June 14, 2014-Marienburg Schloss

If you were a king and you didn't know what to give your wife for her 40th birthday....you could always give her a castle.  That's what the king of Hannover did.  He was blind and never saw the castle.  We toured the inside, but unfortunately we couldn't take pictures.

 

I am so thankful for the Joneses. They came to Göttingen from Georgia in January for Scott to do research.  They have been such a blessing!

I wish we could take them back to Texas.

The castle had a beautiful courtyard.

The train ride was just 1 hour and here the boys are waiting for the train.  We have spent a lot of time waiting for the train this year.

June 9, 2014-Ziegenhagen

June 9 is Pentecost and is a holiday in Germany.  Since the kids had a day off from school, the parents of a friend of Seth invited our family to join their family at a small amusement park just 20 minutes outside of Göttingen.

I felt like this was something we would see in a stereotypical German movie.

There was lots of work for the parents to do so the kids could enjoy the rides.

Another example of parents working.  This is Vincent with his dad Fridtjof and his mom Ingrid who is from the Czech.

Brooke said her favorite part of the day was feeding the goats popcorn.

Lots of trampolines.

One of Luke's favorite things to pedal.

Some pictures from the park.

We drove near the Berlepsch Schloss on our way home.  For us, part of the fun was the scenic drive there and back.

June 7, 2014-Eisenach

Well, this definitely makes the list of "adventures".  A 2 1/2 train ride turned into a 4 1/2 hour trip.  But we made it and we really don't have anything else pressing to do.  We are in Eisenach and this is the home of Bach.

Another part of the adventure was walking up and up and up hills to see a castle.  It was a beautiful view as we got closer to the top.

This is a part of the castle.

This castle is well known because it is where Martin Luther translated the New Testament from Greek to German.

This is the room where he did the translating.

Ethan and Emily got to experience their first adventure with the Williams.  It was so fun to have them with us.