Day 4,5,6

Day 3.  Cold and rainy day in Frankfurt.  We bought the Frankfurt card which lets you ride the subways & trams all day and gives you 50% off admission to all the Frankfurt museums.  Eli liked riding the trains.  At first, we had an issue if the train that arrived at the station when we were boarding was not blue (they come in blue, teal, yellow, white, etc).  A couple of times we got on the train with Eli screaming, "not this one! not this one!", much to the joy of our fellow passengers I am sure.  By the third trip or so, thankfully he moved on from this one.

The girls thumbwrestling on the train.

We went to the Frankfurt Museum of Natural History.  It's got nothing on the one in NY, but it was nice nonetheless.   Below, all three kids looking at the same exhibit.  A rare moment.

We went to Experimenta!, a hands on science-center type museum.  It was really great.  Very minimalist in terms of design and set up.  Just a series of rooms with really cool things to look at and play with.  mostly they were very simple ideas that created really interesting effects and results.  I didn't get too many pictures.  here is one Derek tried.  It was just three mirrors set up facing each other.  When you ducked inside, you were inside a kaleidoscope.  The string lights add to the effect (but again, really simple idea - dramatic effect).  I was really impressed with the whole place.

Monday we drove up to Hamburg.  Arrived in the evening and found our new apartment.  The evening sky cleared up and we had a really nice walk into the city center which was great. 

Eli loves bridges.  Hamburg is full of them, so he is thrilled.  

I am posting these straight out of my iPhone to Blogger, so I can crop but I can't rotate which is driving me crazy on this tilted image.  

Two images I captured of the kids in the center of Hamburg.  There was a man who had ropes tied into circles and a bucket of bubble stuff.  A huge hit!  Apparently, Derek and the kids went back multiple times over the next few days while they were in Hamburg.  Bubbles never get old.

Monday evening, I did a quick walk-around in the apartment where we were staying.  Everyone on their electronic device - perfect!  At least it was quiet.  I wasn't complaining.

By the time I walked into the other rooms to take pictures of Charlotte and Grace, Eli had moved in and taken my spot next to Derek.