On Our Way Back...

Koln, Germany
We stopped here on our way home from Amsterdam and it ended up taking most of the day. Our first mistake was typing "Bahnhofplatz, Koln" in our GPS. Usually that's where the main part of town is, but not the case. It lead us to the outskirts of Koln, but luckily not too far off the freeway and a KFC was nearby. The second mistake was losing Mike & Anna. Traffic was all backed up because of this:

We turned off the freeway and wrongly assumed the Connellys had their GPS on. We were so sure they didn't turn because their GPS took them another way. Luckily we finally got ahold of each other on the cell phone and met at the KFC. Everyone was hungry and needed to use the bathroom so it was a good stop. Plus the kids were dying to get out of their car seats. They had a lot of fun playing in the ball pit.

Here's a pic of the skyline as we drove into the city.
Jay and I taking a walk down by the Rhine.
This city had style. It's a college town where old and modern are happily married.
Reliving our college days...
The huge cathedral next to the Rhine was impressive and there was a good amount of shopping. There was a great bridge that spanned across the Rhine as well.

Like father like daughter...Kelsey's first ice cream cone (mommy ate most of it and we snuck it away from her when she wasn't paying attention). There was a little gelateria with MINT AND CHIP ICE CREAM! It's my favorite type of ice cream and they do not sell it in Zurich (have any of you Zurich people seen it?)! I had two scoops.

This reminded me of my Grandpa Lang because this is how he speaks Spanish. Apparently that's how they speak Spanish in Germany too :). Overall it was a cool city to see if you're in the area, but not a place worth spending several days.



Heidelberg, Germany

We pulled into Heidelberg as the sun was setting and luckily parked right next to the path to the castle. The walk up to the castle is steep and made me think of my mom. Almost 7 years ago (has it really been that long?) my mom and I hiked up this hill together. Mom, I wish you were doing it with me again! It actually wasn't bad at all because of where we parked. Unfortunately, the castle was already closed but we got to walk around it and had a great view of the city.

The city was very quiet and charming. We grabbed some Indian fast food and hit the road, but not before seeing the Old Bridge.


Road Trip

Spring is the perfect time of year to travel, in my opinion. There are fewer crowds, it's not too cold or too hot, and the fields of flowers are GORGEOUS! These fields with mustard seed-like flowers blanked the landscape of France and Germany. It made me want to frolic. And don't you love those puffy white clouds?


The German Autobahn