Today is the last day for Chuckie and Elaina to soak up the deliciousness of German culture, so naturally we are taking them to the very fine restaurant Oma's ('Grandma's') for the best schnitzel in town.
Jeremy and I ran those poor kids ragged: riding bikes to the Palace near Cologne (a 1.5 hour ride instead of 45 minutes. Oops!), hiking the 'Philosopher's Path' in Heidelberg, gawking at the immensity of the English Garden in Munich (they cried Uncle and went back to the hotel, unfortately missing MORE NAKED GERMANS. One part of the park is clothing-optional. Now it seems like Jer and I can no longer avoid seeing naked Germans. Once you start, it seems hard to stop!!), and walking through all of the awesomeness that is Berlin while staying in a hostel barely within the town (and while we were there I saw about 10 hostels MUCH closer to the action. Waah!).
Quotes from the exhausted kids themselves:
Elaina-- "Germany is pretty, too bad the sky looks like Northeast Ohio. And what's up with having to pay for the bathroom and no water fountains and no free water with dinner?"
Chuckie-- "Ich bin ein Strudel."
My highlight of the trip was eating calves' hearts for the first time in Munich. Kinda gamey.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Thanks for taking care of Chuckie and Elaina on their European vacation. I talked to Chuckie last night. Glad that they're home safely. Can't wait to see the pictures!
Sarah & Jeremy- thanks for sharing your pics. You mom gave me the new address. It was nice that you had Chuck and Elaina visit.
Quit looking at naked Germans, would naked Spaniards or naked Italians be better- after the Loympics the answer is yes!
Love-Aunt Jen
Aww, Aunt Jenny, the poor Germans do their best. However, we will now commit ourselves to expanding the nationalities at which (whom?) we rubberneck.
so when you say you ate cow hearts for the first time, does that mean there will be a second time?
I have to say that I am not opposed to a second time... They actually tasted pretty good!
Probably won't be cooking it myself, though.
Pictures coming up!
Post a Comment