Carnival Parade in Wahn

Like in the years before we drove to Cologne to watch a carnival parade - this time only the small one in Wahn. On the drive up north every other car had the yellow Dutch license plate and a box for skies on the roof. Apparently some school vacation just ended and many families were returning to the Netherlands after a ski vacation in Austria or Switzerland

Like in the years before we also stopped halfway in Montabauer at an outlet mall  with many shoes stores - didn't find anything for Mia though

The parade in Wahn was pretty crowded. There were more than 60 floats and it lasted more that two hours

A famous TV show host that lives nearby had is own float

After the parade we went to see cousin Barbara for dinner who moved to Bonn about half a year ago - found a nice place not too far from the Rhine an old town where Barbara now has an apartment

Schol Open House

In the last week we looked at a few nearby schools that Mia could attend starting September when she has to transfer from elementary school to a secondary school. There are four public schools within a 2 km radius and there are even some private schools - but we didn't consider those. One reason for all these choices is probably that these schools are also attended from children outside Heidelberg.
We had a look at all four public schools that could be an option
One is in the old town of Heidelberg and parts of the bulding looks like they are more than 150 years old . The biology room looked intersting

Another school that started 1836 now has a modern building from 1969 just south of the older part of town and even has a telescope on top

Papa's Birthday

This year Mia bought a birthday present from her own money: A big bar of Milka is always welcome

There were some other nice presents as well

Mia had a similar new jacket

Cooking Curry

Mia had planned a dinner with appetizer, main course and desert from the children's cook book she
got for Christmas. As a start she helped with a curry dish

New Friends

Some new friends of Ji have invited her an Mia to their place in the old town - Mia loved the cute dogs which she could take for a walk

Ice Skating

It got a bit colder and we thought that this would be a good day for ice skating on a sunny Sunday. Unfortunately the out door ice rink was free this weekend and it was super crowded. It was still fun though

The new Bike

Today Mia got a good recommendation for the secondary school which starts in grade 5 after this summer. A good reason for a  little celebration and a new bike. We had bought it a few days earlier from a cooeague.

 It has really bright lights and is a bit bigger than the old one which has gooten a bit too small