Strasbourg

First thing we had to do when we arrived in Strasbourg was getting "deux pain au chocolat". Mum what did you say? I ordered two chocolate croissants. Yummie. And the good thing about it is: they taste much better than here.

The kids just were eating their croissants when we arrived at the cathedral. Unbelievable big and beautiful.

All those little details they made long time ago - incredible!

As there was a service going on we just had a short moment inside as we did not wanted to disturb with our little ones.

Something fascinating about France is: it doesn´t matter where you go, there is always a merry-go-round. Don´t ask me why.

And the one in Strasbourg was a beautiful two floor high one.

Lotte went upstairs,

Hilde chose - I actually don´t know what it was but in any case they had a lovely time.

Part of the old city called "Petite France".

Right from the bridge we could watch how a boat was getting up in a lock. Even later it was our boat being in that lock - the kids were fascinated.

A picture of the cathedral while being on our boat trip. We got beautiful views of Strasbourg while being on the boat and Malte was having his nap and that made it really easy.

Lotte was sitting there for 1 1/4 hours, listenting carefully to what was told. There was a special children programm for the tour.

Hilde enjoyed sitting on Remcos laps for a long time. She grabbed her chance as Malte was sleeping...

The European Parliament.

Again the impressing cathedral of Strasbourg.

This city is absolutely worth a visit!

Last thing we did before we had to get back to the car was getting on the platform of the cathedral. We could see a lot of buildings we saw before while being on the boat. Lotte recognized a lot of them - yeap, she is getting old and interested - love it!

Opel Zoo

Last saturday we went to Frankfurt to get some shoppings done and afterwards we visited the Opel Zoo. The zoo we went often while living in the Frankfurt area.

Amazing, Hilde on the car! Right here at the Opel Zoo she broke her arm two years ago. We haven been back quite often but she never wanted to get back on them. Here two pictures dated July 2007

This is how the ride ended in july 07.

Lotte, our expeirenced driver.

Malte in a little chairoplane. As you can see, he loved it. The trouble always starts if you need to get Malte off the cars or out of the chairoplane. If he loves something you actually should not try to make a change.

The camel ride. That´s one of the reasons why the kids love this zoo.

Coming back from the little trip.

Sweetie, that was the camels name.

The only shot of Malte on the pony. As soon as pony left - or lets say started walking - he started crying. We did not finish the tour.

Feeding the elephant.

Feeding the deer with the chestnuts the girls collected at Schlosspark in Schwetzingen some days ago.

As always. Please take a seat.

It is very hard to get three kids looking in the same direction!

I knew ....

.... that there would come the day that Malte would wear pink princess shoes! And I was right! That little man was so proud of himself as he managed to put the shoe on all by himself!

Schlosspark Schwetzingen

Last weekend of august Remco needed to finish some work and so I decided to go to the Schlosspark in Schwetzingen as it was long time ago that we have been there.



The weather was beautiful and the kids enjoyed the time very much as there were some chestnuts to collect.

Wanna know what time it is? Lotte showing her watch she got for her birthday.

Time for a foto session.

And the smalest one decides when it is enough!

A walk in the sun ....

... finding some chestnuts. Most of them were still in the trees.

Ladies wait for me, I am coming!!!

Getting closer and closer ....

... finally he made it but he couldn´t reach the water - even more important, he could not get on that little wall.

Summer Tennis Camp

One day Lotte told me that she wanted to get some tennis lessons. I liked the idea but was searching for an option to give her the chance to try before we would sign her up. Finally we got to know that there was some Tennis summer camp and we were able to sign up Lotte for a week. One week of tennis, every day (except the last) hotter than 30 degrees. I would think that that means no fun on the tennis court but Lotte loved it!


Here a little photo impression.

Lottes 7th birthday

This month Lotte turned already 7. Time flies. She loves having her birthday and she loved that grandma and grandpa from the Netherlands especially came for her birthday.

7 candles on the cake. For Lotte no problem to ...

... blow them out all togehter in one time.

Hilde waiting for her piece of cake.

The guys after having their cake.

Aunt Elke, Anna and Jonas

We were just back from our holidays in the Netherlands when my sister called to tell me that she was planning to visit us. And she did not only plan to visit us, she even arrived the same day.
We had some lovely hot days together that we spend at the pool, gelateria, Mannheim and at Luisenpark. Here some pictures of our trip to Luisenpark.

Climbing can be really challenging.

We spend at least 20 minutes at this hot spot.

This is how Malte looks if something is not going as he would like it to go!

All the five kids enjoyed a ride on the electric cars. I hopped on with Malte and he didn´t wanted to get off.

Hilde and Anna.

Funny picture, isn´t it?