Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Ich bin ein kartoffel kopf!

Well not really! That means 'I am a potato head' in German, and tragically it's just about the only thing I can say in German!! It's needless to say that I was not at all good at breaking down language barriers when we were in Germany in April this year!

I love love love Germany, which is a good thing considering my husband's father is German/Yugoslav and he (FIL) loves anything to do with Germany. So being that it is Oktoberfest this weekend (even though it is September, I don't understand it either!) Mr. Woggie's parents are coming up here to go to the Oktoberfest. There will be much beer, kartoffeln, and yodelling. It should be a great day and I'll be sure to take some photos for you all too see!

But in the meantime I'd like to share some photos of our Germany holiday (we also went to Russia, Italy, Austria and Switzerland) but since it is Oktoberfest I'll only show you the German ones (remind me to show you the others sometime).

The time we spent in Europe was wonderful, we found ourselves again, we were oblivious to the world of IF and what we couldnt achieve, even getting my period in Switzerland wasnt that bad. It was to be the holiday where we made our baby, but honestly those 5 weeks we were away were the best of my life, I could go days without thinking of babies.

Anyway it was a wonderful time in our lives, without a doubt the happiest 5 weeks of my life, without further ado here are some Germany pictures....

Schloss Hohenschwangau


Schloss Neuschwanstein



Brandenberg Gate


Holocaust Memorial - Berlin



Berlin Wall
Green Beer in Berlin - Introduced by the French because the German beer was too bitter for them!


One foot in East Berlin and One Foot in West Berlin

Frankfurt Train Station - One of the fast trains we went on!


Old Part of Frankfurt, most of Frankfurt was bombed in WWII

River Main in Frankfurt

11 comments:

SassyCupcakes said...

Great photos. I'd love to visit Neuschwanstein one day. It all looks amazing.

smartypants said...

Looks like a great time to recoop! Europe is amazing!
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Ginny said...

Great photos! From ICLW.

DrSpouse said...

Ooh - nice. We really enjoyed Berlin a couple of years ago - it was about 6 weeks before my due date and I was attending a conference which I probably wouldn't have been able to go to if I had still been pregnant but it was a nice weekend anyway.

(I remember my sweet assistant, who was also at the conference, told me even her mum remembered I would have been pretty large and was thinking of me...)

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Cara said...

ooooo - I CAN'T wait to travel! We keep saying, "When the kids are..." or "When we are...." I think we should just go now! Thanks for sharing!

Megs said...

Love the photos! I am sorry to say that I have yet to get out of the states and do some traveling. I would love to some day. Maybe one of these days...:)

ICLW

Anonymous said...

wonderful pictures! i'd love to get stationed in germany (military family).

ICLW

Kristine said...

Sounds like an awesome trip! Would love to see your Russia pictures sometime, as I have fond mmories of our trip five years ago when we adopted our son.

*Brandi* said...

What wonderful photos, it sounds like you had a great trip!

Thanks for stopping by my blog too!

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Danifred said...

5 weeks? Wow, that's amazing! I'd love to visit Germany, especially during Oktoberfest!
ICLW

junebug said...

Great pics! I agree that traveling really helped me forget. We've made it a point for the last several years to forget IF for at least a week and take a fantastic trip. It makes me feel human and normal for a little while. Germany is absolutely on our list.
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