Chase in his normal get up. Stroller, blankie, beep and he's happy. This is at the Stuttgart Christmas Market. Second largest one in Germany.
This is Hallie and I ATTEMPTING to ice skate at the Christmas market. Hallie would just go noodle legged and make it impossible to teach her. I ended up holding her while I skated around the rink. :)
The whole fam at the Mirabelle Gardens in Salzburg. Part of the sound of music was filmed here. I want to watch that movie over and over again after our trip. It was also a REALLY rainy, REALLY cold day...hence all the bundling up.
Matt and Hallie at Mozart's house
The Salzburg Fortress. We took a train up and got to walk through it. It was really cool, and had a really awesome view of the whole city.
Hallie and her best friend Rhiannon have SOOO much fun.
Creepy right? These guys are called Krampus. It's an Austrian tradition that before Christmas time these guys have a big parade and run around the city to scare away evil spirits and to scare children so they will be good. Their costumes are passes down from generation to generation within families. We just happened to be in the right place at the right time and got to see the whole thing. It was pretty crazy. Hallie FREAKED out when she saw them and started screaming and crying. Rhiannon informed her that she didn't need to be scared because they were just men pretending to be goats. :)
How scary looking are these guys?
Matt and I above Salzburg
Hallie and Rhi above salzburg. They spent a few minutes up here pointing which castle belonged to which disney princess.
A good shot of the Salzburg Fortress
Caught pigging out on some Chocolate! It was soooo good.
MAtt and Hallie drinking hot cocoa and eating Apfel Strudel.
Hallie reaching her breaking point. Kids can fall asleep anywhere.
Hallie and Rhi showing us their sleeping beauty necklaces while we were on our horse drawn carriage ride up to the castle that Walt Disney used as his inpsiration for her castle. THey were sooooo excited to see the castle that Sleeping Beauty lived in. :)
Neuschwanstein's castle. (Hallie would argue that is sleeping beauty's castle)
Me in front of the castle
And again
And again.
Hallie with her sleeping beauty umbrella that she carried around for the ENTIRE trip (whether it was raining or not).
8 comments:
It looks like an awesome trip. I remember that castle.
Ask Matt if he remembers the carriage driver asking my dad to drive the horse team down the mountain. He wanted to say he had a real American cowboy drive his team.
I'm glad all of you are taking time to see the good stuff over there.
Love and miss you,
Merry Christmas
It's such amazing stuff that you probably would never get to see if not for the military. I am impressed that you're already taking the initiative to travel. You guys are always having so much fun and making the rest of us jealous!
Wow, that looks like a really trip! how far/long did you guys have to travel to get there? When we come out you have to tell us the best places to go.
so...matt's growing a stache again??? there was definitely a picture that he was sporting one. not cool! great pictures. i love that hallie fell asleep on matt's shoulders. we want to come visit!!!
It sounded like one great trip!! I am glad you were able to take it. It makes me want to go there too. How fun to see Sleeping Beauty's castle too! Lucky girl!
SO amazing sara!!! i'm so happy for your adventures and everytime i read your blog i feel like i've done something cool. :) love and miss you! merry christmas!
As The Sound of Music IS my all-time FAVORITE.....I am SO jealous!!!!
merry christmas sara, i miss you! salzburg is my sis's favorite place n the planet. it looks beautiful. call me when you can!
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