The Smiths Do Germany Part 2:

I deleted the rest of this post by accident so I'm moving on and picking it up where I am now.

Where am I now anyway? I'm on day 7 or so and I feel like I've been here for a loooong time but still have no idea what I'm doing half the time! There are just so many little "learning curves" around every corner. It has TRULY been an adventure so far. We moved into our house yesterday and now I'm settling into city life after having spent the week in the small town of Walldorf. The simplicity made it much easier to navigate through Walldorf. I think it was probably a really good "warm-up" for moving here to the city of Heidelberg.

I'm going to start from the beginning with some of my favorite photos along the way....

The hotel where Brad and I stayed during our first trip here together.

Flammekuchen - yummm!

USA! USA! USA!

Big man in a tiny car...

Was shocked to see this on a window.

Hmmm....

The market in our neighborhood.

Streets are lined with these and cigarette machines.

EuroBrad

Another castle ruin we found while biking around that had an art and wine show going on. 

See you soon, Smiths!

At the airport...

That's a lot of checked luggage - 8 bags, 1 dog, 4 bikes, 2 LAX sticks...what else could we need?

Really?

Taking off...

First day there...both kids totally asleep...my kids who NEVER nap.

Kids and I go to Heidelberg Castle...

Grocery shopping at the Rewe (pronounced Reevuh)...always an adventure!!

Brad and I are addicted to these little weiner schnitzels (that's what we call everything.)

Winery near our hotel. We were on a mission to find the "wine maker" but never did. Kids did help themselves to a lot grapes, though!

My little girl going up this big hill...trooper!

Brad's drink of choice...PILS.

Crowded around the "TV"...it's the only one we have!

Mary King goes Parisienne!

Found a BMX park by our hotel. These people LOVE to bike.

This was a cut-your-own flowers farm we saw on the side of the road. There were several of them. You pay  on the honor system. One of the kids made this sign and it was next to another one that basically said, "Our family works hard to grow these so we expect you to pay!"

This is our building. You enter the brown door and go to second floor our apartment goes to the corner. The corner windows is the room below:

This is Ben and Mary King's room. Huge rooms!

Mary King taking good care of bear, as always!

Dining room

This is just a little room in the "middle" of the other rooms.

Kitchen is small and cozy!

Mary King's new restaurant, The Sunspot Cafe! She served us a fabulous dinner last night of bratwurst and salad by candlelight. 

                                                                                   Down by the river...the river is about 3 blocks from our house.

Bikes parked at the train station!! Did I mention there are a lot of cyclists here??

My first trip to the Rewe on my bike...overloaded. Also had a full backpack.