A Visit in the Harz Mountains

End of July, we went to the Harz mountains in order to meet with friends from the Netherlands. But before we did so, we had flown in our Swiss maid (with a PhD!) for Anna - obviously, they came along very well!


Thanks, Dea, that you spent so much time with Anna singing many, many funny Swiss songs and poems, pulling even funnier faces, and of course making the funniest sounds - Anna loved it!!!


Well, then we met our friends Gideon and Marike with their 10 weeks old daughter Matilda. Voila, stereotypical behaviour of fathers:


Hello, little Matilda!


And that is what happens if two geologist-fathers are going for a small stroll with their babies - no way is too muddy...


...or too steep:


We visited the picturesque town of Stolberg with its magnificent stud work houses:



A wonderful painting in the staircase of the Stolberg castle - what great buttocks!


Anna inspecting her new play mate:


First break (after an exhausting one hour) of our hike - great, with small kids you get a loooooot of breaks! ;-)


Tasting an apple:


Dea and me:


Two giant scarab bugs with their roll:


Next break with two hungry babies:


And trees full of ripe red cherries - yummieh!


Anna enjoyed going on the swings...


... and in the pool:


Phew, there is no real space to post all pictures that we took during this weekend in this short blog.
Gideon, Marike and Matilda - thanks for making this meeting possible, it was absolutely great to see you again! And all the best for your new adventure in Oman!!!!