Today, my friend's son was having his second birthday party in Heidelberg. We went and had a fun time playing with the boys, jumping in the bouncy house, and eating cake. We had to leave a little early though because they cranky and it was past nap time. As soon as we got in the car, both of them passed out. About a half an hour later they woke up and didn't want to be in the car anymore. Lucky for us there was a castle nearby to make a pit stop. ...

The boys and I had been in the states for about 6 weeks and I was lucky enough to have my mom fly back to Germany with me. I was much in need of a few days without the kids, so Ben bought my mom and I train tickets to Salzburg for the weekend. I'm still not sure how I felt about taking the train. Have to hop from one to the other, trying not to be late and missing it, and not knowing what to do if we did miss it, made me pretty nervous. The first couple t...

Oh, where to begin....This trip was, by far, the most enjoyable experience we have had during our time in Europe. When I was researching places to ski last winter, I ran across this car-free village in Switzerland called Murren. Unfortunately, it was all booked up, plus skiing in Switzerland was a little out of our price range, so we ended up going to Austria. However, my interest in Switzerland had peaked. I read a few travel books about the area and decided...

The Schloss (Castle) Schwetzingen was the summer home of prince elects Karl III Phillip and Charles Theodore and is well known for it's beautifully maintained gardens. The garden is a blend of two styles, the French Formal and the English Landscape and is preserved that way to reflect the change in gardening attitude during the 1700's. You can see the formal style garden as soon as you walk in the entrance. It has a huge circular format, with hedges tr...

The boys have been very in to Legos at daycare, so Ben and I decided to take them to Legoland this weekend. The drive was kind of long, it took us a little over two hours, but their faces lighting up with joy was worth it. After dodging children and parents with fanny packs, we pulled into the smallest parking space in our European experience thus far. We were literally packed like sardines. We got the stoller and pulled the boys out without even opening the...