Next up is Day Care for Charlotte. There isn't much available though there are lots of great centers nearby. We have one that we are looking further into, fingers crossed that it's what we are after.

My contribution will be that Kristin, Charlotte and I had a fantastic long weekend and now have to get 'back on track' with our eating.

Another entry should follow towards the end of this week to give an update on Melbourne...

Mum & Kids (I know Amy posted this pic too but she herself said my photo was better...)

A self shot from me of our Little One and Amy's Little One with... um... me!

As most of you who read this Blog will know, we are moving to Melbourne.

We have two weeks annual leave in Queensland at the end of March and I am due to start my job in Melbourne the week starting the 31st March.

It's a big move for us as we know no one down there. We have some friends of friends etc but no one close... I'm sure we'll be fine though.

Here's a recent pic of Charlotte wandering around the house in Kristin's shoes!

In 2008 I forsee this webpage as being updated close to weekly with little bits and pieces of what we are up to, first big thing for the year is that we just traded in our old car for a brand new one!!!!!

More posts to come...

Charlotte, Joss, Toby, Bethany and Amy at Tim's wedding.

The money shot.

Charlotte got some face painting at a friends birthday party.

On our way to see the Heaps in Wagga we stopped off at Cockington Green.

A Spanish street at Cockington Green.

Happy Days... about 10 mins before a wobbly.

Kristin got a raise to a new position at work, well done!!

Charlotte started a new Day Care (that we are now calling "Pre-School") and is doing well but realises she can stay up a little longer at night and get attention in the morning if she insists that she doesn't want to go to new Pre-School.

I'm plugging away at work. Happy as Larry.

We have both been hankering to travel again and to also head back to Germany. I had thought that since we did such a thorough job of seeing Germany that we could move on to traveling elsewhere later... I'm not too sure that will be likely. With my job I have an opportunity every now and then to do some travel. Just recently there was a job being printed in Germany near Düsseldorf, if my manager was unable to attend then I would have gone but alas he was fit and well and it was a success (for him). Late next week he will be heading back there for one day! Now as rough as that sounds traveling for 45-odd hours for what would be roughly 5 hours work, I would love to do it just to get back to Germany.

Anywho, things are cool with us. We're finally sorting out our Tax from 05-06. Daycare prices will be going up 8%!! at Charlotte's daycare... we don't want to pull her out but we are looking at alternatives.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!!!!!!!!

Though the last post was Jan 3, Happy New Year, Happy Valentines! Easter is just around the corner and it looks like a doosie this year. You can put money down on Nougat Eggs all round!!

After Lübek, we stayed 1 night in Berlin and 2 in Dresden.

I'm holding up Charlotte to the Podium at the Bundeskanzleramt (Chancellors Offices).

Berlin Zoo

The Brandenburg Gate

We met up with Anna for a while and also Simon (Kristin's cousin) and his wife Julie (taking photo).

Dresden by night

Looking across the Elbe to Dresden

On the same day my Aunt and Kristin's maternal Grandfather both passed away. Combined with the lead up to Christmas and buying a new computer, I haven't had much time to scratch myself but more Germany updates are on their way.

We got away well from Monica & Günther's, leaving behind in Drebber some great friends and 'family' that we won't see for who knows how long... :(

We found Lübeck with Kristin's immaculate navigation and some good German road signage. We didn't have long in Lübeck because we were due in Berlin by 3pm the next day, we still managed to fit in quite a bit.

We had a nice lunch at the Lübeck Rathaus (Town Hall), cruised Downtown Lübeck and met up with Greta again. Then some more cruising.

Dinner was a nice Italian where Charlotte devoured a huge spaghetti bolognese! I then took Charlotte back to our hotel and left Kristin & Greta to have a girls night out.

The next day was an early start for one of our longest car trips over to Berlin.

Holsten Gate, the 15thC gates to Lübeck. If you look hard, they are renovating it so there is scaffolding all around but they have printed on the canvas what it looks like underneath, we found this quite a lot throughout our trip.

The bells at St Mary's Cathedral fell down when it was bombed in WWII, they have left them where they fell as a reminder.

The Devil's Stone outside St Mary's. There is a cute story of how the Devil was going to trow this huge stone at the cathedral.

The Lübeck Rathaus. If you click on the link you'll be able to see Charlotte & I.

One of the many reasons I could easily live in Deutschland.

Inside the world famous Marzipan shop Niederegger.

The Wurst of them all. hahhaahhahahaahhahahmuhwhahahahaaaa

Below is a video of Charlotte at the Rosenberger's. Nils' mum gave Charlotte a hug white Teddy to play with. Soon she was running from one room to another just to give it and Nils' mum a cuddle, too cute!
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Here is the greatest game on Earth, it's called Rummikub

Mmmmmm... German breakfasts!

Off to the Dummersee (which is Dummer lake), a very nice, and one of Germany's largest inland lakes.

The Museumsdorf (Village Museum) in Cloppenburg. Entrance

A good example of the old Bahnhaus. The farmers lived in the back of the barn and the front 2/3rds was for the animals! Also note the German writting across the top of the entrance, these were normaly religious quotes from the bible and the such.

Going for a walk (all the rage in Germany) around Susanne & Stefan's (Kristin's host-sister and her husband).

Auf Wiedersehen

Next... Lübeck

We stopped off in Münster on the way for lunch (an oversight on our behalf seeing as the stop made us late to Mama & Papas, we still had quite a way to go, it was Friday afternoon and the begining of school holidays!).

Downtown Münster

Getting supplies for Coffee & Cake... and the party :)

Downtown Diepholtz

Party Food

Party... ok it doesn't look like much but after dinner and quite a few more beers, it was rockin'

Charlotte plays with Kristin's host-brother's wives children. Dispite neither of them understanding what the other was saying, they had a riot!

Last Drink Of The Night (~3am)

... more to come

The Car

We (Kristin navigated and I drove all but 1 day (made a good pair and covered just over 3000 kms in the 3 weeks)) made our way up the Rhine to Cologne

Driving

The Rhine

Hung out at the Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral)

Hanging out

Inside

Outside

We met up with Andrea after her first job interview (she got the job btw) and cruised around Cologne. A spot of shopping (didn't buy anything), icecream and just some good general site-seeing.

Back Streets

All went well. Could not have asked for a better driving holiday to Germany with a partner and a two-year-old.

More stories to come as we sort through the 500 odd photos (you gotta love the digital age!)

Wish us luck with Charlotte

:)