We are setting off to Munich once again. This time to pick up both passports – finally.
Tag Archives: Germany
Cheese Dinner
We bought 8 different cheeses at the cheese meadow place as well as some bread and promptly after a nice drive back home we sat down for a cheese and wine dinner. Low calories!
Garmisch
We are off to the mountains today to relax and take in some views.
New old car
Any guesses on our new ride?
Delivery
Remember how proud I was about getting those awkward IKEA chairs home? Well, that was nothing compared to these two women getting 5 years’ supply of Coke into their tiny car. I wish I could’ve stuck around to see it happen and document it for you all!
Parking lot
This is the “parking lot” at Evelina’s school. The school is grades 1 through 4 and there are VERY few kids that are dropped off and picked up by parents. Evelina rides her scooter every day and parks it here too. Without locks. She told me she wouldn’t enjoy going to school in Germany if […]
Something to look forward to!
I cannot tell you all how excited we are to be seeing our good friends Henrik et al next week. We haven’t seen them in … well …. about a year I guess but we have so many years to make up for at this point! All I have to tell you is get ready […]
Nordhausen
On the way to Harztor we passed through the largest village in the region. Nordhausen has a population of about 44,000 and was 75% destroyed during the bombing raids during WW II. This little town is very charming and well preserved. It has been rebuilt and renovated and it certainly worth coming back to for […]
First day of school
Today marked another milestone: first day of school in Germany! You may or may not be surprised to hear that both children were EXTREMELY excited for this new adventure. They spent the weekend organizing supplies. Boris even went as far as to claim he was “sick and tired of relaxing”. After school, the two of […]
Festival Fun
Germans love their beer – that much is true. We don’t, but we try an occasional sip or two. Kids on the other hand can just run on beer fumes.
Half a meter of experience.
Many of you might be thinking that this adventure of ours is all fun and games, and you would be right for the most part but… In order to give you the best and the most immersive and realistic impression of this trip we face a huge burden of having to try and test as […]
Bierfest
Today is, if you are a god-fearing folk, a Happy Cadaver Day, literal translation in German. This means it’s a holiday and everything is closed except churches and beer gardens, both of which are open for business and will gladly take your money. Since we don’t drink beer, but have been to church before, we […]
F1 Style
I still have not seen the last F1 race from Monaco. I though I would be watching it already but we are still over 350km away from home. Having been stuck in traffic for over 3 hours it was time to stretch our legs a bit and make up for some lost time – F1 […]
Baustelle
Baustelle – at first that sounded like some exotic French pastry we thought. After a nice rest we drove by a sign that read “Baustelle in 7 km”. With a bit of traffic on the road going rather slow around Leipzig, we looked around at all the nice cars including this great looking CLS wagon. […]
So Many Choices
It’s pit stop time. After a few hours of bad weather, we finally got some sunshine about 40km from the German border. We decided to stop for a little break and have some food. You might say that this really is just an average stop, on an average autobahn in the middle of Germany. Kind […]
Nuremberg – Großgründlach Walk
Today we went for another walk around our neighbourhood. We went towards the centre of the neighbourhood where we found more beautiful and quaint old homes, shops and old buildings – some dating back to 776.
Visit to Volker’s Mom
Today we went to visit Volker’s mom for a Sunday lunch. She lives on the other side of Nuremberg in a beautiful home with a pool, backing onto a huge park and some impressive trees. The most prized possession in her garden is a heritage peony flower that grows more like a shrub with wood […]
Pottenstein – The Village
After a bit of fun and exploration we sat down for a piece of traditional plum cake and a cup of coffee in the village just below the castle. Great atmosphere, great views and beautiful weather.
Devil’s Cave – Pottenstein
After doing some summer sledding we headed over to the Devil’s Cave a short drive up the road. The Devil’s Cave is about 1.5km long which makes it the longest cave in Germany. The only way to get in and see the cave is with a guided tour. It is about a 45 min walk […]
Pottenstein
The plan for this Saturday was to go to Pottenstein. Pottenstein is a small village about 60km north of Nuremberg. It is famous for its cave, its trout smokehouse and the summer sledding park as well as a beautiful castle perched on the top of the hill.. We decided to spent a relaxing day away […]
Autobahn
A practical approach to distracted driving. We have been here for almost a week now and it seems that every time we get in the car we have to get on Autobahn. Autobahn is a precarious thing. It seems to have a life of its own. There are speed limits and there are a lot […]
Lego Star Wars
One might say, that this was an experience out of this world, but don’t take our word for it, and we have pictures to prove it.
Lego Hamburg and Netherlands
Here are a few more……
Lego Lucerne
Both Anna and I have been to Lucerne a long long time ago. In fact, after a nice long drive through the Swiss Alps we stopped in Lucerne for a cup of coffee to take in the sights and relax before our trip back to Bern. It is in Lucerne that we found out that […]
Lego Berlin
Berlin is another city on the TO DO list and it is not only because it has another Legoland theme park. Boris is very excited to go to Berlin and it looks like sooner rather than later we are going to be checking this off the list of things that we have done.
Lego Venice
Here is Venice. While the real Venice is on our TO DO list on this adventure – our first taste of things to come is made out of millions of little colourful bricks.
Lego Frankfurt
Some of the sights and sounds we enjoyed in the Miniature Land.
Around Germany and a Galaxy Far Far Away
Legoland is great. The food is great, the shopping is great, the rides are fun, the shops are cool and millions and millions of little Lego bricks just make it special in a way that warms your heart and makes you feel like a kid all over again, it is impossible to be unhappy there. […]
Legoland – Deutschland
The happiest place on earth, at least right now for Boris and Evelina is Legoland. About 197km outside Nuremberg or 1.30h drive from Nuremberg is Legoland-Allee, Günzburg Legoland. We got a family pass for all Legoland attractions throughout Europe for 1 year, unlimited admission for €257 including parking. This includes all Legoland fees, free parking, London […]
Nuremberg – Großgründlach
For the first time this week we managed to have an early dinner which was at 7:00 pm, this left us some free time to go out for a walk around the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is an eclectic mixture of old homes, new houses, and historic homes that have been fully renovated but totally modernized […]
Nuremberg – Around Town
We headed out to get a hair dryer and after searching far and wide, in one electronics’ store, Saturn, we found what we needed. Then a quick stroll around the old town for a pretzel sandwich. You heard it right, a giant pretzel cut in half and stuffed with a whole whack of goodies, from […]
Munich – Old Town Tour
While the Polish Consulate in Munich was a huge disappointment, or preformed as expected, the rest of the city was a treat. We were expecting to spent good 2 to 3 hours waiting to see the Consul but with this option out of the way there was simply more time to explore the city. […]
Munich
We set off to Munich to get our passports done. It took exactly 2 min to be sent off with a litany of excuses. Wrong documents, wrong translations, wrong day, wrong time, wrong reason and with the wrong rhyme! With a whole day ahead of us we decided to explore this wonderful city and it’s […]
Disturbance in the Force
While wondering around town we stumbled upon this lovely bunch. The whole cast was well represented and from the looks of it – Darth Vader was well surrounded. Its amazing what one can do with a bit of yarn and some traffic posts.
Nuremberg – Old Town
Today we had a chance to get out and see the old town. We had a quick stop over at Volker’s office, a nice lunch with some friends and off we went to get our to do list out of the way. Passport photos, laptop connectors, and lots and lots of pretzels to eat. Most […]
Going Shopping
First day in Germany. Moving on to plan A – getting over the jet lag. Promptly, in accordance with the said plan we got up at 3:30 local time, which is well in line with local Edmonton time. After a quick coffee and breakfast we managed to get out of the house for a quick […]
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