September 2008

Here are some photos from September.

Lainzer Tiergarten park on the seesaw with Kaya.

Suzanne and Stefan doin' a bit of crazy dancing near the deer.

Stella likes to "model".

"I am a tree!"

Sebastian was invited to an afternoon sponosored by the Children's Cancer Society in Vienna. He got to ride in a real fire truck and cook with one of the city's best chefs. Here he is in front of the "big" firetruck from the local village fire department.

He got to test out the hose and push over pylons.

Making a cheese cake with the chef from Meinl am Graben.

More Photos from Vacation

Here are some of the photos Michi took with his camera during our time on Bornholm.

An ice cream a day keeps the doctor away.

Sebastian feeding the calves on the farm.

Sebastian the kitty-tamer - this little one wasn't even scared of him by the end of the week. Scard of Stella? That's a whole different story!

Sebastian on his pony ride.

He did not like the hat - it was "not cool".

Little roller coaster at the kids' amusement park Joboland.


Don't even ask about this pathetic water ride at Joboland (or the geek who is in the boat!). It was "do-it-yourself"; you walked through the gates, sat down, pulled a rope, then the machine pulled the boat to the top of a little hill, released, and then you flew down into the water. Afterwards, the machine pulled you back up. And no one mans the ride! Fun at your own risk.

Sebastian loves this song by Blur, and now he's got Stella dancing to it too! This was the same day he got new Converse chucks, and didn't want to take them off.

Vacation 2008 - Week 3 (Bornholm)

At this point, our camera broke, so thanks to Fiona for giving me some of hers!

Our home away from home for one week near Balka, Bornholm.


Stella and Remy

A little Thomas the Tank Engine before bedtime.

Vacation 2008 - Week 2 (Bornholm)

On the way up to Hammershus castle.

View from Hammershus castle.

The back yard of the farm house. They raise dairy cows and hogs, and grow wheat / corn.

Breakfast in the farmhouse we stayed at for one week.

One of the four round churches on the island of Bornholm.

The boardwalk to Dueodde beach.

Dueodde beach, Borholm

The beach at Dueodde, southern Bornholm.

A visit to a farm museum on Bornholm to see how life used to be.

One of the first John Deere tractors on the island of Bornholm (they produce a lot of wheat), funded through the Marshall program after WWII.

Sebastian fell in love with this kitten he found at the farm museum.

Fish smokery in Hasle, Bornholm.

Svaneke, Bornholm
View from the harbor in Svaneke, Bornholm

Vacation 2008 - Week 1

We're all excited to leave at 3 AM - hey kids, you are supposed to fall back asleep!

Finally three hours later, sleeping somewhere in Czech Republic.

A quick stop in Hamburg.

Selent, Germany - some of the ancestors from the Ploen side are from here.

The Baltic Sea in northern Germany.

Laboe, Germany - some of the Siebels ancestors are from here.

Laboe, Germany

Finally entering Denmark!

The Bed & Breakfast we stayed at on the Island of Als, Denmark.

Beach on the Island of Als, Denmark.

I don't want to touch that jellyfish!

Site of the war between Germany (Prussia) and the Danes on Jutland / Als, Denmark in the 1860s.

The church in Almsted, Denmark, where ancestors from the Ebert (Mikkelson) side were married.

The bridge between Jutland and Funen, Denmark.

In Copenhagen, at my host family where I lived when I studied there 10 years ago. This is Stella and their granddaughter, Emelie, in the backyard.

Inger, Ejner, Sebastian, Stella and myself.
On a boat cruise through the canals of Copenhagen.

Sebastian driving a car in Tivoli Gardens amusement park, Copenhagen.

Amager beach, Copenhagen

Yes, sometimes it rains in Denmark...

In the tunnel to the Storebelt bridge between Denmark and Sweden.

Sebastian on the ferry from Sweden to Bornholm.