Monday, September 26, 2011

Farewell to Germany...for now


Our last week in Germany!  The boys and I ventured to visit Cologne all by ourselves.  It was quite the feat.  Here is the amazing Dom!  We also visited the Roman Museum and took a walk by the Rhine River while we ate ice cream.  With kids, that was a full day by itself!
 Aachen had a "September Summer Special" celebration in town.  They had a large ferris wheel right behind the Rathaus and Dom.  We took a ride, and got some pretty pictures of the city, like this one:
 Steffi, my running friend, had the boys and I over for breakfast, which was so fun!  She also brought us some yummy truffles before we left to say aufwiedersehen!  What a great friend!
 Our last Saturday in Aachen, we visited Lousberg, the largest hill in Aachen.  There is a great park there, a lookout point, many beautiful trails, an old monestery, and some old pillars.  Next to the pillars, there was a little shallow pool for taking a refreshing walk around.  The boys insisted on playing in it, and had a great time.

 Scott's workmate, Joseph invited us to have Zwiebelkuchen (a Fall favorite) with he and his girlfriend.  We had a great time with them, and the kids LOVED them.  Autumn can begin now that we've had our Zwiebelkuchen!  (A onion pastry cake....kind of like quiche)

1 comment:

Inga said...

what a wonderful opportunity for all of you. I've not been to London, but love Brussels.