Airport Chch the adventure

Is about to start
Arrived in Germany

Antje's dad house

Is our first stop for a week, with Andreas, Simon, Sarah und Sabine plus Familie joining us during the week
German training and morning walk

basic training for German living: how to get refund for your bottles (Benjamin)
On my morning walk I saw a fox and 2 squirrels...
Apart from that we are taking it slow for the first days as we cameRead more
Frankfurt City

Our first touristy trip today in the city of Frankfurt, just 20km from my dad's place. Starting with the Old Opera House ( for the true, the beautiful and the good) climbing up a skyscraper, the mainRead more
Family

Having dinner with auntie Brigitte and uncle Peter (my dad's brother) and my cousin Alex with one of her daughters Charlotte. ...we do enjoy the short distances like cycling to the baker and theRead more
Meeting Andreas in Mainz

Another beautiful old city .. with very special Chagall windows in St. Stephan's church, and seeing our old friend Ha-jü again at the Rhine river
More family 😊

Sabine and her 3 children arrived yesterday with Simon and Sarah. And as it is so hot here we needed to go to the lake to cool down
80th birthday

Werner and Brigitte celebrate their 80th birthday together with BBQ in the garden, lots of cakes and many visitors joining the fun in the garden.
Next stop Daenischenhagen...

...today we left my dad's place after attending church and drove 10hours North on the Autobahn (much to Elijah's delight) to my sister's place north of Hamburg... Not without jumping in a lake on theRead more
Family group picture time

Surfing, Kieler Woche and Music

Starting with a windsurfing session for Elijah and Benjamin at the Baltic Sea, we then explored a little bit of the Kieler Woche (annual fair with many boats, ships, music, streetfood and an amazingRead more
Living at the Baltic Sea

Just enjoying the life style here... Cycling everywhere, over the North East Canal, eating fish at the waterfront, buying strawberries from the farm all around the area where my sister lives...
Cruising around

Eckernförde and picking up Tjade from the Danish school in the morning. This is a beautiful little town at another harbour with many cute shops and a great coffee cart at the market.
Eating and Chilling

This is heaven for Benjamin, first the craft lolly factory in Eckernförde. They even had a vending machine...not sure why Benjamin is so fascinated by these. (The other day there was one on a farm).Read more
...and more chilling

...working in Sabine's new little garden in the morning and in the evening we cycled to a Marla Glen concert in Kiel, such an enjoyable concert, a great show woman and singer.... Most travels can beRead more
Home schooling

Elijah and Benjamin had to do some home schooling today to pass their wind surf exam level 1.
Strawberries and Asparagus (white)

Picking strawberries at the canal, board games in the evening and the coffee in the garden before everyone else wakes up
Last day KiWo

Last morning of Kieler Woche, enjoying all offers for youth, for example doing a Bachelor of KiWo. In the evening we enjoyed a Danish-German service where Bjerke wrote and read a prayer in 3Read more
Leaving to Oldenburg

We left Dänischenhagen and farewelled Sabine and her family today to travel via train to Simon and Sarah in Oldenburg, where we are staying at a friend and old flatmate of Sabine, Whita, her partnerRead more
Oldenburg 1

Simon shows us Oldenburg, the city , its history in museums and church. We have a break on a cycling boat in the palace gardens.
On the way to the bus ...

From Elijah...
Oldenburg 2

Light cross art

In Lamberti church...very interesting contemporary church art in a neo classical church
Grüße an die Fische

Simon showed us around his and Sarah's uni campus today, their office and the fish tanks they are looking after (student job)
TravelerMay you have the best time 🙏❤️
Traveler
So excited for you Antje and family ❤️
TravelerHave a wonderful trip! Love you guys! 😄💖