Fun Weekend

We had a fun weekend earlier in July. Most towns here have an outdoor swimming pool, called the"Freibad". Mia had been with her school a couple of times, but we had never been to the one here. It is just several big pools with high dives and simple slides. There are also huge areas of grass where people can lay out and play games and such. We ended up seeing some friends there too, so it was nice for the kids. It reminds me a bit like something you would see in the travel brochures from the 60's or 70's - we loved it :-).  The next day, we went to the "Fliegerfest" which is basically a small festival with all things flight related. They had planes, gliders, helicopters, and model jet planes too. It was really quite fun. Camden has a bit of an interest in flying one day and he was able to take a ride in a Helicopter. It was funny, because the only thing you had to sign, was that you were aware of the insurance policy that the airport had in case of injury - so funny. Literally all it had was three figures of what you would receive if something happened and a signature line - only in Germany :-)! I was a little nervous when they took off the door next to where Camden sat (just to make it a bit cooler) - Yikes. Nothing like looking down and truly knowing you could fall right out. It all was fine though and he had a great time. It was really neat watching all of the planes go by. A fun weekend!

The pools here still have the high high dives - it is crazy sometimes watching the various kids jump!

Even though the temperatures were boiling - The water was cold!!!

They have a little sport area with basketball, volleyball and such...

Camden in the Helicopter

Oh yes - the door comes right off - I guess it was too hot to keep it on - crazy!!!

And off he goes...

I was actually really surprised - because Camden is usually not so daring - especially with heights - I gave him my camera to take a few pictures...

The countryside is so pretty!

A typical German village (notice the solar panels on many of the houses and barns)

And the small group of paparzzi for the landing :-)

A Model Jet plane down at the air field - the runway is a grass runway...

They offered tours on this plane too - I'm glad Camden opted for the newer model Helicopter...

And it wouldn't be a German fest without Bratwurst, Beer

and families...

They have clubs here for everything - this is the local air club (who put put on the fest)

The ride home - the airport is in the middle of several beautiful fields - a really fun day!