Trip to Germany

8 months since my last blog post. Life is good but busy. I wanted to post some pictures from our current adventure in Germany, both for family at home to see while we are gone and also for us to remember the trip by later on.

Day 2 in Frankfurt. It is 11:22 and the kids are all awake (but quiet) in the bedroom. I brag about my imperviousness (is that a word?) to jet-lag. It seems my offspring did not inherit the trait. They are happy, though, and they traveled like champs.

Some pictures...

Americans on vacation. Eating McDonalds and watching the cool 3D tv in the hotel (actually a small apartment we are renting for 3 nights).  Eli prefers to watch without the glasses. It's trippy that way.

On the Zeil in the center of Frankfurt.

Hey girl, sprechen zie English?

At the ruins of a castle in St. Goar. Derek predicted they would love running and climbing around a ruined castle.  They still lack the attention span for most guided tours. (I can't really blame them.) The ruins were fun to explore and you could go anywhere and climb on stuff.  Eli was in heaven. 

Eli is holding a bottle of sparkling mineral water.  Derek bought it at the store, mistaking it for spring water (still water?  however you distinguish it from the "regular" bottled water that is the only kind we have at home).  The girls were repulsed.  Eli took a big swig and said, "it's delicious!"

On the car ride up to the Toronto airport.

I like how they both stick their tongues out when they are concentrating.

We'll see what day 3 has in store...