Koblenz Pictures

Day trip to Koblenz

Unfortunately thus far, most of our time in Koblenz (this is our 2nd trip) has been spnt at IKEA (I'm an addict, what can I say?). We stopped on our way there to get some pics of the kids in front of these flower field that I swear are EVERYWHERE right now! I'm not sure what they are but they made for cute pics! he others are from IKEA and then around Koblenz. The Rhein and Mosel rivers meet in Koblenz and it is a pretty big city. You can see all the pictures by clicking on our Picasa link. Enjoy!

Kristian loves our backyard!

Kristian and I spent some one on one time the other day in the backyard playing. He had a blast and even after over an hour he still did not want to come in. I told him not to play near the big tree because there might be spiders and so he pretended the tree was Sharptooth and was determined to stay away from it. At one point, his ball rolled over to the tree and Kristian ran after it. K-Mommy, Sharptooth has my ball! M-Well go get it from him K-Sharptooth, that is my ball and you can't ever have it again! He also decided to try to talk to a spider and when I told him spiders don't talk he said "Oh yeah, only happy spiders talk, not dirty spiders" About 10 minutes later he was trying to talk to the rocks which I got a picture of. K-Hey rocks, how are you? M-Kristian are you talking to the rocks? K-Yeah, Hey rocks I said hello! M-Kristian, rocks don't talk K-Oh yeah, bye rocks! He is such a crazy boy, it makes me love him even more!

A walk around our village on May Day

After eating lunch at a yummy German restraunt called Torschanke (Gate Tavern), we decided to take a little stroll around our village. This area is literally like 2 blocks from our house. It is so neat being around so much history. It is said that General Patton drove his tanks through the 2 arches in town and that is why there are deep grooves on the inside of the arches. The arches were built in 1452 and there is a castle (more like a mansion) that was built in the 1800s that replaced a much older castle but I don't know all the facts. You will see a picture of our village's Maypole from the May Day celebration. I love living here, I just wish I would have paid more attention in history class!