Heading toward Italy

The drive from Germany to Italy was not as scary as I had thought it might be. In fact, I found driving in Europe was easy except for some very narrow old roads every once in awile. We only stopped for a few short minutes in Austria and headed toward our favorite destination of the trip which will take me several days to cover.

Nuremberg

Why this photo - because the boys so enjoyed seeing all the bugs aglow over the river. It was late in the evening while we were wondering around. It was warm and it the sun sets so late you do not realize that it is after 10:00pm.

Simple Day

Wonderful slow day - spent the morning walking to two libraries to sign up for summer reading programs with the younger one and then walking the afternoon walking to the pharmacy with the older one. Sunny cool day perfect for long walks.

Germany

Germany was our first stop on our European vacation. It was a nice entry into the first overseas trip for the boys. My goal for the trip was to give the boys a chance to see a place that is different than what they know. I know that Europe is not as different as much as the world but it is a start. They noticed the difference is language, food, architecture and age of much of the buildings. They thought there sure were a lot of old things. However, I made almost all out hotels reservations in the historic older part of town.