BF part 2

Here are the waterfall pics and hotel pics from Baden Baden.

If you know Judah, you'll understand why he spent the majority of the time on Ben's shoulders...

 Play area for the kiddos

annnnd this is where Judah lost his shoe 

We saw so many little German kiddos with these packs on. We wanted to get the wilds each one but at 49 euros we said NAH....

Ben's black forrest cake

Fuzzy water (gas water)

They were smoked.

Hotel room on the 3rd floor. It was pretty warm in Germany the first 2 wks we were there. Germans don't do air conditioning either- waste of energy.

Vineyards

Quick trip to the Black Forrest Part 1

The next time we're back in Germany, Ben and I both want to spend more time in the Black Forrest. It was so beautiful and we didn't get to do too much exploring. We checkout out the tallest waterfall in Germany and some shopping then went to Baden Baden for a night. I broke this up into 2 parts because I have so many pics to share :)

Here's our hotel room...

Little entry way. I love how the Germans have door everywhere. You can shut off part of a room, not have to heat the whole area, and the main reason I like it so much is you can cut back on the noise so your kiddos can sleep better!

The kids had their own "room" that we could keep the doors open or shut. They were pretty tired after playing outside and still getting used to the 6hr time change so they were in bed early and Ben and I had dessert and coffee on the balcony then watched a movie all while the kiddos snoozed away.

Another reason I LOVE Germany- they are so family/kiddo friendly. While we waited for our food and after we were finished- the kids played on the playground. We got to sit and have time to talk while they had a ball all within arms reach of our table. This isn't an uncommon thing. Almost all the restaurants we ate at had something for the kiddos to play on or with.

The wilds played with more rocks on this trip than anything :) No playground for them, just piles of different sized rocks.

The food is simply incredible.

I'd get an apple strudel everywhere we went, the baby needed them.

Ben's black forrest sundae

Long overdue....

So much has happened in the past six months, it's mind blowing. I'll start with our pictures from Germany. I just finished uploading them to the desktop and haven't had a chance to fine tune them yet so you're just going to get the first edition.

The first week in Germany...

On the plane hours after our housing inspection.

Refueling in Canada, the kids ran like loons all over this empty airport. Praise God they slept from Canada to Germany and through the landing. When we got them out of the carseats to pack them up, we sat them in the jump seats and they were still out cold- it was so funny.

Judah's first schnitzel

We met up with our dear friend from WA while she just so happened to be in Germany same time we were. We suggested heading to the dinosaur park and them some dinner. The wilds adore dinosaurs and the restaurant is a favorite of ours. She had never meet the kiddos and it had been 5 years since we saw her last. It was like no time had past. It was so wonderful! The wilds loved her instantly.

How Cubba watched the World Cup at our German friends home.

 Next adventure was a day in Herrstein. We had been there before when Audrey was 18months old. We'd go back just for the food but the hike is awesome :)

The potato sausage was a bit too much for me, Ben ate that :) The stuffed porkbelly was amazing. The restaurant is known for it's stuffed potato dumplings that would keep you full for 3 days but we had that the first time and wanted to try something new.

We got to go to a German Graduation, it was for our friends son. We didn't know it'd take 2.5 hours but it was pretty neat. Judah wasn't feeling it so him and Ben played outside the last hour. They both love Alex and Maraike so very much!