Auerbach Castle

Our first castle experience!!  We ventured there while we were still in the army hotel, so this was over a month ago.  This was before the leaves were really starting to turn colors and while we could still wear short sleeves.  I put a lot of pictures on here, but keep in mind that this is actually only about 1/3 of what I took.  It was hard to narrow it down, it was such a fun experience for us.

 

This is the outside of the castle as we walk up to it.

    

These buildings are just outside the castle.  they have the restaurant, snack bar, and gift shop in them.

 

    

         

It was so amazing to look out at the city and hills surrounding the castle.  It was very beautiful there and you felt very high up.

                      

            

This tree was my favorite part.

         

I didn’t realize it until I looked back at these pictures and saw that Ethan was wearing his USA shirt.  That explains why people were staring at us so much.  You get a lot of stares when people realize you are American.  I try to have him avoid wearing that when we are out in the economy, but somehow it slipped passed me.  He’s just proud to be an American, I guess.  It’s his favorite shirt.

If only I could get one of these for our house for time out.

Two Months of Adventures!

I can’t believe it’s been two months since I’ve posted anything. A lot has happened since then. We are now in Wiesbaden, Germany and here is a picture of our view from our hotel. It is such a beautiful place to be. The last two months we have been in Texas and Utah visiting family and friends. Here are a few pictures and videos from our adventures.

After James’ graduation, we packed up the car, left Monterey, California, and headed to Texas.

We decided to make the three day trip a little more exciting by stopping at the Grand Canyon halfway. It was well worth the extra hour.

In San Antonio we stopped by a really fun animal park, where you get to drive around and feed the animals out of your hand. There are some that are starving for attention and some that are starving for food. They were so cute.

On Pioneer Day, we decided to try something new…ice blocking. It was so much fun, but a bit scary.

Now we are in Germany and trying to get used to the change in culture, language, time, and everything else that is different, but loving every minute of it. Here are a few pictures we took on the top of the roof of our hotel.

I can see the wheels turning here.

These are from the inside of our hotel. The sky is so beautiful here.