Monthly Archives: December 2005

In a rather spontaneous decision (and after making sure that the streets are no longer in snow chaos) we took a trip to Cologne [ケルん] (Köln) today. My dad’s family is from there and we wanted to visit his 2 … Continue reading →

We found this really sweet outfit for him (well, the pants are still a bit long, so we used one of his fitting pants) and I realized that this is his first real shirt. He looks so handsome in it!

Look at those two bottle feeders: no further comments … unless you have anything to add

Last night we returned to Bad Homburg. The trip started very well, but the last hour became 4 hours once heavy snowfalls set in. Gladly my dad had switched the tyres just a week ago and we were fairly safe … Continue reading →

Last night we checked into our hotel at Hannover’s Maschsee. I remember this lake very well, I used to run around it (sometimes twice) every day when I lived here. Since then my knee joints have given up and jogging … Continue reading →

Our first stop when arriving in Hannover (a city I lived in from 1990-1992) were the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen: “The royal gardens of Herrenhausen are a real treat for visitors to the state capital. These unique gardens were created … Continue reading →

… you rub a balloon against your hair? On our way down south again, we stopped by the only place that we were sure was open on a holiday like xmas (yes, McD again) and Julius had lots of fun … Continue reading →

Before we left this morning we took a nice family pic of all of us: My mom in the middle, with her three sons, her 2 daughters in law with their 3 kids.

Last year he was too small to unwrap his own gifts. So this year, a huge box from Kai and Petra was his first to unwrap. He was a bit puzzled, why suddenly people want him to tear down paper, … Continue reading →