Guinea Pigs (and other fun) at Oma and Opa’s Place

A few weeks ago Tante Ruth went on vacation so she had Oma and Opa watch the Guinea Pigs (Max and Moritz). Quinnie was elated- this meant she’d get to spend more time with them than usual! helping Ruth bring the Guinea Pigs in Look at the excitement on Quinnie’s face! Simon snapped this through […]

Father’s Day 2014 / Christi Himmelfahrt (Christ Sky Drive)

Father’s Day is always a holiday here in Germany (no school or work) because it falls on Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension Day). That’s a definite difference I’ve noticed here- there are LOTS of Catholic/ religious national holidays celebrated here that we don’t observe in America (as a national holiday at least). There were 2 more of […]