Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Coming home...
Ok I just broke down and bought this dress. I'm hoping it will work for bringing Anna home from the hospital and won't be too big. It does have a tie sash in the back, so hopefully we can make it work. :) I was looking at it online and then found it in the outlet mall for less, so I couldn't resist. heehee
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Anna's New Chair
While we were in Europe, our glider rocker came in. We picked it up today and it looks lovely in Anna's room. It's very comfy, too!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
More Lovely Pictures
Here are a couple of my favorite pictures that I haven't posted, yet. Here is Angela on a slide at the little park beside the Rhine Falls in Switzerland. She looks like she is having a bit of fun, eh?
And my sweet husband... I was laughing so hard at this point because I looked much worse than he did, but he didn't get a picture of me. I was eating and apricot-filled sugar covered donut and had apricot all over my face and a bit on my jacket. He looked especially cute with all the white powdered sugar on his black jacket and a bit of cherry all over his face! This was also when we were in Switzerland a couple of days ago.
Now for a few pictures in France... the Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg was very pretty... and inside was this very interesting clock. It had a little person that struck a bell to ring the hours... and apparently at 12:30 was the big show of the day when all the little interactive parts of the clock would move around. Unfortunately we were there too early for that and didn't want to wait an hour for it.
We wandered around the town a bit more and just next to the river, we saw this nice tree and decided to take Anna's picture here... so here is Anna in France.
Close to the tree, we saw people buying tickets for what looked like a fun boat ride... we checked it out and it was a reasonable price for over an hour boat trip around the town. The river was an offshoot of the Rhine and the boat was a nice glass enclosed, warm boat with little headphones to listen to the audio tour in English (or whatever language you preferred). The commentary on the audio guide was very interesting and the views were lovely. It said this next house was one of the most photographed places in Strasbourg.
And then the most umm... memorable bits of history we learned on the audio tour was about this tower where prisoners were tortured. It was apparently very bad conditions and the prisoners complained that they didn't even have straw to sleep on. It was also apparently bad conditions for the torturer. He sentenced for something while he was employed as a torturer and the sentence was to have his tongue cut out and then to be decapitated. But they said that he was granted a bit of a kindness by the next torturer, in that he decapitated him before cutting his tongue out! :O
Strasbourg has major influences of both French and German ancestry, due to the number of times it changed leadership over the years. You could see a lot of both influences in the city. This girl statue here is demonstrating the interesting hair dressing that seems to be traditional in the city.
Just a lovely view in town....
After Strasbourg, we went back to Germany and stopped in Karlsruhe. This is the Schlossplatz in the center of town there. 
Today we are having another day of rest before we take our day trip to Munich tomorrow!
And my sweet husband... I was laughing so hard at this point because I looked much worse than he did, but he didn't get a picture of me. I was eating and apricot-filled sugar covered donut and had apricot all over my face and a bit on my jacket. He looked especially cute with all the white powdered sugar on his black jacket and a bit of cherry all over his face! This was also when we were in Switzerland a couple of days ago.
Now for a few pictures in France... the Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg was very pretty... and inside was this very interesting clock. It had a little person that struck a bell to ring the hours... and apparently at 12:30 was the big show of the day when all the little interactive parts of the clock would move around. Unfortunately we were there too early for that and didn't want to wait an hour for it.We wandered around the town a bit more and just next to the river, we saw this nice tree and decided to take Anna's picture here... so here is Anna in France.Close to the tree, we saw people buying tickets for what looked like a fun boat ride... we checked it out and it was a reasonable price for over an hour boat trip around the town. The river was an offshoot of the Rhine and the boat was a nice glass enclosed, warm boat with little headphones to listen to the audio tour in English (or whatever language you preferred). The commentary on the audio guide was very interesting and the views were lovely. It said this next house was one of the most photographed places in Strasbourg.And then the most umm... memorable bits of history we learned on the audio tour was about this tower where prisoners were tortured. It was apparently very bad conditions and the prisoners complained that they didn't even have straw to sleep on. It was also apparently bad conditions for the torturer. He sentenced for something while he was employed as a torturer and the sentence was to have his tongue cut out and then to be decapitated. But they said that he was granted a bit of a kindness by the next torturer, in that he decapitated him before cutting his tongue out! :O
Strasbourg has major influences of both French and German ancestry, due to the number of times it changed leadership over the years. You could see a lot of both influences in the city. This girl statue here is demonstrating the interesting hair dressing that seems to be traditional in the city.
Just a lovely view in town....
After Strasbourg, we went back to Germany and stopped in Karlsruhe. This is the Schlossplatz in the center of town there. 
Today we are having another day of rest before we take our day trip to Munich tomorrow!
The Saddest Gargoyle
Yesterday, Mark & I took a fairly short train trip down to Strasbourg, France. Here is my favorite picture of the day. There is a Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg and at the bottom of the cathedral, we saw this gargoyle... and he must be the saddest gargoyle ever!! We have to go get some breakfast, but will post more pictures later today. It is another day of rest before our day trip to Munich tomorrow.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
A Moment for Gardenpinkie
Gardenpinkie, I decided that your moment couldn't be one spent out in the cold, so it had to be my warm happy moment last evening after a day of sightseeing and travel. We went to a lovely restaurant called Alte Kanzlei that was so warm and inviting with its soft lighting and lovely atmosphere. It was recommended to us and we all really enjoyed it. I had this yummy concoction called Kasespaetlze - basically glorified mac & cheese - ha! But it was so much more!! 
A Few Pictures for your Viewing Pleasure
Today, Angela headed out to her flight back to London and Mark and I wandered a little bit around Stuttgart and to one museum. We decided to rest the remainder of the day so we can be ready for our trip to France tomorrow. Mark brought his camera cord, so here are a few for you. This is the flat screen tv in our bathroom in Salzburg.
This is a shot of some of the lovely buildings along the river that runs through Salzburg.
Here is the traditional self portrait of Angela and me... overlooking Salzburg.
This is a shot of some of the lovely buildings along the river that runs through Salzburg.Here is the traditional self portrait of Angela and me... overlooking Salzburg.
Here we are striking a pose in front of the reconstructed Sound of Music gazebo. 
This lovely photo is in the marionette museum that was in the fortress in Salzburg. The characters are two from The Magic Flute. (Angela loves them.)
This was yesterday in Switzerland... Mark & I are standing in front of the 'largest waterfall in Europe'. :) Feel free to compare it to our recent trip to Iguassu Falls in August.
This lovely photo is in the marionette museum that was in the fortress in Salzburg. The characters are two from The Magic Flute. (Angela loves them.)
This was yesterday in Switzerland... Mark & I are standing in front of the 'largest waterfall in Europe'. :) Feel free to compare it to our recent trip to Iguassu Falls in August.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Recovery! Switzerland and Germany...
Unfortunately, the internet is expensive at our hotel here in Stuttgart, Germany, so you may not be hearing from us as often! Yesterday was fairly uneventful... Mark made it in to Frankfurt on time and to the hotel in Stuttgart about 10am where he waited for Angela and me. I did not have a great day yesterday. Ang and I got up at 5:45 am to get ready and make it to our 7:53am train. I was already feeling not too good before we got on the train and managed to throw up 3 times during the day... We made it to the hotel a bit afternoon and stayed here the rest of the day so I could recover! But luckily I was feeling fine this morning and we were able to go ahead with our plans for today.
This morning we rented a car and drove about an hour and a half down just past the border into Switzerland to see the 'Largest Falls in Europe' - the Rhein Falls. They were pretty and gave us a lovely time in Switzerland, but they weren't really very big :) We drove a bit around the town there next to the falls and walked a little bit around the shops. Then we headed back up in to Germany and to Hohenzollern Castle. This was a lovely castle situated high on a hill. Fortunately there was a shuttle bus option to the top from the parking area and I considered the 2.60 Euros well worth it!! The guided tour was not in English, so we bought the little book and Angela was our tour guide. It was lovely, but pretty COLD!! We had a nice time and then headed back to Stuttgart. We got a recommendation for a German restaurant from the man at the car rental place and really enjoyed our dinner!! Ang and Mark both had beef dishes and I had a noodle dish... Very yummy! Then we walked back (and froze our buns a bit) to our hotel!!
Poor Ang's week off school has come to an end, so she heads back to London on a flight tomorrow. We will miss her!!!
This morning we rented a car and drove about an hour and a half down just past the border into Switzerland to see the 'Largest Falls in Europe' - the Rhein Falls. They were pretty and gave us a lovely time in Switzerland, but they weren't really very big :) We drove a bit around the town there next to the falls and walked a little bit around the shops. Then we headed back up in to Germany and to Hohenzollern Castle. This was a lovely castle situated high on a hill. Fortunately there was a shuttle bus option to the top from the parking area and I considered the 2.60 Euros well worth it!! The guided tour was not in English, so we bought the little book and Angela was our tour guide. It was lovely, but pretty COLD!! We had a nice time and then headed back to Stuttgart. We got a recommendation for a German restaurant from the man at the car rental place and really enjoyed our dinner!! Ang and Mark both had beef dishes and I had a noodle dish... Very yummy! Then we walked back (and froze our buns a bit) to our hotel!!
Poor Ang's week off school has come to an end, so she heads back to London on a flight tomorrow. We will miss her!!!
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