Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Car trips, hotels, and Ikea stops :) For Journaling purposes:)

Our girls are the best :)  So far on our trip, they have covered about 2000 plus miles of land here in Europe seeing new places and new things.  For the most part, they have done AWESOME in the car and we for sure know just about every toilet in every tourist stop in Germany, Austria, Holland, Poland, etc!  We always find an IKEA on our way to our destinations.  It is a great, warm place to let the girls get their wiggles out and is delicious, inexpensive food to feed us all!  They enjoy coloring, playing with toys, singing songs, eating snacks and watching movies to make the time in the car pass by!  Heaven forbid either of them take a nap...it is just too fun to be on a trip and stay at Hotels!

 Hannah found out how much she likes Baby Einstein movies on her own personal DVD player!
 Alissa prefers the BIG screen using Daddy's computer to watch movies!
 Inside the sweet van that we get to drive all over in!  It is quite roomy and has lots of storage space and has been PERFECT for us to all be together and road trip!
 Hannah is so excited to go down the slide at IKEA!
 Alissa liking this IKEA stop to get out some wiggles!
 Our Hotel in Salzburg Austria.  It was VERY nice and had the best breakfast to fill us up!

 Eating at a local pizza joint in Oberndorf Austria, just across street from Silent Night Church.
 Check out Alissa's bed!  We thought they would bring us a pull out, but instead brought us a kid sized pack n play ( I wish they had these in the US!)  It had a zipper at the bottom that the kids could crawl out of it!  Alissa, for once, couldn't wait for us to put her to bed so she could sleep in her cool bed just for her!

 Hannah has the cutest smile ever and beams whenever the camera comes out!  I just had to share :)
 Alissa crawling out of her bed after a great night of sleep!
 Here is the view from our hotel in Fussen Germany, just a few kilometers down the road from Neushwanstein Castle.  It was a winter wonderland and we had our own balcony to enjoy the beauty of freshly fallen snow!
 This was the inside of our hotel room in Fussen...not as nice but the view was amazing! 
 My baby's cheesy grin!
 Our Hotel in Fussen and a view of the Van!!
Hannah enjoying a delicious Austrian Breakfast in Salzburg!
Lunch at IKEA heading to Holland!
The hotel in Delft Netherlands!  
We spent New Year's Eve here, and from those windows, we saw flashes of light and booms from on going fireworks from about 6 pm till about 5 am...no joke!
 Such a good traveler in the Car Seat!
Just out of the bath in Dresden Germany.  We stayed in Temple Housing at the Freiburg Temple.  It was perfect!
 
Alissa loving to jump on the beds!

1 comment:

Alli Krewson said...

We are so crazy jealous of this amazing trip! Looks like a blast - I can't believe you did all of this traveling with two kids! Glad they were so great for you. They are cute as ever - we need to see you all again soon!