Wilhelma

Yesterday, we went to the Wilhelma. What a great place...lots of animals and beautiful flower gardens.

Wednesday and Thursday

We took two days to recover from our Ludwigsburg trip... played some basketball and walked around downtown Aalen.



The weather has been so cold we had to get Nicholas a winter coat at H&M.

Ludwigsburg, Sept.16

First train ride ever for John, Clara and Nicholas



Flowers on the walk to the castle

Schloß Ludwigsburg

First, we toured the extensive gardens.

Next, we visited the Fairy Tale Garden. Clara's favorite!


Frogprincess


Boat ride


Snow White- Mirror, mirror on the wall...

Only little ones are lucky here...tall people get wet!


Hansel and Gretel


Max und Moritz diese Lumpen...



1001 Arabian Nights


Aladdin



Alibaba

Rapunzel

Clara was the key-keeper during our tour inside the castle. She was allowed to go behind the ropes!


King Friedrich of Württemberg


Beautiful chandeliers and painted ceilings in every room...except the servants quarters, of course.

Uncle Dietmar

Don't you wish you had an Uncle Dietmar?

Reichstädter Tage

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday we went downtown Aalen to the bus. People were taking the survey, playing games, climbing the wall and drinking coffee. Everyone seems to think the weekend was a success despite the rainy and cold weather (for most of the time).