A Long Hike along the Donau

Two days ago I went for a long walk/climb along the Donau with my most adventurous friend. We took our kids and actually made them walk 12 miles. At one point we got lost and had to make our own path up a steep mountain, through the forest (the kids thought that was the best part of the whole day!). A visit to Monastery Beuron was our half way point.  It was a beautiful day, the landscape was breathtaking and I would like to go again...

In the picture you can see the Donau, with a giant sized wooden table and two chairs in it. The Donau is a large river, but those huge pieces of furniture make it look tiny like a puddle. Does anybody know the story behind the table? I couldn't find anything on the internet. 

Paris in May

moi, shopping...

picnic break

Eiffel tower ... always impressive!

Daughter had never seen the Eiffel tower before so we flew to Paris. She was duly impressed by the city and its "boulangeries" but said it would be even nicer if there were some farms where one could pet animals...bien entendu!
Paris in May is already packed with tourists which made it hard to find some spots where you could sit down and have a picnic or just relax but we did have some magical "Paris moments". I can not even imagine being there in June or July during main tourist season.

Daughter's Birthday

Daughter always lucks out on her birthday! It was a beautiful, sunny Sunday, she got great gifts AND we took her to a farm where she could pet the animals and feed the chickens. Late at night when I brought her to bed and tucked her in she asked me to sing "Happy Birthday" to her again. And then she told me she wasn't done celebrating yet and if it was possible to continue the next day. Of course it is!

My new favourite cocktail!!!

Since dear husband is away...at school...studying for 2 weeks straight, I've been inviting all my friends over, asking them to keep the kids and me company. So they came, almost all of them! Some of them have stayed over night, even brought their kids and we've been having slumber parties. During one of those "parties" a friend and I decided to try out a new cocktail: "Banana Baileys Split". It seems to be more of something you would drink around Christmas time but boy, it is soooo good that I will have it all year long. So, just in case someone would like to invite ME over, here is the recipe:

Banana Baileys Split

1/2 medium-size ripe banana (I love bananas so I used slightly more)
2 oz Baileys Irish Cream (Caramel)
1/2 oz dark rum
1 scoop vanilla ice cream (love that too, so used more of that also)
dusting of nutmeg
1 ice cube
dusting of chocolate powder

blend everything except the chocolate...top with chocolate...drink!

A Birthday and the Easter Bunny's visit

Son celebrated his birthday this weekend. We started early in the morning (6 am) and partied till late at night (10 pm!!!). He got lots of great, thoughtful presents but my personal favorite was a note written by Daughter: "Dear Nik. Happy Birthday. Yu are so kul. I give you a day. You can pick what you want to play. I love yu. This is for yu. It is on the box." (She had found a little box onto which she had glued a piece of chocolate.)

The next day we woke up to snow and a very excited Daughter. The Easter bunny had hidden Easter eggs everywhere. We've been eating chocolate eggs for the last two days and won't stop till they are all gone.

Happy Easter!

blog, blog...

My first try with a "blog"! I thought I would start one so family and friends could keep up with us.

Please bear with me since I am new at this and don't really know what I am doing!