We got up at 4am, got home at 1am and the day was 9 hours longer than a regular earth day. It was preceded by an 8 day road-trip taking the extra, extra, long way from Jena to the Frankfurt airport. We hopped from town to town taking in medieval villages, Playmobil FunPark (only 8 bucks!!) Bavaria, luge courses, playgrounds, gondolas, castles, the Black Forest, and some fantastic rock skipping on the Rhine. Along the way we had another 4-country day without really trying; once we woke up in Austria, got coffee in Lichtenstein, then drove through countless Swiss tunnels on our way back into Germany. Whew. These kids are TROOPERS!
Ben and Claire are now rediscovering their toys.
Kristi is rediscovering her own bed.
I'm just soaking it all in.
My first impression of the whole six month adventure?? WOW, that was a change of pace for some quiet mostly monolingual country folk.
We lived in a two bedroom apartment, where we could walk to work, or school, or the park, or shopping. If you wanted to go to Paris, it was a ten minute walk to a train station. There were neighbors, new friends and old friends. It was never quiet, but always calm. I haven't seen stars like we have here tonight in six months, but I have never got to walk in a deep dark beech forest watching fire flies here either. It was all so wonderfully new and fun and exciting.
I am incredibly grateful to the folks on both sides who made it possible. Rod, Jonothan, Laura-n-Bob, Kim, Wendy,, above and beyond the call! And a special thanks and love to the Mothers Nancy for keeping us supplied with Mac and Cheese, peanut butter and Gluten-free treats and Papa Ray and Grammy of the Seattle pick-up. You all are amazing and I'm glad you are in our lives,,, ok getting sappy,,, time to go get some sleep!
Ben and Claire are now rediscovering their toys.
Kristi is rediscovering her own bed.I'm just soaking it all in.
My first impression of the whole six month adventure?? WOW, that was a change of pace for some quiet mostly monolingual country folk.
We lived in a two bedroom apartment, where we could walk to work, or school, or the park, or shopping. If you wanted to go to Paris, it was a ten minute walk to a train station. There were neighbors, new friends and old friends. It was never quiet, but always calm. I haven't seen stars like we have here tonight in six months, but I have never got to walk in a deep dark beech forest watching fire flies here either. It was all so wonderfully new and fun and exciting.
I am incredibly grateful to the folks on both sides who made it possible. Rod, Jonothan, Laura-n-Bob, Kim, Wendy,, above and beyond the call! And a special thanks and love to the Mothers Nancy for keeping us supplied with Mac and Cheese, peanut butter and Gluten-free treats and Papa Ray and Grammy of the Seattle pick-up. You all are amazing and I'm glad you are in our lives,,, ok getting sappy,,, time to go get some sleep!
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