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| During the children's school break, we decided to go to Belgium and Germany. |
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| Our first night was spent in Brussels, where we enjoyed a Belgium Waffles and some Churros. |
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| Cathedral St. Michel |
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| The next day we went to Brugge. I love the feel of this city. |
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| There in Brugge, we visited a chocolate factory to see where authentic Belgium Chocolates are made. |
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| Such cute morsels of chocolate! |
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| They look almost good enough to eat! |
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| Chocolate sculptures in the back ground. We had a wonderful time at the museum, and were able to meet up with Tammy and Larry and their two sons, Riley and Brady. |
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| Brugge city center |
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| Brugge city center |
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| If you can't tell from most of the pictures, we had quite a bit of rain. The rain did not deter us in any way-thank goodness for umbrellas and good children! |
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| The kids did like exploring, but they loved coming back to a warm hotel room and the Ipad. |
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| A lovely stroll through the rainy streets of Brussels. |
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| My handsome Carson on a cobblestone road in downtown Brussels. |
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| Daniel and the kids in the middle square of Brussels. |
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| After Brussels, we drove through the Netherlands stopping there for lunch at a Burger King :), and then continued on to Cologne, Germany. Our first stop was der Koelner-Dom |
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| Much to our children's delight, we visited the zoo in Cologne the next day. |
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| The zoo did not disappoint. They even had a little monkey friend who played with them through the window. Also, at this zoo they had raccoons, as one of the animals to visit. |
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| We stayed at an apartment while we were in Germany, and Owen loved this little spot. The perfect size for him to have a little hideout. |
While in Germany we visited Bonn, the birthplace
of Beethoven. Beethoven used to teach children
that lived in the house that is behind us.
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| We are not exactly sure why these statues of heads were in front of the church, but the children and Daniel wanted a picture to remember it. |
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| One cannot go to Germany without eating an authentic street vendor Bratwurst! They were delicious, and I want another one just thinking about it. |
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| Here we are in the city center in Bonn enjoying some hot chocolate and yummy waffles! |
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| In front of the home where Beethoven was born. |
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| Doeners done the right way! They have doener shops throughout France, but they are just not as good as what you find in Germany. We were there in Germany for three days, and we had a doener a day. I hear the keep the doctor away. |
Foreshadowing of future events ;)
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| On the way back home, we made a pleasant detour to a tiny town in Belgium which we thought was Luxembourg at first, but we caught on and realized it was not Luxembourg. |
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| It was a great stop with one of the funnest parks we have yet to come across here in Europe. Zip line, humongous slide, a crazy fun teeter-totter, and more. |
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| We later drove through Luxembourg, Luxembourg making our total of 5 countries (including France) visited in 5 days. France, Belgium,Netherlands, Germany, and Luxembourg! We had a blast, and created fun family memories. |
