It was sooooo hot Friday and I was sooooooo tired that there was no post. So today it's two for one.
Friday was Universum day. It is a very neat place, a hands-on science museum with heaps of interesting things to do and see and examine and experience, divided into three realms: space, earth, man. We actually got them up to shower and eat and get going so we could take the 10:25 train to town with our bikes. And before we got even started good, Kenley had a boo boo on the bike, but Puffy made it better.
It doesn't take long to bike from the main station to the Universum. We went through "Central Park" (the Bürgerpark) and noted the horse trails and the bridges and the expansive lawns for playing and sunning. People sit on the benches or lounge on the grass and read books or newspapers or sunbathe - I always think I would like to do that, but somehow it never happens ........
There's the plus and the not plus to this visit. We know what's there, so it is a bit predictable. We really like the ice room, the earthquake couch is always a hit and the simple physics of things are always amazing (bouncing balls, wind, water). Outside it was tiring, just because of the heat, though there were water wheels and the screws of Archimedes and the Camera Obscura to experience.
They've become used to taking sandwiches and such which I like a lot. We had our take along with some drinks and sweets in the little snack bar between the inside and outside activities. Then when the Universum was done, I took the girls to Ursel's for bead making and Werner and Hunter went off to play mini-golf. Since I have the camera, there's only the score card to evidence Werner and Hunter's adventure (guess who won 87 to 62?), but the girls and I have pictures!
Later at home we went OUT FOR DINNER! Wow - our first purchased-in-a-restaurant meal. We were all really impressed that "our" waiter remembered us all (he's now the owner!) and we all loved our food. Hunter ate a whole cheese pizza AND a serving of noodles with Alfredo sauce, the girls each ate a pizza, and Werner and I shared pizza and calamares. Ice cream naturally for dessert and a little walk home.
Waaaayyy too hot to sleep upstairs. We made up the couch for Kenley, Hunter brought down his pallet and Hannah made it 15 minutes before she came upstairs to join us. (She still asks us most nights that all the windows are closed and the doors are locked! )
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Saturday - Kids sleep late. What a surprise. While Werner did the marketing, I made the cake to take to René and Rima's. When the kids got moving, we cleaned up and breakfasted and tried to make a pretty icing on the cake. Not so much. The "red" food coloring is so weak - the whole tube just makes it pink! Then we messed up the German flag - it's not gold, black, red - it's black, red, gold !! Too late - the cake will taste like cake and we'll go with the colors we have.
On the way over I almost finished reading Zach's Lie to the kids - it was really exciting at the end - though Werner had to take over reading the last couple of pages at the salon because MeeMaw needed a haircut. I'd put off calling my hairdresser, so we put in a request to René. It's my first from the master hairdresser and I'm really pleased. Short and spiffy! The chairs and mirrors inspired the kids to pretend a little....
And the get together wasn't at René and Rima's - it was at Monika and Lex's with a lot of folks and friends for the quarter final Germany v. Argentina. We brought the vuvuzelas. Monika had decorated the house and herself, then we got decorated a bit too. And what a game. Kenley was especially impressed by all the raucous cheering after the first goal. It's not American football, but it's still a football crowd.
But it's a village, too, and the kids were a tad disappointed that there weren't cars and horns and such running around like here in Bremen. (Though that can be a risky activity - an article in the paper yesterday about several accidents after the previous win.) It took a while for Amina to warm up - as usual - but at the end she didn't want us to go - as usual. Rima said next time we need to come and spend the night!
René fired up the grill and then there were ribs and Brats and potato salad and slaw - enough to get us home and late - once more - in bed.
Friday was Universum day. It is a very neat place, a hands-on science museum with heaps of interesting things to do and see and examine and experience, divided into three realms: space, earth, man. We actually got them up to shower and eat and get going so we could take the 10:25 train to town with our bikes. And before we got even started good, Kenley had a boo boo on the bike, but Puffy made it better.
It doesn't take long to bike from the main station to the Universum. We went through "Central Park" (the Bürgerpark) and noted the horse trails and the bridges and the expansive lawns for playing and sunning. People sit on the benches or lounge on the grass and read books or newspapers or sunbathe - I always think I would like to do that, but somehow it never happens ........
There's the plus and the not plus to this visit. We know what's there, so it is a bit predictable. We really like the ice room, the earthquake couch is always a hit and the simple physics of things are always amazing (bouncing balls, wind, water). Outside it was tiring, just because of the heat, though there were water wheels and the screws of Archimedes and the Camera Obscura to experience.
They've become used to taking sandwiches and such which I like a lot. We had our take along with some drinks and sweets in the little snack bar between the inside and outside activities. Then when the Universum was done, I took the girls to Ursel's for bead making and Werner and Hunter went off to play mini-golf. Since I have the camera, there's only the score card to evidence Werner and Hunter's adventure (guess who won 87 to 62?), but the girls and I have pictures!
Later at home we went OUT FOR DINNER! Wow - our first purchased-in-a-restaurant meal. We were all really impressed that "our" waiter remembered us all (he's now the owner!) and we all loved our food. Hunter ate a whole cheese pizza AND a serving of noodles with Alfredo sauce, the girls each ate a pizza, and Werner and I shared pizza and calamares. Ice cream naturally for dessert and a little walk home.
Waaaayyy too hot to sleep upstairs. We made up the couch for Kenley, Hunter brought down his pallet and Hannah made it 15 minutes before she came upstairs to join us. (She still asks us most nights that all the windows are closed and the doors are locked! )
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Saturday - Kids sleep late. What a surprise. While Werner did the marketing, I made the cake to take to René and Rima's. When the kids got moving, we cleaned up and breakfasted and tried to make a pretty icing on the cake. Not so much. The "red" food coloring is so weak - the whole tube just makes it pink! Then we messed up the German flag - it's not gold, black, red - it's black, red, gold !! Too late - the cake will taste like cake and we'll go with the colors we have.
On the way over I almost finished reading Zach's Lie to the kids - it was really exciting at the end - though Werner had to take over reading the last couple of pages at the salon because MeeMaw needed a haircut. I'd put off calling my hairdresser, so we put in a request to René. It's my first from the master hairdresser and I'm really pleased. Short and spiffy! The chairs and mirrors inspired the kids to pretend a little....
And the get together wasn't at René and Rima's - it was at Monika and Lex's with a lot of folks and friends for the quarter final Germany v. Argentina. We brought the vuvuzelas. Monika had decorated the house and herself, then we got decorated a bit too. And what a game. Kenley was especially impressed by all the raucous cheering after the first goal. It's not American football, but it's still a football crowd.
But it's a village, too, and the kids were a tad disappointed that there weren't cars and horns and such running around like here in Bremen. (Though that can be a risky activity - an article in the paper yesterday about several accidents after the previous win.) It took a while for Amina to warm up - as usual - but at the end she didn't want us to go - as usual. Rima said next time we need to come and spend the night!
René fired up the grill and then there were ribs and Brats and potato salad and slaw - enough to get us home and late - once more - in bed.
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