Showing posts with label Trips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trips. Show all posts

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Brugge, Belgium

This weekend we went to Brugge, which is in northwest Belgium near the North Sea. The most special part was that mom was with us! We loved the city, which is fairly small and quite quaint. The architecture is beautiful! We took a boat ride through the canals, walked all around, and had a delicious dinner! Our little Wes is almost 6 weeks old, and he's getting some chubs!





Monday, July 30, 2007

Switzerland

Over the weekend, we drove down to Switzerland to visit a few places. Our first stop was at a gas station, where we decided to eat dinner. We quickly learned how expensive the country is to visit...our diner dinner was $40!! Similar to England, the Swiss have a strong currency! Next we went to Lucerne, which was full of excitement, as they were in the midst of the "Blue Balls" festival--whatever that means, we never asked! The pic of me and Wes is in Lucerne. The next day, we went to Interlocken. The drive through the mountains was absolutely gorgeous! The middle pic is a town on our way there, and the bottom is the smaller of the two lakes in Interlocken. This location is by far the closest I've come to being able to compare the Tetons and Jackson Hole to something! On our way to the hotel in Strasburg, France, we stopped in the Swiss capitol, Bern, and walked around. The next day, we drove through the Black Forest in Germany! It wasn't quite what we expected, as the story Hansel and Gretel scared both of us as children!



Sunday, July 29, 2007

Reims, France---The Champagne Region

We just went on our first mini-vacation as a family and the destination of John's choice was Reim, France. This is where champagne is made, so of course we had to visit a local "house" to see their underground caves for storing the wine. We chose to visit Pommery, and I was not disappointed with my 2 glasses of champagne!! We also went to the Notre Dame in Reims, which was beautiful both inside and out. An unexpected find was the location where the Germans surrendered to Eisenhower to end WWII. We were actually in the 'war room' and saw the maps and statistics that were used. Pictures never do justice to these locations, but they preserve memories! What an experience!







Friday, July 20, 2007

Bacharach, Germany

This is a wonderful town we visited for a cruise on the Rhine. The vineyards are beautiful and the town is quaint. The castle on the top of the hill is now a youth hostel--what a place to stay! We had a delicious German dinner after our cruise. We'll definitely go back to spend more time there. John kept saying how much it looks like a movie set!





This island castle was built as a vacation spot for a king or someone special....we can't remember, as John was getting the beer and I wasn't paying attention!

Saturday, March 10, 2007

The Killers Concert




Last night, we drove to Cologne to see The Killers concert with some friends! Had a great time and look forward to heading back there!










The Girls!!! Kjersti, Me, and Melissa!!!




~Melissa and Scott~








~riding in the mini-van~