Weekend Update

Spring in Germany has been grim this year. Temps have been low, rains have been high, and we all blame the ash cloud. This past weekend, we were fortunately granted a respite, and we took full advantage of the beautiful weather.
We kicked off the weekend by participating in a yard sale at Justin's work on Friday. Elizabeth filled buckets with rocks and tucked flowers behind her ears while Justin and I hawked our old CDs for 25 cents a pop. Overall, the event was a success. We spent the rest of the weekend enjoying the beautiful weather in Kaiserslautern with Jay and Linda. On Saturday we visited the Japenese garden. The highlight of this destiniation was feeding the Koi. Elizabeth had great fun dropping handfuls of Koi food in the water at the shoreline while the fish hungrily circled five feet away, unaware of the feast she was serving. Regardless, she had fun, and we all had fun watching her.

We spent the rest of the afternoon discovering the marvels of the Gartenschau. Here, we found stretches of beautiful green grass, numerous parks for children of all ages (sand, water, pirate ships, huge slides, and more). Elizabeth was blown away just by the sight of the place.

Elizabeth spent most of her time enjoying the water park and wading in the natural stream. The rest of us lounged in the grass and on chairs just enjoying the weather and the sounds of children giggling. I think I even fell asleep for a little bit.

Heady from the joys that Saturday brought, we could not be contained on Sunday, so the five of us headed out to the Kaiserslautern zoo. The highlight of this zoo were the goat kids in the petting zoo. They were so soft and Elizabeth kept excitedly declaring "maaaaa" and throwing her arms in the air.

Elizabeth and I also got to meet with a Peruvian compadre in the form of a llama. He was also very soft.

Overall, it was an awesome weekend. I hope yours was, too.