I have to put this video on. It has nothing to do with Germany and everything to do with how silly Savanna can be. Give it a watch and have a good laugh.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Germany-2
Sorry this one is a little lame because it's just about our hotel and a little of the surrounding area. Sorry, you have to wade through the less cool stuff before you can get to the castles and dinosaurs. I don't think there will much commentary.
The name of our hotel, obviously.
Here is the green lantern to go along with the name.
The view out our window, there is a castle up on the ridge.
Here is a zoom of the castle. We visited it twice but that is another post.
We decided to go walking around the neighborhood our first day there. One reason was to see what was close and two so that we could get to the rental car place. That church had such random bells. They were never the right number to be the time. Sunday had all sorts of bells I would assume they went along with their services.
Down the street in the other direction. This is a good picture because it reminds me that I need to get the pictures off of Kaelin's camera. I'm pretty sure this was the only day that she took her own pictures anyway.
A cute little side road on our walking trip. It sort of reminded me of where I grew up in NJ.
We passed a lot of shops but all seemed to be closed because it was Sunday. It was nice to see that the town/country had so many things closed on the Sabbath Day. We finally found the rental car place but that too was closed. We kind of expected it but thought we'd take a chance.
Instead of walking all the way back, we stopped in this gas station to call for a taxi. They were extremely nice and even gave the kids some crackers.
We hung out on the sidewalk for what ended up being a really long time. We have been so used to standing out in Portugal that it was weird to blend in so well and see such diversity. We did a lot of people watching sitting on this sidewalk.
Now you have to not look too closely to these pictures. I wanted to take some when we first got there but we weren't in our room for too long. We really only used our room to sleep. Rob took these pictures almost at the end of our trip so the room is pretty trashed, with dirty clothes, opened suitcases, unmade beds, food wrappers, and all the random stuff we collected over the week. So bare with me.
My legs and hips were having a tough time so I was taking some down time with my book. The pillows are huge squares, but they are soft enough that you can fold them in half. It's kind of smart because if you want a really soft pillow you just leave it and if you need more firmness, go ahead and fold it in half.
Savanna was in our room on a fold out bed, when it's folded it looks just like the chair that Kaelin is on. All the tv was in German so the kids are watching a movie on the IPAD until bedtime.
Sean was posing on the window sill. He also got a haircut at the BX while we were there. I couldn't get any picture of that because he fell asleep during and I was busy holding his head.
Our green and brown bathroom. Those little shelves got quite full because that was all the counter space. It also had a shower and a tub. The kids thought that was cool.
This was the kids room. Overall, we really enjoyed our hotel. We were glad that the tv was in German because then we didn't watch any. We were glad there weren't many sitting places because then we just stayed out until bedtime. I was glad there was really no where to eat because then I was able to get lots of fast food.
More on the fast food I ate in a later post, but I will tell you that I have gained 10lbs. in the past month and I don't think it's all baby and I don't doubt that I gained it all in our one week in Germany.
The name of our hotel, obviously. 
Here is the green lantern to go along with the name.
The view out our window, there is a castle up on the ridge.
Here is a zoom of the castle. We visited it twice but that is another post.
We decided to go walking around the neighborhood our first day there. One reason was to see what was close and two so that we could get to the rental car place. That church had such random bells. They were never the right number to be the time. Sunday had all sorts of bells I would assume they went along with their services.
Down the street in the other direction. This is a good picture because it reminds me that I need to get the pictures off of Kaelin's camera. I'm pretty sure this was the only day that she took her own pictures anyway.
A cute little side road on our walking trip. It sort of reminded me of where I grew up in NJ.We passed a lot of shops but all seemed to be closed because it was Sunday. It was nice to see that the town/country had so many things closed on the Sabbath Day. We finally found the rental car place but that too was closed. We kind of expected it but thought we'd take a chance.
Instead of walking all the way back, we stopped in this gas station to call for a taxi. They were extremely nice and even gave the kids some crackers.
We hung out on the sidewalk for what ended up being a really long time. We have been so used to standing out in Portugal that it was weird to blend in so well and see such diversity. We did a lot of people watching sitting on this sidewalk.
Now you have to not look too closely to these pictures. I wanted to take some when we first got there but we weren't in our room for too long. We really only used our room to sleep. Rob took these pictures almost at the end of our trip so the room is pretty trashed, with dirty clothes, opened suitcases, unmade beds, food wrappers, and all the random stuff we collected over the week. So bare with me.
My legs and hips were having a tough time so I was taking some down time with my book. The pillows are huge squares, but they are soft enough that you can fold them in half. It's kind of smart because if you want a really soft pillow you just leave it and if you need more firmness, go ahead and fold it in half.
Savanna was in our room on a fold out bed, when it's folded it looks just like the chair that Kaelin is on. All the tv was in German so the kids are watching a movie on the IPAD until bedtime.
Sean was posing on the window sill. He also got a haircut at the BX while we were there. I couldn't get any picture of that because he fell asleep during and I was busy holding his head.
Our green and brown bathroom. Those little shelves got quite full because that was all the counter space. It also had a shower and a tub. The kids thought that was cool.
This was the kids room. Overall, we really enjoyed our hotel. We were glad that the tv was in German because then we didn't watch any. We were glad there weren't many sitting places because then we just stayed out until bedtime. I was glad there was really no where to eat because then I was able to get lots of fast food.More on the fast food I ate in a later post, but I will tell you that I have gained 10lbs. in the past month and I don't think it's all baby and I don't doubt that I gained it all in our one week in Germany.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Germany-1
Alright, so we took a family trip to Germany and we took more than 400 pictures. Don't worry I won't post ALL of them but in an effort to actually get them posted I'm going do it in different posts. This post is the flight. It was not a normal flight. We were flying to Germany on a C-130 so we were in for a different experience.
From the airport terminal we had to hop on a bus that would take us to our plane. The kids were pretty excited about this.
When Sean saw the buses he said, "I think this is going to be fun!"
Then we got our first glimpse of our plane. It was quite huge! I mean look at it compared to that truck.
This was an inside shot out the back of the plane. The back is open because they were loading our luggage. That is that plastic wrapped bundle. At least we knew our luggage wouldn't get lost.
This was before the engines were started up, I know this because they don't have in their ear plugs. It was quite loud.
We all sat on jump seats that were sideways. In some ways I liked this much better. It gave the illusion of more room even though their was much, much less. The bathroom was down at one end so whenever anyone had to use the facilities they had to squeeze between everyone, all they way down the line. That definitely got annoying. I actually don't think I got a picture of the bathroom. It was just a toilet that they were kind enough to hang up a tarp for us to use as a privacy curtain. When I did need to use the bathroom I was very thankful for the loud noise, or else everyone would hear the gentle tinkle of every patron.
Sean and Vanna did surprisingly well with the noise and with the earplugs. They fell out a few times but it was loud enough that they didn't argue about putting them back in.
We all slept at some time or another. The kids were entertained with the IPAD's and DS's. I was surprised that you could still hear them, but I guess when the sound is piped right into your ear than it works just fine.
We were told that flying on a C-130 would get cold. It was not cold. We had close to 80 people and they had the heater running. Instead of putting on hats, coats and gloves we were taking off as many layers as we could. My long sleeved shirt did not last long.
In this one you can see how little leg room we had between us and the people across the room. Luckily the people directly across from me, Vanna and Sean were Rob and Kaelin, so we could put our legs up next to them if we needed a stretch.
This is my genius. Savanna's head phones kept falling off. It was an inconvenience because 1. she couldn't hear her movie any more and 2. her sound barrier disappeared and it got real loud. So I did some bending and made her headphones work. I was pretty excited that it worked so well. Yeah, me!
At one point I got up to walk around and asked one of the men if they knew where we were. They called through their headsets and found out we were coming up on Paris. I yelled/signed/mouthed over to Rob and he finally understood and came to take a look. With perfect timing he was able to get a picture of the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Looks like we don't have to make a trip to Paris now. lol, j/k
Well, I hope to get another post done tomorrow and continue one a day until I get them all done. Sean and I are going on a medical trip to Baltimore (ENT dr. appt.) that leaves Sunday, so maybe I'll get all of the Germany trip finished before I leave. Here's hoping.
From the airport terminal we had to hop on a bus that would take us to our plane. The kids were pretty excited about this.
When Sean saw the buses he said, "I think this is going to be fun!"
Then we got our first glimpse of our plane. It was quite huge! I mean look at it compared to that truck. 
This was an inside shot out the back of the plane. The back is open because they were loading our luggage. That is that plastic wrapped bundle. At least we knew our luggage wouldn't get lost.
This was before the engines were started up, I know this because they don't have in their ear plugs. It was quite loud.
We all sat on jump seats that were sideways. In some ways I liked this much better. It gave the illusion of more room even though their was much, much less. The bathroom was down at one end so whenever anyone had to use the facilities they had to squeeze between everyone, all they way down the line. That definitely got annoying. I actually don't think I got a picture of the bathroom. It was just a toilet that they were kind enough to hang up a tarp for us to use as a privacy curtain. When I did need to use the bathroom I was very thankful for the loud noise, or else everyone would hear the gentle tinkle of every patron.
Sean and Vanna did surprisingly well with the noise and with the earplugs. They fell out a few times but it was loud enough that they didn't argue about putting them back in.
We all slept at some time or another. The kids were entertained with the IPAD's and DS's. I was surprised that you could still hear them, but I guess when the sound is piped right into your ear than it works just fine.
We were told that flying on a C-130 would get cold. It was not cold. We had close to 80 people and they had the heater running. Instead of putting on hats, coats and gloves we were taking off as many layers as we could. My long sleeved shirt did not last long.
In this one you can see how little leg room we had between us and the people across the room. Luckily the people directly across from me, Vanna and Sean were Rob and Kaelin, so we could put our legs up next to them if we needed a stretch.
This is my genius. Savanna's head phones kept falling off. It was an inconvenience because 1. she couldn't hear her movie any more and 2. her sound barrier disappeared and it got real loud. So I did some bending and made her headphones work. I was pretty excited that it worked so well. Yeah, me!
At one point I got up to walk around and asked one of the men if they knew where we were. They called through their headsets and found out we were coming up on Paris. I yelled/signed/mouthed over to Rob and he finally understood and came to take a look. With perfect timing he was able to get a picture of the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Looks like we don't have to make a trip to Paris now. lol, j/k
Well, I hope to get another post done tomorrow and continue one a day until I get them all done. Sean and I are going on a medical trip to Baltimore (ENT dr. appt.) that leaves Sunday, so maybe I'll get all of the Germany trip finished before I leave. Here's hoping.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Chocolate?
So after Valentine's Day I bought a few packages of clearance priced Valentine cookies. I pulled one out to bake and had a second thought about purchasing these again.
The Phillsbury Doughboy looks so cute and all but something about "Chocolate flavored Chip" cookies doesn't sound so good. How can you fudge on chocolate chips. Now I need to go look at my bag of chocolate chips and see if they too are chocolate flavored. Maybe it has something to do with preservation or keeping the chip shape,or maybe that soft, squishy boy is really cheap and allergic to real chocolate?
The Phillsbury Doughboy looks so cute and all but something about "Chocolate flavored Chip" cookies doesn't sound so good. How can you fudge on chocolate chips. Now I need to go look at my bag of chocolate chips and see if they too are chocolate flavored. Maybe it has something to do with preservation or keeping the chip shape,or maybe that soft, squishy boy is really cheap and allergic to real chocolate?
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