.. is still around. I wonder if he stays here or not. It sure would be sad if he’d decide to go away. Any name suggestions are welcome. We call him Mr. Grog. Today, we saw him in action catching a bee for lunch. He seemed pleased afterwards.
I received my new cell phone for re-newing my contract. It’s a rather decent phone with a nice camera, so I played a lot with that today. My dad also got a new one for re-newing his contract. And since he’s way, he took some photos and asked one of his workers to send them via MMS that he took from his room. Looks pretty neat there.
… a frog in my parents pond. It took us all day to figure out what it was that kept jumping in the pond as it was so fast. Eventually we spotted it and here’s the proof:
and a little close up to see him better taken from the photo above, while he was resting his head on a leaf:
We’re back. It was a lovely, sunny, warm, funny, enjoyable day. Navigation worked fine and all went well - we never once went the wrong way, so yay. Our car was doing great - and I absolutely, totally, utterly love having air condition.
Anyway, we arrived at around 8:30ish, bought the tickets at a ticket machine. And mine said Kid. I was like ugh … re-checked the machine and saw that I have to pay the same amount as kids being a student.
I though there were so cute. For a little story, on tv while - they still aired Stuttgart’s Zoo - they show they built some breeding cave for them .. and we really saw them standing there 
I really loved the old buildings. They were very beautiful.
That was a funny thing happening - first there was one standing there, then the 2nd one joined .. and then the last one joined for this lovely group photo.
Baby goats were there, too. This is a particularly funny 
this is another great shot. I love the lake in front of that elderly building - so do the Pelicans apparently.
And last but not least .. something I was all excited about and unsure if we could see him or not .. Wilbär - the little polar bear with his mommy. Isn’t he the cutest? There was a line to see him close up (as in the regular way you see a polar bear), but it was long and we decided to just pass it. Luckily, not going to the “regular” place did enable us to see him from a little hill way better and for an unlimited time. Talking about luck
Tomorrow is going to be pretty awesome. My lovely hubby and I are heading to this place, which is going to be lovely. Stuttgart is 83 km away from our house and it will take us (if there is no problem on the roads) a little over an hour to get there.
They open at 8:15 AM, so we’ll be leaving around 7. I expect lots of traffic and many people, so not really my kind of thing. Add to the mix that Monday is bank holiday, so it could be pretty full both in the zoo and on the roads, but ah well.
I think we’re going to be there all day. It’s so huge and so many things to see, so we will be surely busy. Luckily, we exercised with Wii Fit so we can walk longer and better
This morning, hubby and I decided to go somewhere. The two places would have been the Zoo in Landau or the Rhine in Speyer. Hubby decided for Speyer, so we took the car and the business navigation system and left. I know the way to Speyer, so it was a good test to see how the system would be. It was pretty cool and even beeped when speeding
Once there, we walked around the Rhine - which was lovely. Photos are here.
After an one hour walk, we walked back to the car and saw a mini golf place. I hesitated, but DH wanted to. Turns out it’s only 2 € each, so we played. It was much fun, but took almost an hour to finish. DH won, though we both did horribly. I only warmed up at he 17th hole 
Ah well. So we spent 5 € for over 2.5 hours of fun - that’s great
Since it was an open Sunday in town, we bought some bunny food and tomatoe plants for my mom. We also could not pass this. It was cheaper than my parents’, but still has it all Cannot wait to try it when we drive home tomorrow.
I was sent to Turky for a college project with archeolegists (sp?), as you all know. It was a great time and much fun, though I am happy to be back at home
We also went sight seeing in Istanbul, Assos, Troi, Canakkale and the half island on the other side of Canakkale. I even got to drive around.
I uploaded some photos to my photo album if you like to have a peek. There are quiet a few, just to warn you 
I tried to organize them a wee bit by putting photos in different albums. if you’re curious about anything, do not hestitate to ask
back at home this time. We’re both tired, but happy. It’s so great to be back home yet again.
Today was used to go into the center and see at least one church, and so we did. We saw a church that was ok and some buildings. Interesting was this fountain with the fish on top.
Taking a photo of the church from outside was impossible, there were buildings all around it and no way to back up far enough to get some nice photos, the inside was much easier to capture for you all.
After that, we hurried to the main station to get catch the sightseeing bus. It was like the buses in London (so I heard). The ride was rather decent and we indeed saw a few buildings we sadly missed during our running around. My picutres turned out between awful and awesome Here’s one of the better one that turned out pretty neat *accidently*:
After the bus tour we went to the hotel since it was almost time to check out. We packed and looked up online if we could have gone home earlier. Luckily, there was a train that went straight through to Karlsruhe so we hurried and took it.
I love to be home again, though we had to go out once more to buy food. All in all Munich was alright. I think I - and possibly Andy - could have enjoyed it a lot more if I had not been sick.
You can see more photos of all four days at our family gallery! Please hop over for a visit
Today we decided to go to the Schloß Nymphenburg. We took the cable car after getting some breakfast at McDo and went there. It was #### cold. We froze badly, but were too lazy to go back to the hotel to get our coats. Here’s the palace:
and hubby and I freezing our behinds off
After that we went on a mission to find the KFC in town. Sadly, due to my stomach :(, we had to cancel our project. We got a Bretzel (nope, not spelled wrong). We took a little nap and then thought the Zoo would be nice. We took the subway, which seems to be fast.
The Zoo was nice, all animals hubby and I like - lions, bears, polar bears and more. The lion seems to be having much fun with his *little* treat:
So did the polar bear that *played* with a shopping basket.
So did all the other animals, who played. After the Zoo we successfully looked and found KFC and ate there. It was yummy. I am so tired, esp with my constant health problems. We also figured that Munich is not as super as Nürnberg or Salzburg.
Today started off bad with us trying to find a drug store being open on Sunday - aka an Emergency Drugstore. We tried and looked for like an hour. While walking around, we saw some lovely things … like a blue lion (in company with my hubby) …
or us with some strange fountain where one could have actually walk through.
.. to the great annoyence of my hubby, after that I just did not want to look for the EDS anymore. And the battery of my cam was on law, so we had to go back to the train station to buy new ones. We also bought a 3 day partners ticket for the entire city. Was quite a bit, but worth it so we did not have to walk around all the time. We jumped on the cable car that took us to the German Museum. By accident we saw the EDS and decided to go there afterwards. Also on the other side of the Museum there was a beautiful fountain - see here:
The museum was a huge. Many things of everything, but no IMAX since it went bankrupt in 2005 (or so). I got in for only 3 EUR - that was finally a reduced fee worth it They had much of everything - ships, boats, planes, engines, microscopes etc. With all the walking, Andy and I shrunk to kids size:
Besides many other things, there was also a section dedicated to surveying, geodesy and mapping. Loved it. Saw many things I actually did use and many things that heard of/learned about.
Then we pretty much decided we had enough, so we went back to our hotel while doing a short stop at the EDS. They gave me some pills (~17 EUR :() which I took right then. We bought some kids menu for me and some menu for Andy which we took to our hotel room and ate there. After resting a bit, we went to the English garden since this was the closest one to go. It was bad. Basically just woods, a lake and that’s all. Ah well.
More pictures can be found at our photo album
in Munich that is … And boy was it all stressful. Why? .. because a certain someone got extremely sick yesterday - up to the point where I seriously considered to ask my uncle to bring me to the ER. Fever started to move to a dangerous level, I could not keep any food down and my head was close to exploding. So all I could do was laying on the couch with Andy giving me cold wash clothes for my head every 1 minute. Luckily, with some antibiotics and lots of tea, I manage to get to feel *ok* in the morning. This meant that we had to get ready in like 4 hours so far, clean, get Snoopy all he needs, buy tapes and other things, so I had no chance to do anything for linabear.com. Update will be when we get home on Thursday.
Anyway, the train ride was ok. I think I swallowed a thousand coal and headache pills. The hotel was easy to find and is - like we usually pick - only a few minutes from the train station away. Our room is smaller than expected, but still nice. It has all we need - tv, bed, bathroom, lights .. and internet!! (though we have to pay for it, but we considered that worth to show you beautiful pictures daily). The bad thing is, with all the running around we forgot to charge my cell phone as well as bringing the cable. Also the battery recharger did not make the journey.
So far we went out to eat (I ate half the meal and it does not seem to make me sick, though my stomach is not too happy) and went to some stores. Tomorrow we will start the big tours, but we first had to find our way around better. We thought about buying tickets for the cable cars, so we do not walk our feet off like we usually do.
I am off to make plans for tomorrow .. stay tuned for tomorrow’s pictures attack
Hubby and I went to see the Simpsons movie last night. Hubby just could not wait anymore (it opened yesterday) … boys
I was already working today, taking down clothes and put them away. Threw new clothes in the washing machine and now sat down to blog and revice my eassy. Things I have to do today:
- wash clothes
- edit my essay and print it out
- get ready
- finish the UFO and go to the post office
- do my essay (it’s *teach someone something* thingy)
- buy tapes for the video cam, together with other things
- see my aunt, give her the shredder and the keys to our apartment
- finish the model (almost done), create all the pdfs and update LBC
- make seat reservations for the IC and print them out
- print out the hotel voucher
- clean, do dishes etc.
I am sure there’s more to do, but I just cannot remember all. Hope it all works out.
As my loyal blog reader will know, hubby and I are going on a short trip once a year - and it’s almost time for it again!! Yay. After all tests and all pre-work semester tests we’re off to Munich! It’s going to belovely. This time, we’re *only* in a 3 star hotel (with 5 being best), but it looks way too perect for a 3*.
Here’s is the link to the hotel, and here is a link to the town. I am so excited and can hardly wait. Munich was the town where I had my heart surgery, so my parents said I should go there and see where they helped me to live ….
I have felt really bad for a longer period of time today, but I am better now and can share some photos I took. Andy an I went on a little bike ride to the town center, went for a walk and som ice cream and then came back home
On our way back home, we passed a scary place. Well, it was not scary today, but hey .. it’s a church in the woods. The first time I have seen it, it was foggy and rainy .. it was scary, trust me.
Hubby and I went on a rather big bike tour. It was about 20km (~ 13 miles) and went rather nicely. It was all rather flat and only the roots sometimes bothered us. We went to the Andreasbräu brewery in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen. It was rather nice and we ate some yummy food, I had a bear and Andy a coke. After an hour or two, we went back home and hang out here ever since
More pics can be seen at our family gallery by following this link :)
Andy and I went to the Zoo today. It was pretty cold and we only stayed an hour and then went back home. I do not feel so great today, hopefully not getting sick again. Anyway, here’s a lovely pic (more to be see at the gallery under “Sundays Zoo pics”):
and this time no Polar Bear, sorry, but the ultimate proof that the lion is alive! He moved and opened and closed his eyes. His girl was sleeping. While walking to the entrance of the cat house, we actually got a closer look. He IS giantic.
I finished one RR (the one with the letter E that I updated my website with) and the next one is already in progress (hope to finish it tonight). According to the database, I will not receive one this month, alas I get more time to stitch Christmas things - yay. I also need to work on this month’s Leporello part and the Christmas calendar. Ooh, sounds like a busy time.
