Elena rowing on Lake Bled, Slovenia.

Right before our 10.5 mile walk in the Plitvice Lakes Croatian National Park.

Piran, Slovenia.

Coffee in the morning in Tartini Square, Piran, Slovenia.

Julia enjoying that Elena is rowing while we are on Lake Bled, Slovenia.

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Cruise Photos

Hello everyone, Spring break allowed us to take a 7 day cruise in and around Greece with a stop in Croatia on the way back.  Had a great time and it seems that No one in the familygot enough of Greece when we visited there and want to go back.  Our first stop was Santorini and it was beautiful.  Especially after 2 days on the water with rough weather.

 

Garmisch, Germany

The photos below are from our first day at Garmisch when we went sledding. The next day, Wendy, Elena and Lance took snowboarding lessons while Julia took skiing lessons. We all had a great time until we got back to the hotel and the hot tub was closed because it was icing over on the steps leading to it. I guess temperatures in the teens will do that to water. Will try to get some "Action" photos posted before too long.

Fun Weekend in the SNOW!!

Happy New Year 2012

We hope everyone has a great New Year and are able to accomplish all that is attempted. We went out on the hill where we live to watch the fireworks over the city and it was pretty cool. No commercial firework shows, just everyone doing their own fireworks and when it is viewed from a distance it looks like the city is part of the entire show. Posted a video HERE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hohenzollern Castle - 28 December 2011

We had enough of sitting around the house and went for a quick drive down the road to the Burg-Hohenzollern castle. Since we were there mid-week, they did not offer English guided tours so we went on a German guided tour so that we could see the inside of the castle. Unfortunately there was no photography allowed inside. There was no heat either so we stayed bundled up as we passed through the Prussian royal castle. From the ancestral hall to the armory, we got to see a lot of interesting things today. One castle visit down as a family and I am sure there will be many more to go. Unless of course there are a lot of stairs or hill climbing like there was with this one.http://www.burg-hohenzollern.com/startpage.html

http://www.burg-hohenzollern.com/startpage.html

More snow than most people can handle.