We spent a mini vacation in Vianden, Luxembourg (three nights in Hotel Petry, re-visiting a campground in Kautenbach and shopping in Diekirch) and one night near Trier with Martin and Christiane. Paddy came to Trier to spend a few hours with us! Next stop: back to Holland for a family … » full post and pics!
Family week in Erperheide, last days in Bottrop
Europe 2013, blog 3/3
Our last leg of the vacation took us to vacation park Erperheide in Belgium, where dad rented a few bungalows for us to come together for his 95th birthday. It was also a good opportunity to invite friends to come visit us, as we were only … » full post and pics!
Vacation time in Hochtaunus
Europe 2013, blog 2/3
After a few days in the Düsseldorf area, we drove to the Hochtaunus region north of Frankfurt. We picked a rural spot to stay and explore that was close enough to Bad Nauheim (where Thorsten lives) and Frankfurt for Markus and Paddy.
August 19
Ahrweiler
Vacation start in Düsseldorf
Europe 2013, blog 1/3
Time to go overseas again for family visits, more specifically this time for Marlies’s dad’s 95th birthday! We also want it to be a vacation. Last time we visited 3-4 people a day in both our home towns and more, this time we will visit several … » full post and pics!
Europe!
Tomorrow morning we fly to Düsseldorf for our Europe trip. Excited! This time we’ll meet less people (mainly German friends we didn’t see the last time) and we’ll be in Belgium for a week with family for my dad’s 95th birthday!
Friday 8/16
6:30am flight AC1112 Regina – Toronto, arrive … » full post and pics!
photo update / flights & car Canada booked!
The flights and rental car for our Canada 2006 vacation are booked! Like I said, flights to and from Calgary (Oct.7th & 27th) and a (probably for our standards HUGE) car for the whole three weeks we’re there. Road trip anyone?? 🙂
I’ve done a photo update yesterday, pics from … » full post and pics!
in the Eifel with Marlin
August 16th – Ahrweiler
It was mandatory that we took Marlin to Germany’s Eifel area as well. We checked in in our favorite apartment complex in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and walked around in the historic center. Nico was tired and wanted to take a … » full post and pics!
pics updates!
What have we been up to the past month? We really needed a break before our actual vacation to Crete in September, so we went back to Ahrweiler for a weekend. That was great! Warm weather and it all looked much nicer in the summer 🙂 It was a pity … » full post and pics!