A Great Day

These sheep had their noses in the food machine while Jorg turned the crank. Rebecca loved petting them.

A tropical bird in the Terrarium landed on Jorg's shoulder. It was awesome!

Here you can see a little of the foliage. Every type of animal had their own habitat. No cages. And of course, it's Bavaria, so there is no end to trees and plants. The weather was so nice too. No rain, and not too cold. Seriously, a great day.

Rebecca was SUPER super sweet the day we went to the zoo (yesterday). It was a relief to us, since she has been very grumpy the past few weeks. The change of being here has not been easy on her.
The favorite animals of the day were the penguins. We had to drag her away from there! Unfortunately my camera battery went out so I didn't get any pictures.
Just enjoying each other and observing some of Heavenly Father's creations was wonderful.

Traveling Circus

Traveling circus' are still alive and well here. We have seen several in passing. Last week they set one up right across the street! We joined our neighbors (the Greer's) and their two sweet boys at the Bellmondo Circus.

"No taking pictures!"

Odeonsplatz

I figured out how to make my pictures bigger, thanks to Em!
We went out exploring the other night and found ourselves at the Odeonplatz.
Looking up at the Theatine Church (which Rebecca called "the castle")

Being Silly

We saw Feldherrnhalle (Hall of Heroes) and the Munich Residence

The next day I went back to see it all in the daylight and I also found this shrine to Michael. Poor Roland (the statue)...

and I thought this guy was cool too :)

It was weird to ride the bus/subway by myself! I read a book and relaxed. And I didn't have to put up with mean looks of people who were trying to rush with a stroller in their way.

Halloween-ish

Halloween is not traditionally observed in Germany, but it is starting to be more popular. I still miss our candy corns, caramels, corn maizes, and pumpkin patches. But they have a small section in most stores with pumpkins and maybe a few costume accessories. And Lidl has some special Halloween chicken nuggets, chips, & gummy candy! Rebecca and had a fun morning watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" on YouTube. And painting our nails so pretty.

"Play dough"

They have this modeling clay here. It doesn't dry out as easy as play dough and holds it's shape better! I think we must have it at home, but I've never noticed it before. Anyway, it's one of our new favorite things to do. So far we've make mermaids, carosels, witches, poisin apples, food (including noodles and cheese, make it hot!), princesses, a castle, animals...the list goes on. She really loves it. Daddy likes it too! He made her mushrooms, trees, palm trees, ice cream cones.

We like it!

Krück's

We spent a lovely afternoon with Jorg's relatives, the Krück family! Tante Irmtraut is Jorg's dad's sister. Her husband, 2 children, and 2 of her grandchildren met us at the house in Walburg. They completely spoiled us with good food and presents for Rebecca. She was so happy there with all of the attention she received. And she even crawled into Uncle Heinz's lap so he could "protect her from MONSTERS!" Oh, the drama :) We also got to go over to Andrea and Berthold's house to see their daughter Fenja's rabbits!

Rebecca and Juliana:

Rebecca and Andrea:

Jorg with Tante Irmtraut and Uncle Heinz:

The whole crew:

left to right: Jorg, Rebecca, Berthold (Andrea's husband), Dennis (Holger's son), Holger (Jorg's cousin), Juliana (Holger's daughter), Heinz, Irmtraut, Andrea (Jorg's cousin).

Thanks for hosting us, Krück family. It was so fun and relaxing to be with you. I'm sure we'll see you all again soon and we hope that you visit us in Utah one day!

Here is some scenery out our car window on the way back to Munich:

with the rolling hills, forest, and little villages and churches. It was just gorgeous

Happy in Hannover

The best ice cream in the world:We rented a car and drove 6 hours to Hannover to visit Jorg's sisters over the weekend. We had a blast hanging out with everyone, watching soccer, shopping, and eating!

I tried several times to get a picture of Berit but she was very active spending time chasing around her two nieces who squealed with laughter and delight.

We Like it!

An afternoon with the Bachmann Girls

First:

Then:

These pictures are from a week ago when the weather was still pretty nice. It's getting cold now and we have to bundle up when we go out.

Sunday Exploration

sshhhh...don't tell. we ate some sausage and fries!
and watched conference online when we got home.
We Like It!

Are we human, or are we dancer?

Rebecca says, dancer.

Olympiapark

Saturday we went to Olympiapark, where they held the Summer Olympics in 1972. It was sort of a rock-n-roll Hall of Fame, as well. The most impressive thing was the Olympia tower. We rode an elevator to the top and looked around. We also ate ice cream, looked at the ducks, and enjoyed the beautiful sunny day.