Sunday, July 31, 2011

Le grand voyage: Alsace

Another day, another efficient European rental car (another reason to have only one suitcase!)


takes us to...the (French) land of sausage, sauerkraut, and wine.




Louisa discovered soft boiled eggs for breakfast, and Leo discovered...CHOCOLATE CEREAL??!!?


The view from Haut-Koenigsbourg castle.






It's nice and cool in the mountains of Alsace.


The kids took pictures of each other while waiting in line...



for a spectacular birds-of-prey show...


at another castle.


I don't think there's any place in America where you can get this close to an American bald eagle.



They started acting like monkeys,



so we took them to Monkey Mountain.






There were cool beetles there too.


One more country to go. One lovely evening in Heidelberg, Germany.



And le grand voyage comes to a close. Au revoir! A la prochaine!

Le grand voyage: Paris































Saturday, July 30, 2011

Le grand voyage: Portugal

Before traveling on, Sarah's friend Chrissy just posted this photo on Facebook. Isn't it fabulous?


Our house in Portugal was also fabulous. There were two pools to swim in




German kids' books to read


a trampoline to jump on




a swingset to play on


and a baby to tickle!


There were beaches, of course.





With caves (leading to secret other beaches through tunnels!)






And a wonderful outdoor table where we could sit down with friends and eat dinner. Actually, scratch the "sit down" part.