Full House

Andreas and Janine were visiting from Wuppertal for two days with their two children. 
Mia was mostly excited to see Karolin - her old partner in crime from a birthday party a year ago.

We met them after they had checked out the old town and showed them a new playground by the library. Some of the activities there are also for adults - like a balancing platform

The next day Mia insisted in showing the new Alla Hopp playground

Neither Daniel nor Mia made it up the flag poles but they did some nice back flips

 The mothers relaxed a bit

When the sun came out Karolin, Daniel and Mia checked out the parcous course and a expert showed some of his tricks

Trip into the Odenwald

Mia's Oma was spending a week of vacation in the hills east of Heidelberg - the Odenwald. So we drove the 50 minutes to see her two days after her birthday.
First we had a nice lunch at the hotel she stayed at

Then we went for a little walk

Mia also checked out the play area by the  hotel

New Alla Hopp Playground

After moe than a dozen Alla Hopp Playgrounds have opened in the region a brand new one finally opened in Heidelberg. Its about the size of a football field and offers activities for many different ages
- from a water playground with sand for pre-schooler to a parcous course and a section with weights for teenagers and young adults.
Of course Mia wanted to check it out an the opening day which luckily h some nice weather.
One of the highlights is the rock climbing area

Mia also liked the zip line

She also met some neighbors

Family Reunion in Nuremberg

For Jörg's birthday party many of the cousins meet in Nuremberg - a good opportunity for Mia to meet some of her seconds cousins.
The drive from Heidelberg is only a bit more that two hours and we left early to avoid traffic so we had the morning to walk around in the old twon

The we met for coffee and cake had did some games

Mia tried some foosball

Later we had cigarettes and beer

Choir Practice

Mia has joined a choir for young children at the city run music school and also does some practice at home

Türöffnertag in Speyer

A popular German TV show for children - "Die Sendung mit der Maus" - invites businesses, clubs and other places to open their door for children on a "Türöffnertag" so that they can take a look behind their scenes.
One option in our area was the cathedral in Speyer - a 1000 year old Romanesque  church with a lot of history which is a world heritage site.

After the tour for children we walked around a bit in the old town

There was a nice view from the on old watch tower

We also walked a bit  along the river Rhine which is not for behind the Dom

Marble Cake

Mia wanted to bake a marble cake and with some help it turned out pretty well