with the Job ticket and the playground was a 5 minutes from teh train station. Also, it seemed like a good plan to take a train to a region famouts for its wine.

The last two stops to Deidesheim were on a new local Diesel train

Mia checked out some sculptures on the square in front of the Town Hall

Form there it was a five minute walk to the playground with it's huge climbing wall

 

Part of the sandstone rocks were some fossilized footprints of an prehistoric reptile

 Mia also checked out the monkey vars

At the end it was time for Easter muffin in the bakery across the street

It really looked like a nice area and we will back in the spring for sure - today it was still very windy and cold

The old Lego train

Mia invited her class mate and neighbor Paul to come over to play with an old Lego train and other old toys like a Western town

When it was time to leave she walked him back home

Feeding the ducks

We had some leftover bread so Ji and Mia made a little bile tour to the Neckar Wiese - a park by the river Neckar - to feed the ducks.

Then some very dark clouds appeared to the south

This didn't keep Mia from a short stop at swing

A few minutes later it started to snow heavily

Mathaise-Markt

Luckily Ji picked up a free newspaper earlier this week with an article about the Mathaise-Markt - the first big fair of the spring in Schriesheim north of Heidelberg.
It was raining all morning but luckily it stopped in the afternoon and we took th Nr 5 tram to Schriesheim.
The first ride was the Ferris wheel with a beautiful view of the area

Then Mia wanted to try some other rides

 She also did some pony riding

We had some snack in the big bee tent

There was a cute dog

Mia"s last ride was the Kettenkarusell

 

When we left the sun came finally out

Bad Wimpfen

Just to get out on a cold and grey Sunday we made a little train trip from Heidelberg to Bad Wimpfen - an medieval town on a small hill overlooking the river Neckar. The trip was free with the job ticket and thee is a non stop train from Heidelberg every two hours.

The view from the "Blue Tower" a medieval watch tower
 

It was not too cold for some ice cream

Mia discovered a little playground

Oma in Town

Oma was in town with Joachim and Mäxchen. She had brought a present and some old toys

After a great lunch with chicory with ham in a bechamel  sauce it was time for an afternoon walk - especially since Mäxchen really had to get out.

Unfortunately the great bakery Ji and Mia had discovered two days earlier was closed on Saturdays.
Later at home Mia could check out some of the old toys Oma had brought

The old Lego train set is still running after 40 years