The group would hike all day until they reached their new sleeping hut for the night. The places were usually pretty rustic, but great considering they were in the middle of nowhere. At some places all of the food, drinks and supplies are transported using donkeys. Needless to say, the views at all of the […]
Simon
Wanderung in the French Alps- Flora and Fauna
I was pretty impressed by the variety of flowers, plants and terrain in the Alps… 3rd (and last) Wanderung post coming up next…
Wanderung in the French Alps
For the past 6 summers, Opa Friedel and cousin Maxim have been going on a week-long hike (Wanderung) through the Alps with Maxim’s old friends from Kindergarten and their families. They explore a different part of the Alps every year. Simon has been hearing about these trips for years and has always wanted to go, […]
The FP
That’s code for Favorite Parent. We definitely have one of those in our family, and it’s definitely Papa. I don’t take it too personally because I mostly know why. Papa is the parent who is around the least, and when he is around it’s all about having fun. One of the reasons I married Simon […]
Father’s Day 2014 / Christi Himmelfahrt (Christ Sky Drive)
Father’s Day is always a holiday here in Germany (no school or work) because it falls on Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension Day). That’s a definite difference I’ve noticed here- there are LOTS of Catholic/ religious national holidays celebrated here that we don’t observe in America (as a national holiday at least). There were 2 more of […]