Germany Day5

Chloe heading out for her last day of site seeing in Germany.

Chloe with Doug and Dylan. I love this picture. Look how tall Dylan has gotten. This is in Offenburg.

Chloe helping push her stroller to Petite France in Stausburg.

Petite France. It was amazing.

The church in Stausburg. It was amazing. It was called Notre Dame of Strausburg. There was a memorial inside to US soldiers for helping save it. Chloe was so tired at this point. A week of no naps and only 10hrs of sleep had really caught up with her. She was ready to head home. It was a great time.

Germany Day 4

On the 4th day Dylan's Oma and Opa took us on a great tour of the Black Forest. Here we hiked down along some waterfalls. It was raining a bit. I carried Chloe down (she is hiding behind me) and Doug got to carry her up. It was really steap so glad he got the way up :). In the red jacket is Dylan's host mom, Renate. To her right is her son Dennis and to her left is her mother in law, Oma (Annie).

They packed the back of the car with pretzels for everyone and drinks. So after we had toured the lake we went back to the cars and had a little picnic.

Dyland Chloe are working on blowing some dandelions. It was so dang cute.

Dylan carrying Chloe. We were walking part way around the lake that you will see in the next photo.

Dennis, Chloe and Dylan. Chloe really liked Dennis. When we would arrive at the house each morning she would yell out: Dennis. It was cute. Here they are sitting on the bow of the boat that took us around the lake. The lake was another lake that was formed during the ice age. It was gorgeous.

Germany Day 3

Sorry this first picture is actuall from Day 2. We went up to a Castle and Chloe just loved the rocks as you can see by her happy dancing. Day 3: Dylan was actually with some family friends so we went with Niklas, Renate and Dennis to France to see some monkeys and a castle. No I am not joking. And yes we had a great time.

This was in the castle (Schloss Haut-Koenigsbourg). Doug and Niklas are playing with Chloe. The Castle was pretty amazing.

This was at the monkey place (Montagne des Signes). There was this mountain where they let these monkeys roam free within a huge compound and people walk through on a path. You can walk right up to the monkeys and you can feed them popcorn. It was pretty neat.

Chloe and I feeding the monkeys.

Chloe and Doug feeding the monkeys.

Germany Day 2

Sorry these pictures are all out of order. I will at least try and post the pictures according to the days to make it somewhat organized. On the first day we arrived in Germany we were able to meet up with Dylan when he got done with school and then we went to meet his host family. These pictures are all from the second day. Yes we did all of this in one day. The above picture is Doug and Chloe playing on a castle wall. We were able to eat a snack and have some coffee at the castle/mansion. Apparently some really rich guy had had the mansion built for himself and later it was turned into a hotel. Some very important guests had stayed at the hotel and Niklas (Dylan's Host Dad) had been there to provide security.

The next three pictures are of us making our way around a lake that was formed by ice during the Ice Age. There is a myth about mermaids and the lake but I didn't catch all of that. As you can see Dylan and Chloe wasted no time getting to know each other again. She sure does love her older brother.

In red is Renate, Dylan's Host Mom and in front of Doug and Chloe is one of Dylan's brothers, Dennis.

Doug and Dennis playing around. Chloe loved it.

This was the site of a Hurricane (yes hurricane) that struck the Black Forest. It is now a tourist stop and has trails you can walk on. This picture is of Dylan and Dennis standing on the roots of a tree that was destroyed in the hurricane.

This is all of us walking on the paths in the hurricane area. Chloe is in the pack.