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A New Passion: Table Tennis

Today was my first day on table tennis duty. I spent the better part of the afternoon in a gym full of table tennis tables and kids playing, in the county ch...

The Wild West Weekend 2017

This weekend we had the full dose of German Wild West culture: Elspe Open Air Wild West Festival on Saturday and Fort Fun on Monday. Both have been regular t...

Juist 2017

A Vacation starts when you give up fighting the sand and the kids get into the rhythem of the hostel.

Edersee-Weekend 2017

After taking one boy last year, this year it was the other’s turn to go sailing on the Edersee. We had a pretty good breeze on Saturday so at one point my bo...

Lahn-Tour: Finishing Last Year’s Trip

Since we had to finish last years Lahn tour early, this year we went back to finish the route and go down the river all the way to where it empties into the ...

Christmas 2016

The good thing about Christmas is that it is the same every year. The new “discovery” this year is the table tennis plate in the park - it has been there all...

Summer Holidays Juist

The thing I like most about our North Sea visits is the first sight of the open see as we walk over the dunes towards the beach - nothing says “relax!” in qu...