tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78820300272789645432024-03-05T22:00:58.373-07:00The Whittacres go to Bavaria. . . and plan to visit all of Europe on the weekends!Wonderful Whittacreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049914088949263739noreply@blogger.comBlogger806125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882030027278964543.post-50236448325650502722018-08-02T12:47:00.002-06:002018-08-02T12:47:38.116-06:00Camping in Style!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This year I had a camp director who was able to go to Girl's Camp for part of the time. We still needed to take the girls down on two separate days though so I drove the first bunch down and took my kids along for some camping of our own for a few days. We all love the mountains in Garmisch and my kids have never been camping before so it was a good opportunity. Chopper had to stay behind and work.</div>
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So I don't know how much this is really like camping! The campground is part of a resort complex and so we had access to their pool and restaurants. And buffet breakfast $3 for kids? I'm totally taking advantage of that! So we did sleep in a tent and spend most of our time outside but it was really not roughing it!</div>
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The kids slept until 7:30 that first morning despite it being so light out. And of course William had to come cuddle with me. It doesn't work as well in a sleeping bag as a regular bed. We were pretty squished.</div>
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Our first full day in Garmisch, the kids wanted to hike. And I ignored my common sense that said "take them on a kid friendly hike" because they wanted to go into the mountains. So we did. Rather we tried. We started up Mt. Wank and it was uphill and hot and William wanted to hold my hand (and drag behind) and we stopped every minute or so to look at a butterfly or a rock or a snail. We didn't get very far. We turned around and went back but salvaged the trip by giving our parking ticket to a couple from the Netherlands who were thrilled to have free parking. But even not going too far gave us some great views!</div>
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Then Megan wanted to go in the cable car up to the top of the Zugspitze. And it was a great clear day. But we couldn't find her sweatshirt and it was 50 degrees at the top and I knew she would not be happy so we decided against that. We ended up going back to camp and helping the second arrival of girls to set up tents and stuff. Then I took them swimming again and that was it!</div>
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It was kind've a disappointing day. My pie in the sky plans didn't work out and we spent a lot of time running around without actually doing anything. But in the end I had to let it go. The kids were happy with the swimming and those other things are ok to wait or not happen at all. Because we have amazing blessings just in a regular day. </div>
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Ok but that did kind've make me more determined to pull off my plans for our drive home!!!</div>
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On Wednesday we packed up our camp bright and early, went for breakfast, and then drove home.</div>
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But of course we first took pictures of Abby with this bush in the campground that looks exactly like a snail!</div>
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One last look at the Alpine glory!</div>
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We literally drive right through Munich to get home and so I was BRAVE (I always make Chopper do the city driving) and actually stopped at Nymphenberg Palace in Munich! The parking fortunately was easy - I had already pretty much decided that if I needed to parallel we wouldn't stop. And I had a car top carrier on the van so a garage wasn't an option.</div>
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Nymphenburg was a country palace (not anymore!) originally built by the Elector (before Princes and Kings in Bavaria) as a gift for his wife on the birth of the Heir. It's been expanded over the years of course and has extensive grounds that are mostly wooded. Throughout the grounds are several smaller (really they are) buildings that have different purposes in entertainment and living. I had heard about the proliferation of ducks, geese, and swans on the grounds and so we went prepared with lots of leftover rolls and croissants.</div>
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This is also the palace where Ludwig II was born so you can see where he gets his amazing taste! </div>
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The Great Hall is absolutely lovely and has balconies on either side. I would love to stand up there and watch a ball from above!</div>
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The girls and I decided I must be royal - I have this lovely lady's chin! Both of them!</div>
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The rooms themselves weren't the most spectacular that we've seen but one of the reasons I've wanted to visit here so much is for the Gallery of Beauties. King Ludwig I of Bavaria had 36 women painted for his gallery - from all sections of society. There are upper class women and even the daughter of a shoemaker. Although of the 36 only one is blonde so clearly he preferred brunettes! The women in the portraits truly are lovely and we enjoyed picking our our favorites. </div>
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Abby and Megan both chose the shoemaker's daughter! She's the one on the bottom right, just above Abby's head. </div>
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This was one of my favorites.</div>
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William didn't want his picture next to his favorite - he wanted to take the picture. It's the one in pink on the left. He likes pink.</div>
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The tour of the palace is short and self-guided although there is an audio guide available. Then we went out to the grounds. It was HOT but in the shade, really just fine. We walked the paths to various buildings and did our typical thing - fed ducks, found snails, laughed at geese, etc.</div>
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This is the tiniest snail they found.</div>
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Ok so the first building we went into was a wing of the palace that houses the carriages. So we have seen the gold coronation coach of the British Empire. I'm sorry to tell them - these are better. Mostly because Ludwig II did everything over the top - not just palaces.</div>
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The gold coronation coach of Emperor Karl VII</div>
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This is a child's sleigh</div>
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What the horse wore for the jingle bell sound! That's a lot of bells!</div>
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Just one of Ludwig II's amazing sleighs</div>
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Sorry are you tired of coaches yet? Then here's a horse. This was Ludwig II's favorite horse. He had it taxidermied. The kids were pretty appalled by that.</div>
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We went quickly through the porcelain section - I love to look but it's not really something to linger over, especially with kids. Then back out into the grounds. The first building we came to was the Amalienburg - the hunting lodge.</div>
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Sorry - you know how I feel about Rococo! </div>
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The tiled wall above the cooktop in the kitchen. Amazing! </div>
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Back into the park we found another tree with eyes. </div>
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And a whole group of ducks that followed us after we had fed them our bread. For a while. We finally came upon a little birthday party that had a dog with them and the ducks left.</div>
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The grounds are lovely and tourist-free! They do not know what they are missing! </div>
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At the top of the park is the Great Cascade that was just ok!</div>
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The last building we stopped in (we missed one but the kids were hot and about done) was the Pagodenburg which is covered in Delft tiles and decorated in the Chinese style that was popular (which actually Delft tiles in the blue and white started because the Dutch were trying to recreate Chinese pottery - true story).</div>
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William told me he wanted to live here and could we do that? I told him we'd probably have to ask. I spoke briefly with the ticket taker (not about living there though) when we left and William asked me if he said we could live here. I told him no, it's owned by someone else to which he responded "well maybe we can live here when they die!" Yeah too bad it's owned by Bavaria AND way out of our price range.</div>
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Abby is the only one who wanted to do a jumping picture and it turned out awesome! Especially because no one's in it! I really think the tourists come in at the front, see the palace, and leave! </div>
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The first thing we got to do when we arrived here in Germany was go to a medieval festival in Naaburg and we were wide-eyed and amazed of course. This particular festival only happens every 2 years and so this was the year we were able to go back - on the weekend after Jenn and Bronwyn left. It would have been fun to take them. We went early this year to beat the crowds and the heat and had a good time wandering the shops and watching the performers. </div>
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The washer women actually had a dancing performance but they were also doing real wash - or at least it gave them an excuse to fling water into the crowds. Which honestly was quite nice!</div>
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This performer is the same guy - pretty multi-talented!</div>
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This really does mark our second year in Germany! Technically, we only have one year left! I'd be in full on panic mode right now except that Chopper's paperwork for extension has pretty much been approved - it just needs signatures. So in other words, I shouldn't count my chickens before they're hatched! But we are definitely keeping our fingers crossed that it's granted and we'll have 3 more years here instead of just 1. There's too much still to do and see! Although that being said, if for some reason we had to leave even now, I would count our time here as a wonderful blessing.</div>
Wonderful Whittacreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049914088949263739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882030027278964543.post-34726806117928698612018-08-02T10:51:00.003-06:002018-08-02T10:51:56.288-06:00William Turns SIX!!<div style="text-align: center;">
William has been counting down his birthday literally for months. For a while he just knew that it would happen after our friends left (on the 11th - they flew out of Prague), but about 2 weeks before he started counting down day by day. Our girls have never been this persistently excited about their birthdays but man, he just could not wait!</div>
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He had cried the day before because he said he only wanted Transformers and I told him that not all his presents would be Transformers. He changed his mind approximately 3,286 times in the last MONTH alone so I was kind've at a "you get what you get" point. Fortunately, you can tell by that grin on his face that it didn't matter in the end. He really loved ALL his presents!</div>
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His dinner request was hot dogs and french fries (which is also his only dinner request ever) and his cake request was strawberry with frosting. Last year it was the same and the pink frosting from the store was disgusting so I just did a whipped cream frosting this year. He wanted a transformer cake but also wanted berries on top so we just got a few little transformers to put on the side. Again, he loved it.</div>
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I was really nervous because the ONLY candles I had were trick candles I bought on accident. He was a champ though and laughed a lot with them coming back on.</div>
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So he's finally six. He's still my baby though and is still pretty attached to me. He LOVES to cuddle and crawls in bed with me a few times a week in the mornings. When he's hurt or upset he wants two things - mom and his ree's. His blankets - still called ree's. He is such a boy - wild and hard-headed (literally) and active. He loves sports and his favorite clothes to wear are athletic gear. Mostly I think because they're comfortable but he loves shirts with numbers on them like jerseys and stuff. He really can't read or write yet and is easily frustrated by trying because he is also a perfectionist and wants to get it right right away. But his speech is coming along really well and he has loved being in kindergarten and having friends to play with at recess and in class. School has been good for him socially especially since we don't have any Americans around us to play with. He does not enjoy our travel exploits I think but is a good sport and always excited to stay in a hotel for some reason. He loves Germany - he has German flags, he loves the food, and he's very conscious that we don't speak like them which I find funny. He adores both of his sisters (and is taller than they were at 6 and has almost caught up to Abby now) and gets very upset when he is not included in their playing. He is a happy boy and we love him a lot!</div>
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Jenn told me at one point that she felt bad we were repeating so many destinations with them but Prague is definitely not one that I will ever be sorry to repeat! We went on the castle tour again (because Chopper and I both absolutely love St. Vitus Cathedral) and explored some new places. We had some rain, some sun, ate really good food (a few places that have become favorites) and just enjoyed ourselves.</div>
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Our first night we always eat at the restaurant that is part of the hotel we stay in. Chopper found this one on our first trip to Prague and it is delicious! The kids even get excited when we say we're going here!</div>
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Evenings and mornings are best on the Charles Bridge -- crowded but not shoulder to shoulder!</div>
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This trip we made sure to find the Lennon Wall. I was a little underwhelmed. I guess I expected it to be bigger? Or something? Really it's just a graffitied wall!</div>
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Of course we went for "twisty things" and William got his with strawberries and cream. It's a dough wrapped around a wooden stick and cooked over a fire. They are best when they're fresh.</div>
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We also tracked down Wenseslas Square - the site of the Velvet Revolution - so called because they simple came out and jangled their keys as a protest to Communism. It was incredible to imagine it filled with people just silently doing that. There are benches lining the square that have great quotes written on them to that we enjoyed reading.</div>
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So all over Prague they have these Thai massage places and usually in the window they showcase a fish tank where you can have these little fish eat the dead skin off of your feet. Chopper decided to give it a try. He says it's really weird - doesn't hurt though - and that his feet have never been so smooth. </div>
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Great story behind this. Last time we were in Prague we ate at random at a restaurant that we really liked and it had the most amazing feta cheese I've ever had! We had a conversation with the owner who told us that it was from Albania because Italian feta is becoming too Americanized. So we went back and I ordered something with feta and asked him if it was still made in Albania at which point he says he remembered us because he had only had that conversation with two customers and the other ones were rude New Yorkers (his words, not mine). Anyway the guy is really nice and does great with the kids. He was super impressed that Abby wanted the potato soup instead of a kids meal. Then it somehow came out that it was William's birthday in two days so he took him inside and had him choose THREE pieces of cake to share with his sisters (and yes I took bites - I gave him life!) that were on the house. This is William so so tired but eating his cake and afterwards he told him how delicious it was and said thank you. I love experiences like these where you interact positively with people of all cultures and nations!</div>
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I bought a graphic novel of Czech fairytales that the kids loved. And another one of legends. </div>
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On our way out of the castle we ran into this statue and decided it's the kids' patron saint - she's holding a pigeon.</div>
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Then we found a garden literally in the middle of the city! It was the courtyard of a palace but the palace has been broken into shops and residences and doesn't look like that from the outside but there's this lovely garden in the middle of it!</div>
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And what I look like!</div>
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We love Prague and it was fun to revisit old favorites but also discover new wonderful things. There is a ton of stuff that we only see once and we're definitely tourists but there's something to be said for being able to dip your toes into a place more than once and a little more deeply each time. I imagine that we'll be back a few more times before we leave Germany!!!</div>
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After we left Salzburg and Berchtesgaden we went and stayed in Oberammergau for a night to explore the castles. So for me and the kids, this was the third visit to Linderhof, Hohenschwangau, and Neuschwanstein for us (2nd for Chopper) but I really have a hard time telling visitors to go without us! I am a castle fanatic! So I won't post too many pictures because I've got a ton but here are a few good ones from our trip.</div>
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We stopped at Ettal Abbey for cheese of course</div>
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Oberammergau is known for two things - painted Bavarian Houses and the Passion Play. The story is that during the plague years, the townspeople prayed that they would be spared and they were. In gratitude they promised to perform a play on the Passion of the Christ every ten years. And they have faithfully done so from what I can tell! The guesthouse we stayed in had pictures all over the walls of the owners in their costumes over the years. It's happening again in 2020 and I'm curious to go but we'll see.</div>
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I love this picture of Abby in front of Hohenschwangau!</div>
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Playing in the lake - it got hot!</div>
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Two are pretty famous because they're well known stories painted in the traditional style - this is the Little Red Riding Hood House</div>
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And this is the Hansel and Gretel house</div>
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This one was great for posing like you're going up the stairs!</div>
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And we can't forget the meat vending machine!</div>
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Our last day in the area we started our morning with a tour of the Salt Mine in Berchtesgaden. We had heard good things about them and it did not disappoint! There were no pictures allowed but they did take a picture of us going down the first slide though. We started by putting on coveralls - I think more for fun than clothing protection. Then we took a pretty fast train into the mines. From there it was mostly walking although we did go down two miners' slides and we crossed an underground lake on a boat and had a light show in the process. </div>
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The extraction process is actually very interesting. They drill down in and create a cave that they then fill with water. The salt dissolves into the water and then they pump the water out and extract the salt from there. The tour was in German but they provided audio guides in other languages so we didn't miss out on any of the information.</div>
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After the tour we had a little bit of time and drove into the mountains behind Berchtesgaden to find a little church I wanted to see. On the way we saw a chicken crossing the road!!! </div>
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The church was an amazing Rococo masterpiece with the pale pinks and some yellows and plenty of stucco work. And it was decorated for a wedding! In pink of course. </div>
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In the afternoon, Chopper, Jenn, and Bronwyn took a tour of the Eagle's Nest. It was a 4 hour tour of various places of informational interest and kids under 8 weren't allowed. Honestly I don't think any of my kids would have liked it though so we dropped the adults off at the starting point and then I took the kids to the Schwimmbad in Berchtesgaden and we swam for about 4 hours and then went and picked them all up. Instead of staying in Berchtesgaden again for dinner, we decided to drive towards our apartment and find something on the way. We stopped in a little spa town called Bad Reichenall and really enjoyed exploring although unfortunately the dinner we did eventually get wasn't that great.</div>
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I looked up that website - it really is just a project where this whole setup travels to cities and you can pick out a book and sit and read! Too bad it was all in German but the concept is absolutely fantastic!</div>
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Once we got home, we spent the next week doing mostly day trips to places that we've been before and that Jenn and Bronwyn wanted to see. We had a day in Rothenburg ob der Tauber (without kids because Chopper was home for the 4th of July!!), Regensburg, they took the train one day down to Nuremberg, and then we did a day at Flossenburg. </div>
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I love the view of Rothenburg from the tower on the Rathaus.</div>
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We followed Rick Steves walking tour which I hadn't done before because, well, kids, and it was pretty good!</div>
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But probably the best part was the night watchman's tour! It's every night at 8 pm and he takes whoever shows up. There was a musical group from Colorado (I think) visiting and performing and so we had a huge group of people. Probably close to 300! But he projects his voice well and the crowd is quiet when he speaks and he's got a great dry humor that makes his tour really entertaining. It has made me want to be a costumed tour guide now!</div>
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Our day in Regensburg started with a boat ride on the Danube in Kelheim. We thought we would get off at a monastery and have lunch or snacks but it didn't dock, just turned around and went back! Oh well, it was a pretty trip regardless!</div>
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In addition to Flossenburg concentration camp, we hiked up the Flossenburg castle ruins. They're pretty steep in places but fairly intact.</div>
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From the ruins you could see over to where the camp was and the places where they quarried the rock - that was the main purpose of the camp, to quarry granite for Nazi's building projects. </div>
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And what would a visit be without a night of tea drinking and card playing? I had to introduce them to Marrying Mr. Darcy! It was a more relaxed week for me mainly because I realized that they wanted more informational tours than I could do, especially with the kids. But I think they enjoyed the places that they saw and the days off for the kids were good to refuel them for our last trip to Prague!</div>
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Our second day in the area we drove to Berchtesgaden and bought tickets to take a boat on the Königsee to St. Bartholomä. It was rainy and foggy going out there so we didn't get the amazing views but I still think there is something magical about fog and I never regret when we have that experience.</div>
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The boat was enclosed so that was good! </div>
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So funny story -- kind've awful too. The boat was pretty crowded despite the weather and I ended up with the kids at the back among a group of Asian tourists and Chopper was somewhere else with Jenn and Bronwyn. About halfway through the ride, William starts majorly dancing and it turns out that he didn't go to the bathroom AT ALL that morning. Of course there's no bathroom on the boat and the guide has just finished telling us that the waters are so pure they are drinkable - plus although William is very fond of peeing in the wild, he can't do it without pulling his pants entirely down and is not discreet in the slightest. So I start to panic that we're going to end up with a puddle on the floor and I'm texting Chopper that we need help! So he comes over and drapes his raincoat over William. I take out a water bottle from my backpack and drink like half of it right there and then in the middle of that crowd Chopper helps William pee into the bottle, covered by his raincoat. Our European adventures with kids can be quite interesting.</div>
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The church of St. Bartholomä is really beautiful coming to it along the lake but when you get there, it's small and the interior isn't spectacular. There are some good hikes in the area, including one to an ice cave but that wasn't going to happen so we got some pictures and then got in line to wait for a boat back. </div>
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This one turned out pretty good!!</div>
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The green of the lake is like glass! And that's a little patch of grass with a house and a stream into the lake. I think I could live there.</div>
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The rain pretty much stopped by the time we got back to Berchtesgaden and we explored the shops along the lake a little bit before decided we would do the short hike out to a view point.</div>
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We introduced our friends to Döners for dinner and then had some obligatory ice cream. We also stopped in at a church where they were having a rehearsal and we were told to come back for the concert later so we did. Turns out the concert was a mass. So we didn't stay very long. But it ended up being a really good day and that was pretty much the last of the rain until a few weeks later in Prague so I can't complain!! </div>
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It's been a month since I've blogged and a lot has happened! I'm hoping to catch up entirely this week because I have a class starting next week and my spare time will be reading and writing. Honestly I've been debating whether or not to continue blogging. If I don't, I will continue to "blog" my entries into the book format I use with Blurb so that we have our family journal every year. I just don't know if I want to continue doing both. If you actually read the blog, leave me a comment letting me know! Maybe then I'll decide.</div>
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Anyway, this summer we had visitors!! Two of my very good friends came over from Texas. They flew into Paris and spent about a week in France and then took the train through Switzerland and on into Salzburg, Austria. We drove down and picked them up from the train station and then stayed for a few days in Salzburg and Berchtesgaden seeing the sights. Well trying to! It rained steadily our entire day in Salzburg!</div>
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We really just wandered. I took them to a few of the places I remembered from the Sound of Music Tour that we could get to on foot (and we saw a bike tour en route - all covered in rain ponchos!) and we went into some churches and stuff that we hadn't seen before. It was a little bit miserable but still amazing and there are a few things I would like to go back to. That area of Austria/Germany is so gorgeous!</div>
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This is the Salzburger Dom. It was lovely inside of course but I think one of the highlights of our visit her was that as we were wandering around, a group began singing in the middle of the cathedral. It was like a reverent flash mob! And it's incredible how the sound carries simply because of the way the building is built. The artistry and excellence of these buildings always puts me in awe.</div>
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We always enjoy a good statue. Megan declared that this one has Grandpa's forehead. </div>
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Mozart was the organist here for two years and composed several masses that are still used today. There are five organs in the church and I imagine that when they are all played together it is an incredible experience.</div>
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Ok this is probably really irreverent of us but that bronze basin in the background is where Mozart was baptized!</div>
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In the rain, this statue was crying. Seemed appropriate.</div>
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There's a great view of the fortress from the Kapitelplatz. We didn't go up because I read that it's not really an enclosed fortress and we were trying to find inside things to do!</div>
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But we walked up the hill to Nonnberg Abbey - the Abbey where the real Fraulein Maria was before she married Captain Von Trapp and there are great views of the city as you go.</div>
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This is the entrance to St. Peter's Church - the birthplace of Christianity in Salzburg. It's a whole complex with a monastery actually and a restaurant in one part that claims that Charlemagne ate there in 803.</div>
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But actually my favorite part of this one was the amazing cemetery behind it all with the cliffs one one side and the city on the other.</div>
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To the right, the arches? Those were the inspiration for the cemetery where the Von Trapps hide when they're escaping the Nazis. </div>
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You can see how you have the large memorials behind the gates. The movie didn't do a replica but you can definitely see how they were inspired by this. Especially when you stand back and see them all in a row. They're up against the wall but I could totally see how they made spaces to hide behind!</div>
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Jenn and Bronwyn did the museum tour here at Mozart's birth house and I took the kids next door to an H&M to find sweatshirts and keep out of the rain! Nothing like old and new as neighbors!</div>
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We found a great restaurant to warm up in and this is the only picture I have of the three of us! I think someone has a few more of us in the rain somewhere though. We had soup and warm apple strudel! It was so chilly and we were all pretty much soaked through.</div>
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This past year has been a big shift for me in the getting older department. I don't necessarily mean for myself (although that's true too!) but with the kids. It's been nice to have all three in school all day but I was very ready for school to be over and have a summer with no schedules and no morning rush to get everyone out the door! My masters degree is well on its way although I feel as though I'm having a slight mid-life crisis because I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do with it! But I'm enjoying it. Then I've been substitute teaching three days a week and that has taken a lot of time of course. </div>
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But. But. School is done! Finally! And we've started off our summer with some fun activities already. Saturday we found out there's a medieval living history museum not far from us and the town it's located in was also having a medieval festival so off we went!</div>
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We had complaining kids unfortunately - it was warm and I left the water in the car. But it wasn't unbearable! Typical stuff too - booths selling medieval type wares, performances of music, fighting, belly dancing, etc. </div>
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Four knights competed in lancing rings, hitting shields, and jousting itself. Of course to a certain extent it was staged - lances really did break but the falling off the horse part was a little contrived - except for the one who's horse slipped and really did fall over!</div>
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I couldn't help but think about Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott because it has a great knights' tournament in the book! After the jousting we explored the museum a little bit and tried our hand at some games in the participants encampment (I was terrible at ax throwing - Chopper was pretty good!).</div>
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Today I took the kids to Playmobil Fun Park - by myself! Evidence that the kids are getting older! Playmobil is essentially an amusement park that has a bunch of different themed play places in one place. We spent about 8 hours today there because it really was so fun for the kids and I really enjoyed not chasing around a little one! It was nice to be able to tell the kids to stay in one area and then let them go off and play. I even read a book at times! Ok it was homework so it wasn't great reading but still! </div>
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The rafting was hard work! But the water was only about 6 inches deep so falling off wouldn't have been too bad. Still, thank goodness we didn't! </div>
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The kids have decided that this is their favorite castle in all of Europe! It only took us 2 years to find and every other castle will pale in comparison!</div>
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By the end, William was crying over little things and he was very upset that the Playmobil character he got in his blind bag turned out to be a Metzger (a butcher) and was crying that it was scary because he's afraid of knives. Yeah it was time for bed. But it was an excursion that I highly recommend if you're in the Nuremberg area!</div>
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Now if that's not a conglomeration of French and German, I don't know what is.</div>
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The Vosges mountains were just as important to France as the Rhine river is to both France and Germany and they (the mountains) are peppered with ruins of castles and fortresses. This particular one was rebuilt I think in the early 1900s and intended to be a museum but it's been well done and we had a great exploration on our final stop before heading home.</div>
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The kids were really happy that they didn't have a guided tour (in English) and so we purchased audio guides and just wandered at our own pace. This also was good for us because we could let the kids play and not have to keep them quiet and calm. William spent the ENTIRE time fighting some battle - shooting arrows out the windows, loading cannon, cutting down his sisters with the sword. He's really starting to love medieval era things. </div>
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After this we actually made one more stop - to a French grocery store. Oh my heck I'm in love!! The French have great food and the store was full of great ingredients. We bought a ton of non-perishable items - spices, tea, infused oils, mustard, cookies, soap . . . and I could totally go back. I love my German grocery stores too but this was awesome if you love to cook. And it was more American in setup which was kind've fun because it's been a loooong time. Also we paid for gas at the pump. In Germany there isn't any of that. First time in two years! It's the little things.</div>
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After the outdoor museum in Wales and the Black Forest, we've been looking for them everywhere and there's a large one in Alsace! We spent our entire day there and it was so worth it. An outdoor museum is like a Colonial Williamsburg with houses from the area and various time periods, farm animals, demonstrations from artisans, and kids activities. </div>
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The very first house was a barbershop and we looked around and walked out. Then I noticed we had left Chopper behind and when we went back to find him - he was in the chair! Turns out that the barber was doing straight-razor shaves for demonstrations. This may not seem like a big deal but for some time now Chopper has been saying that he wants to have a straight-razor shave but they're really hard to find. The barber asked him to sit down and voila!</div>
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I love this picture. William was very interested in the whole process.</div>
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The hot towel - Chopper is definitely in heaven. He said it was the best birthday present ever and fun that it was completely a surprise!</div>
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I've come to realize that "fancy dress" for each region is different. Cultures have traditional outfits that they get all dressed up in for special occasions. But the dress for everyday work? Yeah it's all the same!</div>
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I love houses covered in growing things - roses are particularly beautiful. I just don't think I would actually want to live in one because of what would also live in the plants.</div>
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Alsace loves their storks. In the seventies they were worried that they were losing them all - only 9 pairs in the whole region - but they did something and have brought them back. Every house in the park had a stork nest on top. They build metal platforms and then I think the storks build the nests. They were everywhere and are one of the symbols of Alsace.</div>
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A real shepherd's wagon! If you've seen Far From the Madding Crowd there's one in there. So I kind've felt like we were in a movie. These sheep cracked us up too. As we were leaving, one of the workers was walking a goat (on a leash) to a new location and the sheep freaked out and all ran to the side of the fence where the goat was nice and free and they weren't. Then they just stood there bleating at him and they all had distinct voices - including one who sounded like he was burping. The kids thought it was hilarious.</div>
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This house was just weird - I think we actually weren't supposed to be back there because it was mostly storage for painted wooden pieces that must have been around the property at some point. It was goofy to see.</div>
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I'm not sure exactly how well you can tell what this is. It's the process of laying out the walls of a house that's going to be half-timbered but they've put it on the side of the building. So imagine that on the ground with people working to put the timbers together, then they raise it up and fill the spaces with hay and mud combinations. </div>
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We heard this peacock and then it raised it's plummage for us! The kids loved seeing that in person - I got a great video of it but not such a great picture. </div>
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It was a ton of strawberries for about 12 euro - fantastic deal! But what to do with all of them? We ate strawberries for dinner, breakfast, and then took the rest home and I immediately pulverized them into jam! Our French strawberry jam!!</div>
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That's Abby's "these are sooooo good" face</div>
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On Friday we started with a drive south to Colmar - a smallish city that the Americans here rave about and for good reason. It was even cuter than Strasbourg! We wandered aimlessly for a while - the kids played a bit at a part, we found an arts and crafts store and bought some items for our fairy garden (oh my goodness you should SEE the miniature snails!!!!) and then eventually ended up at the tourist information center. I was looking for a town map and scored! They have one (in English too!) that gives you a historical trail around Colmar to follow. The trail is marked by golden triangles embedded in the streets and sidewalks and there are signs in French, German, and English at various points of interest. Not only did this give us a guided way to see the places we wanted to see, the kids thought it was a lot of fun to seek out the triangles and follow the path. And they were perfectly spaced: far enough apart to have to search out the next one but not so far that we got lost. </div>
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Colmar is the birthplace of the creator/sculptor of the Statue of Liberty so that's a big one at the entrance to the time.</div>
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This was a fun mix of old and new! That's one house!</div>
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The House of Heads - so called because it's decorated with almost 200 heads</div>
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The birthplace of the Statue of Liberty guy</div>
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French flower shop - This whole trip I was getting way too excited about things that are considered typically French.</div>
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A synagogue dedicated to victims between 1940-44.</div>
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When we left Colmar we followed directions in an old Rick Steves' book to a beautiful panorama site with a cemetery to French soldiers from WWII and a memorial to the Americans who fought with them.</div>
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When we left there, we drove on to Riquiwihr, another small, beautiful town on the wine route. This one had a lot of wine cellars for touring and tasting and lots of colorful architecture. </div>
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We went into a cheese cellar with very expensive cheeses but there were some samples and they were very good. The kids thought it was really cool though that this was cheese and that it could be that big. This is William saying cheese among the cheese!</div>
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It's fun that Chopper gets a holiday weekend for his birthday and we all get to benefit from it. This year for number FORTY-ONE we drove to France. The Alsace region is only about 5 hours away and turned out to be gorgeous. It's a wine region and mostly sees tourists from Germany and France on wine tours so it was busy but not overrun and actually there weren't a lot of people that spoke English! We have beautiful weather for the entire weekend although it was pretty warm. On Friday we drove over and stopped first in Strasbourg, France. Strasbourg is where the U.N. Parliament meets although we mainly walked into town in order to see their cathedral and a little bit of the city.</div>
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The cathedral is famous (ok a lot of the cathedrals are) and it did have some really beautiful work. At this point, we're looking for things that are a little different from the others, that stand out. This statuary of the three kings presenting their gifts did that - mostly because the kids were like "mom look at that baby's bottom!" Strasbourg Cathedral will forever be remembered as the one with the baby's bottom.</div>
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Just pictures of Strasbourg. Most Americans from our area come here for the Christmas markets but I'm so glad we came now with the flowers blooming everywhere.</div>
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The Alsace region is definitely French although they still keep some ties to their German heritage. Their local dialect is a little bit of a German/French mix and some of their foods are German - sauerkraut and Bretzels particularly. We came across a really quirky store in both Strasbourg and Colmar that sells Bretzel (German for giant pretzel) shirts. If they'd had a tote bag I totally would have bought one - I just don't wear a lot of pop culture shirts. But this was my favorite - mainly because I was traumatized by ET as a child.</div>
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On our way out we wandered by this church and peeked in. I wish we could have taken a better look because it looked really interesting but they were in the middle of a service - in German with a French accent!</div>
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We got back in the car and drove south to Ribeauvillé, a small town on the wine route where I had booked us a house to stay in. So the driving and parking in this town was terrible for our minivan - narrow roads, cobblestones, one way streets - typically European - but once we found the location - oh my I was in heaven. This is looking out the front door.</div>
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And that's the house! The cutest place I think we've ever stayed it was half-timbered and had steep narrow steps inside but was renovated and modern. And it was right in the heart of the town. In the mornings I walked to the Brasserie to get croissants and strawberries from the farmer's market. It had cute shops to look at and restaurants and cafes everywhere. It was amazing!</div>
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And I'm not posting it here but yes, I did get up one morning and quietly sing "Little town, it's a quiet village." I couldn't help myself and the rumor is that this is one of the towns Disney used for their inspiration for Beauty and the Beast anyway!</div>
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So it's not exactly over - we have two weeks. Ugh. I did NOT appreciate our early release date in Texas. Of course by the end of May its already too hot to breathe in Texas so I suppose I can't complain. But the kids are done and I'm done and these last few weeks are full of activities to try and keep us all entertained! </div>
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The kids all participated in a Cinco de Mayo program at school put on by the Spanish teachers. I didn't get good pictures or video except one of Megan in her sombrero!</div>
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Her teacher at school does a fun spotlight where she's asked questions about herself and Megan did a great job being in the spotlight! Then we took a picture afterwards with friends and her teacher. </div>
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They've all had their field trips by now and I chaperoned this year! I've never really chaperoned before because I've had little ones and I've always felt my attention would be divided. So this year I said I would chaperone them ALL and . . . Megan said no. I guess she's gotten used to me not being there. But I did go with William to Playmobil Park and Abby to the Dino Park and we had a lot of fun. </div>
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The Playmobil Park is basically a huge playground. I take that back - it's a conglomeration of several themed playgrounds. It's about an hour away and so the kids were sad that we had to leave after a few hours to get back before the end of school but it was an awesome place and I'm planning on taking all the kids back this summer.</div>
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One of William's friends took this picture of me and William refused to be in it. He was mad about leaving. </div>
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The dino park was also cool but not as interactive. Mostly it was walking along a path and seeing and learning about dinosaurs. There weren't too many interactive exhibits. There was one that measured your speed and found that Abby is faster than a stegosaurus!</div>
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We also participated in a school-wide fun run and this week they have their field day. And then we hang in there until the end!! </div>
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The main reason I've waited so long to blog about Abby's baptism is that a friend who is a fabulous photographer took beautiful pictures - much better than mine! And I wanted to post those!</div>
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Originally Abby wanted to be baptized in the lake (a lot of our ward kids are) but the lake is always so cold that we kind've talked her out of it. Our building doesn't have a font but there is a chapel on base that does and before her birthday, another child in the ward was baptized there. She loved the stained glass windows and the fact that the water was warm so she changed her mind! She was baptized with another girl from our ward and so we had two beautiful girls baptized on April 21st! Abby wasn't nervous at all!</div>
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The week before we went out and did a little photo shoot of our own for a picture to put on the program. We've had beautiful spring weather and everything is amazingly in bloom although she didn't want to get too close to this tree because it was full of bees in the blossoms.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnw8zaIQ0c0UF_sVMGS-bR-gynqBSwW7EFEq09LMv7dfvBtuPimEgLe7MqyLOXo2UnCXR4vvhoZY2L9S-Twn4IFs-q0uXsmeYZK-aurmjEZccBg0uHNV1kQ7d97_DZgGvqSVT537Kv2CX/s1600/IMG_4355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnw8zaIQ0c0UF_sVMGS-bR-gynqBSwW7EFEq09LMv7dfvBtuPimEgLe7MqyLOXo2UnCXR4vvhoZY2L9S-Twn4IFs-q0uXsmeYZK-aurmjEZccBg0uHNV1kQ7d97_DZgGvqSVT537Kv2CX/s320/IMG_4355.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
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This is in our yard - our tulips have been fantastic this year and a forsythia never disappoints.</div>
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We had to get the picture of them both dressed in white. Chopper chose a jumpsuit from the very limited selection at church and quite frankly, he looked like Elvis (which I suppose is appropriate since our building was once a bar that Elvis sang in).</div>
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So he had to give a little post too with Abby as his adoring fan.</div>
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After the baptism Meg (my friend) took some beautiful shots of the family and the treats that we served outside. It was an absolutely lovely day!</div>
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My absolute favorite picture - look at my gorgeous girl! I can't believe she's EIGHT!</div>
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Such a good family picture! Of course it has something to do with the fact that I told the kids that if they didn't smile they would not get any cookies. Clearly that worked. But I love those smiles - especially Williams. I asked Abby why she doesn't smile with her mouth open for pictures. She says she doesn't like the way her teeth look right now. I can sympathize with that!</div>
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We are very proud of our Abby-doodles. She is a light and a joy to all around her and we're excited that she has chosen to be baptized and to follow the Lord. We are blessed with a wonderful daughter who is making wonderful choices in life!!</div>
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We've heard only good things about Budapest and it turned out to be a beautiful city. There were a few things that Budapest is known for that we didn't do though - mainly the baths. They have a lot of thermal baths scattered through the city and are supposed to be beautiful and relaxing. But the problem is that if you put the kids in water, they wan to swim, not relax. So we skipped that part and stuck to the city itself.</div>
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Budapest was originally two cities: Buda and Pest. They were united into one around 1873. It definitely deserves it's reputation as one of the most beautiful city in Europe and we didn't have any issues with language because it has embraced English as the language of tourism. In fact, that's probably my one complaint, it felt so much more touristy than Vienna! It was easy to get around for that reason but also full of kitchy shops and things and felt touristy.</div>
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We stayed in an apartment in Pest that was in a fantastic location for walking around the city although it took some doing to get there because cities in Europe are never fun to drive in. And it was above a sports bar which I was worried about but not a problem at all. The apartment was gorgeous too but probably our favorite part was that the elevator was the old kind where you have to shut the door before you go up! The kids LOVED the elevator - funny the little things that make us happy.</div>
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Our first night we got in and of course immediately went looking for food and wandered right into their Spring Market in Vorosmarty Ter. (No idea what the English translation of that is. Google Translate does not do Hungarian well). We came back to this market every day we were here. It's my favorite kind of market - with booths that sell things people make, not mini storefront type stuff. Actually, pretty much all of our souvenirs came from here!</div>
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As we're looking for food we see signs for a Lego store and the kids bed to go in. Turns out it's in the cellar of a building, winding creepy staircase and all. Behind Chopper's head you can see how they've patched the wall with legos too. Cute.</div>
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Because we eat so so much good food! But notice that it's in English.</div>
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The morning of our first full day in Budapest we walked along the river for a bit looking for a boat tour that wouldn't include a meal and two hours of cruising. But there was actually a ton of cold wind so we turned back and headed for the Parliament building where we had tour tickets. I'm glad I bought those in advance because they were almost completely sold out when we got there.</div>
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There was quite a bit of amazing architecture along the way.</div>
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I thought I had a picture of the plaque too. It reads: To the Memory of the Victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross Militiamen in 1944-45. The Arrow Cross was a Nazi party that led a government in Hungary for a brief time during WWII but during that time murdered 10-15,000 civilians and deported about 80,000 to concentration camps. About 3,500 of those (800 of them Jews) were taken to the Danube and told to take off their shoes and then shot into the river so their bodies would be carried away by the current.</div>
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The memorial is very simple - the metal shoes modeled after those from the time period and arranged as if they've just been removed. Some had flowers in them or candles and several had pebbles which I learned in Prague is a Jewish tradition in honoring and remembering the dead. It was incredibly moving though and made me tear up. It also made the kids ask questions of course. Abby particularly wanted to know why they didn't just run away. There are no easy answers for these things. Next year sometime I think that we'll be taking a trip to Normandy and covering more about WWII history and so I'm starting to think about how to teach the kids about the things that happened. </div>
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After some time spent there, we walked on to the Parliament building which is absolutely stunning! </div>
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You can't get a good picture of the whole thing unless you're on the river and we did take a river cruise later that night that I'll get to in a bit. It is a government building so you have to take a tour if you want to go in and there are armed guards and you can't see everything if it's in session (which it wasn't! Yay!). They allow pictures everywhere but the central room under the dome - I'm not sure why that is except that they have the Hungarian crown on display there so perhaps that's it.</div>
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This is funny. Back in the day when smoking was allowed in the building, the members of Parliament would step out to have a cigar. (No smoking in the main Parliamentary chamber) When they were called in for a vote or a particularly important speech they had these cigar holders that are numbered and they could put their cigar in there and take note of the number and then come back to it when they were done. If a speech was particularly compelling and their cigar burned to the end it (the speech) was called a "Havana". </div>
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We found it! Their cat cafe is better than Nurembergs - more cats and more active. We had some sandwiches that were just ok but the kids really enjoyed the cats because they wanted to play!</div>
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Next stop - Hungarian Opera House! I really wanted to do something with the Opera this trip. Vienna is known for their Opera and it just seems like a culturally European thing to do. But even a kids opera is going to be long and since it's not in English, the kids won't understand a word. They Hungarian Opera House was the perfect answer! We didn't see the main room because it's under renovation but our 20 minute tour took us through the rest of the building and of course gave us the history and then we were treated to 2 arias and 2 duets!! Perfect introduction to opera!!</div>
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This is the staircase that was reserved for Emporer Franz-Josef and Princess Sisi. As rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they were also king and queen of Hungary and loved just as much there as in Vienna.</div>
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Then we wandered over to St. Istvan's bascilica I think . . . They're all starting to run together!!</div>
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Look familiar? They're all designed by the same guy. Hungary isn't a large country so if you need a Hungarian architect from a certain time period, whats-his-name is your man! Except I can't remember what his name is! </div>
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Back to the market we go - looking for dinner and we find this awesome flower stall selling pottery flowers. We bought ourselves a little bouquet to stick in our flower pots at home that I still haven't planted . . . but this was our favorite booth. So fun and colorful! </div>
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We found a boat tour that was just a tour and about an hour long. Unfortunately, I pushed for us to go at 7 thinking it would get dark enough in time to have everything lit up. It wasn't until the very end and of course we had already seen the big stuff. But we still had a good time and great views.</div>
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Pretty much the whole city turns on the lights facing the Danube once it gets dark and it is magical. </div>
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Ok day 2 (one post so it's a long one! We're almost done!!) Another fun thing I was fascinated with - they have beautiful manhole covers!!</div>
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We walked across the chain bridge to the Buda Hills and took the Funicular up to the castle.</div>
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The views from the top were spectacular. Inside the castle are two museums on Hungarian art and history but we decided not to go in. Surprisingly, the Buda castle is pretty much neglected. It has an impressive exterior but other than the museums you can't go in and as you walk around it, you can tell that it's in pretty bad shape.</div>
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There's a great story to this fountain and unfortunately I forgot I wanted to blog about it and returned the book to the library! Ok I found it online - this is the Matthias fountain - Matthias Corvinus was a medieval king of Hungary and hunting was his favorite thing to do. There's a story about his falling in love with the girl on the right that was interesting. Also, he was hunting when he was elected king (which I think is pretty progressive for the 1400s) and his mother sent a raven with a ring to him to let him know so that's a symbol frequently used.</div>
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We wandered around the Fisherman's Bastion as well but you had to pay to go up and we weren't in the mood I guess. When we were looking for lunch we went into a small art gallery with mostly glass sculptural pieces that were weird and way out of our price range. When we left, the owner praised our well-behaved children (they really are careful and don't touch things!) and then told us about a park. We went and let the kids play for a bit and they loved that. </div>
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After the park we went down to the Hospital in the Rock - a hidden hospital created IN the Buda hills in preparation for WWII. Unfortunately, they didn't allow children under 6 in the tours so we didn't see it. We ended up wandering a bit, finding ANOTHER park, and the kids played for an hour while Chopper watched them and I fell asleep on the bench! And no wonder since we walked about 40 miles over the course of the week!!!</div>
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Our last day in Budapest was fairly low-key. Maybe we were just burned out from constant city and go go go. I think our next vacation will be a little more country! We really enjoyed Budapest and Vienna but felt like with both cities that we got out of it what we wanted and we're fine with moving on to other places. We don't have a compelling need to go back!</div>
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We stopped in Linz, Austria on our way back. Our landlady lives there with her family and we had lunch and spent some time with them before driving home. It seems like it would also be a great city to explore a bit.</div>
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Vienna is only 2.5 hours from Budapest and we had a window of time to fill between checking out of one apartment and in to the next so we stopped at a city exactly halfway between called Györ. We found a parking lot and Chopper had to go find Forint to pay for it. Hungary isn't on the Euro and the Forint is one of those crazy currencies where 1000 Forint equals about 4 dollars.</div>
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First stop -- pirate playground! The kids started playing with some Hungarian kids and I could hear them say "I only speak English!" It still amazes me that we live in a situation where my kids have learned that that's a necessary phrase but it also amazes me that it doesn't matter and the kids played together and had a great time anyway.</div>
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Anyway then we went looking for lunch and found a tourist information center! They gave us a map of the city with a highlighted tour in English that turned out to be interesting and fun and the perfect way to spend the time we had.</div>
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The town was full of statues! This boatman commemorates the last major flood. Györ is on the Danube - so are Vienna and Budapest and Regensberg in Germany. We basically followed the Danube over spring break. You have to be careful with this statue though - he's pretty much naked.</div>
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This soda water siphon is for a local priest and teacher who patented the industrial production of carbonated water. He also was the first to combine wine and the carbonated water creating the spritzer! Ironically in this day and age I didn't know that carbonated water occurs naturally!</div>
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We also found the Ark of the Covenant! I guess it was removed from the warehouse . . . It's a weird story though - in 1729 a soldier was accused of bigamy and hid in a monastery. The soldiers trying to get him blockaded the building and he decided to escape during a procession disguised as an altar boy but he was recognized. The soldier's giving chase knocked the sacrament from the priest's hands in the pursuit and the statue was raised basically as THEIR punishment from their pay.</div>
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This is our receipt from McDonalds -- looks crazy but its about $19 which is actually the cheapest we've ever eaten at a McDonalds ever. We did a little antiques shopping that included the purchase of some tiny books in Hungarian and, oh yeah, a tea cup! We also have a new favorite place for gelato - too bad it's 6 hours away.</div>
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Our second day in Vienna we drove into the downtown area to explore the churches and palaces that make up the center. We found a parking garage and when we walked out we were right in front of the amazing Karlskirche.</div>
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Of course the first thing the kids saw was the playground on the other side of the square and begged to go play. We told them we would AFTER we saw the church. We are not above bribery!</div>
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The church was built as a memorial basically to commemorate the end of one of the plagues. The columns are carved with scenes from the life of a saint who was known to be a plague healer. It's different from other churches we've seen on the exterior but grand and gold on the inside. </div>
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Inside the church they've erected some scaffolding with an elevator so that you can ride to the top of the dome and look down and see things up close. I'm torn because it's obviously an eyesore but Abby, William, and I went to the top and the view was pretty cool.</div>
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Abby wanted a picture of the smile</div>
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Vienna is definitely a working city. On the one hand, it's not as beautiful as others we've been in, but it had an international feel to it. There were tourists around of course but also just everyday people going about their business and you could hear and see that they're from all over. Vienna sits in a corner of Austria that is bordered by Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, and I think Slovenia and you could see and feel the diversity.</div>
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We made our way to the center and the beautiful St. Stephensdom - the roof was my favorite part!!</div>
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Across from it was this really modern structure! </div>
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After that part we walked through several sections that were exposed brick and piles of bones. This was the part that freaked the kids because the lighting was (purposely??) not great and the bones were real. The smell of a graveyard had gotten so bad that they banned people from being buried in the churchyard and moved the cemetery out of town. But people still wanted to be buried by the church and so they decided to build catacombs underneath. They also came in very handy when plague struck and they had to bury large masses of people quickly. They would wall up the rooms when they were full but had opened windows in some of the doors so you could see the bones. Megan and Abby were not happy about the tour at this point but William wanted to be lifted up to see all the bones. He thought it was creepy and cool.</div>
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Vienna is the home of Mozart and actually we missed seeing his house of birth or really any of the famous sites associated with him. We probably should have done more but we only had so much time!</div>
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Our wanderings usually include looking for a bathroom and we stumbled on a great plague column and this view during one of our searches.</div>
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Turns out it was the Hofburg palace complex! It was almost the end of the day by this point so we did two things - we went inside the church next door and then into the treasury - Chopper loves a good treasury!</div>
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Everyone liked this bookcase stairway to heaven - appropriately made out of Bibles.</div>
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Crown jewels are Chopper's favorite.</div>
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And a sword case made from a narwhal horn!</div>
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We stopped for dinner at an Italian restaurant where the owner didn't really speak English or German. We figured it out though and decided that the Italian word for eggplant is a lot prettier than the English one!</div>
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We liked Vienna a lot. We didn't necessarily love it. Every time we go on a trip we talk afterwards about whether or not we want to go back or go somewhere new. We try to get in so many new places but there are those that we love so much we want to go back - England and Prague especially. So Vienna was great and we know we missed a lot but I don't think we'll be back.</div>
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Vienna was the seat of the Hapsburgs and their Austro-Hungarian Empire. The main palace is in the middle of Vienna but we didn't think we could talk the kids into doing two palaces together so we opted to visit the summer palace - Schönbrunn. It's about five miles from the center and in the glory days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that would have been out in the country. Plus it's surrounded by extensive grounds. In it's heyday it was home to Queen Maria Therese the mother of Marie Antoinette and was last really used by Emporer Franz Joseph and Empress Elizabeth (Princess Sisi as she was known and loved by the people) in the mid-1800s. We spent the ENTIRE day there because there was so much to do and I think this was my favorite day because it was fun for the whole family.</div>
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Our apartment was about a mile from the palace entrance and we decided to walk down. On the way we stopped in at a large cemetery with some beautiful mausoleums and statues. </div>
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We entered the palace grounds from the side and they are extensive. At one end you have the palace and at the other the Gloriette at the top of a hill with cultivated park, a labyrinth and playground, and a zoo in between. I'm sure it's glorious when things are in bloom because it was pretty impressive even without them.</div>
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The palace is huge and very yellow. Of course there were no pictures allowed inside but the tour was self-guided and went through about 40 rooms. Queen Marie Therese had it done in Rococo (my favorite) and there were quite a few rooms that fantastically amazing. There were also quite a few that more plain. Emporer Franz Joseph was apparently a hard worker and preferred to keep things simple and the portraits on the walls to be of his family members. Princess Sisi did not enjoy court life and also preferred to keep things simple. So overall it perhaps wasn't the most spectacular we've seen but it was very lovely and we enjoyed it.</div>
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After touring the castle we left for lunch and then came back to go through the children's museum. That was absolutely a blast! It started in a large room with closets of dress up clothes and wigs and a couple of rocking horses. Everyone enjoyed dressing up (even Megan!) and we took lots of pictures. </div>
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I love that guy in the background looking at Abby!</div>
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The children's museum is in one wing of the palace so you better believe I took pictures of the Rococo when I could!</div>
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After the dressup room there were a series of rooms that we went through showing life in the palace. One really fun one was the hair room. It had different hair powders to smell and wigs to style. In one glass case was a wig with a boat - I wish we could've tried that one on!</div>
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Megan did a beautiful styling job.</div>
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After some time playing we walked up to the Gloriette. Surprisingly the kids ran. I'm not kidding - it was 5 pm and we'd been walking all day and they still ran up the hill. It was a really beautiful day and the hill was covered with people sitting out and enjoying the weather and the view!!</div>
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The kids also took some time to roll down the hills and then come back up. Endless energy!</div>
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All of Vienna spread out behind the Schönbrunn.</div>
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We were able to climb to the very top of the Gloriette (William didn't want to stay long, he's afraid of heights) but we got some good pictures.</div>
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These were built as ruins and we've been around enough real ones now that even the kids commented on how fake they looked! More like an earthquake had hit a new building rather than an old one falling down.</div>
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Our spring break started right at Easter. We did baskets the Saturday before as usual and watched General Conference sessions on Sunday. Then Monday we got in the car and drove four hours into Austria. Our first stop was the city of Melk where the Abbey is known for their Baroque chapel.</div>
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The complex is huge. It's a working monastery, plus the tourist side to it, and a working day school with about 800 students. </div>
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The art on the outside was modern and interesting - everything else was pretty much Baroque. We actually learned at the Schönbrunn Palace that the reason so many buildings from the time period are painted yellow is because it represents and is close to gold.</div>
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There is an absolutely beautiful library inside (no pictures allowed). But the coolest part of it was that the windows were even covered by bookshelves but there were hidden doors set in so that you could open them and there was a table and chair set by the window where you could sit and have good light for your reading. We all thought that was cool! The church was pretty magnificent. I can see why it's considered one of the finest - all dark wood and gold and the tour guide informed us that one of the monks counted over 700 angels in the church. </div>
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In German it's called Stift Melk because the Abbey was a gift from the ruling family of Austria to the Benedictines. In the front of the Abbey they had a small museum of it's history and treasures and as you walked through the word "höre" was emphasized - "listen." I like it when religious sites (despite the tourism) emphasis the tenants of their religion and in this case how we need to listen to God.</div>
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After Melk Abbey we had about an hour to our apartment in Vienna which turned out to be beautiful and spacious and in a quiet, residential neighborhood. We were set up to start our Vienna adventures!</div>
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Abby has been waiting and waiting for this birthday. It's such a milestone! In addition to being baptized (very soon), she also started Activity Days (on her birthday!) and she'll be going to women's sessions with me and Megan! All things that she has really been looking forward to.</div>
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This was the birthday of the snail - she's obsessed! And she requested a snail cake but I knew I couldn't pull that off. Fortunately we found a toy snail and made it into a garden cake and it turned out great!</div>
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Yes, that's a pink edible glitter slime trail. The snail was kind've gross looking but she loved it.</div>
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That's her birthday crown from school.</div>
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It's probably even grosser that she licked the frosting off the snail. She did at one point bring me a real one and ask me if we could put that on the cake too. NO!!!</div>
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She got a lot of snails for presents too - a snail night light, two stuffed snails (one real looking and one not), some snail teabag holders. She did get some other toys and garden tools from Grandma that were immediately put to use.</div>
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I have video as well but it it never uploads well. So let's just say that she is a joy to watch open presents because she gets excited and gushes over pretty much every single one.</div>
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At eight years old Abby is still very dramatic, generous and kind, and generally happy. She is excited about starting the violin, she loves to be outside helping in the yard and yes, LOVES snails. Abby is wonderful in school. She is a good student and a great helper to her teacher. She has a vivid imagination and infuses her personality into her stories. She is a sweet and sensitive soul and likes to be liked and have friends and she has some sweet ones at school. Her favorite color is purple, her favorite flavor is chocolate and she loves watching tv or playing on the tablet. Her reading has gotten really good over this past year and she likes The Magic Treehouse series and Henry and Mudge.</div>
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Yeah it's been almost two months since I posted. Part of it is because I've been pretty busy - school, German classes, subbing, and regular life. But then my blog decided not to let me in and since the email address I created it with is no longer in existence, I gave it up for lost and decided to start a new one. But since my computer says "hey you're in Germany!" it's being a pain and I'm wondering if I should even bother. I don't blog for followers and I'm not sure that people actually read it. It used to be an easy way to journal and then turn it into a hardcopy book but the last two years I've done more work getting the book ready and so the blog becomes an extra thing. Then, surprise surprise, it let me in today! So I'm writing this and posting about life the last six weeks but I'm not sure I'll continue . . . thoughts?</div>
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I've been taking Masters classes in history online and am enjoying the subject matter - not the format. That's another story. I feel compelled to do that now but I don't want to cut back on travel to pay for it! So I've finally been approved and am subbing at the kids' elementary school three days a week. My days off are either homework or working on my church calling or at the school for special events. I'm at the school a lot. For Valentine's day, William's teacher did a "we love to read" lunch and invited the parents. We read, had lunch together, and the kids all gave us roses. It was so sweet!</div>
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This boy struggles with his letters still. He wants to get it right the first time but is fairly lazy and doesn't put the effort in. I feel like 1st grade is where the reading is hit hard so I'm not too worried yet but it is frustrating!</div>
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He's also starting to not want to take pictures unless they're silly.</div>
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But this is a sweet one.</div>
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When the weather is cold and you don't have Christmas markets to go to, you improvise! Actually we were shopping for pants for the girls and it was right after Fasching so we had a little fun.</div>
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Abby is fun!</div>
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Every Friday is spirit day and I asked William if he wanted to match with me. He said yes so I got out his school shirt but then he looked at me and ran upstairs to change his pants to jeans as well and then wanted a picture taken. You know, I don't think the girls have ever done this with me? He loves his momma!</div>
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Then of course we had the 100th day of school and he had to dress like an old man. He specifically asked for the the mustache, hat and glasses. He was super cute. </div>
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Now he's acting like an old man.</div>
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Gelato season has begun! I could fill a whole album with ice cream pictures!</div>
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We dyed easter eggs this year and I blew out about a dozen for painting. We had planned to go to Garmisch for a weekend with Chopper for a scout training but had sick kids instead so he went down and I stayed behind. We had a great staycation though with the eggs, new movies, and lots of laziness.</div>
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On another weekend we did a day in Nuremberg because Abby is now taking violin lessons and we found a place that rents them (hooray!) We wandered a bit (their Easter market was terrible!) and popped into some churches -- included our favorite, St. Sebold. The one with the casket on snails.</div>
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My mom sent a big box of junk for the kids to open up today on Aaron's birthday. They loved it. We had a small cheesecake and sparking candles and sang happy birthday.</div>
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It's been a great year for Aaron. Mostly because the kids talk about him constantly. And they say the funniest things. We had a great conversation about him in the car the other day. I was informed by William that he was there, floating next to him in the car and that because he's invisible, we can't see him or hear him and he can go through walls. But he's with us all the time. And I said - well what if he has a job to do in heaven? And Abby piped up with, Heavenly Father wouldn't give a baby a job!!!!!! So I responded - well maybe go goes around hugging people. Abby says, ok but then after he's done with work he can come home to us.</div>
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The faith of children is extraordinary. Because Chopper and I believe and teach that Aaron is alive and well as a spirit, the kids believe it too. And he is just an invisible part of their lives. And today on his 4th birthday when we miss him, I am so grateful for that.</div>
Wonderful Whittacreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049914088949263739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882030027278964543.post-80345603480340290282018-02-12T05:55:00.000-07:002018-02-12T05:55:33.357-07:00Kids Being Kids<div style="text-align: center;">
The kids are at really good ages. Not too many tantrums, mainly independent, but not yet into the teenager years. They say a lot of fun things that Chopper and I just laugh over and I had to get some of them down on paper because they're so good.</div>
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We have a chimney sweep that comes 2-3 times a year. A lot of people speak English but not necessarily a lot of English. And I really try to meet them halfway with my German! So this last time the sweep came William was really interested in watching what he did to clean the chimneys and so he was standing right there when I thanked him for coming (in German) and said good-bye - the sweep obviously replied in German as well. After I shut the door William turned to me and said "Mom, I don't know why people talk that way (in German), but when people talk to me that way, I do this:" he then stands perfectly still with this blank look on his face and I just started laughing because honestly, that's what I do a lot too!</div>
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Another good William one - he's been very interested in the Deacons passing the sacrament in church on Sundays and has asked me questions about when he'll be a big boy to do it too. Two Sundays after the hymn when the boys stood up to bless the sacrament, he turned to me and said, "mom is it time for the snack-rament?" I started laughing and said " you mean sacrament?" He replies, "oh, yeah, I thought it was called the snack-rament!"</div>
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Last but not least we were talking about twins. Abby told me that if she every has a boy / girl twin combo she's going to name them Jane and Austen for me (she's so sweet!). Megan then added that if she had a boy/girl twin combo she would name them Ben and Anna so that she could just yell "banana" when she needed them to come!</div>
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