Linds Across Europe in Photos
Out of 500 photos, these were some of the ones we thought you’d enjoy to highlight parts of our trip…if you haven’t read the posts from our days, I would encourage you to do so in order to have some frame of reference. Or don’t and just enjoy the pictures! And, if you think you’ve seen some before, I did repost some Instagram and Facebook photos, because they are just too cute to miss (to me, admittedly)!
Ready to go!!!
The drive around France – two hot air balloons!
Paragliders or parachuters…or something else?
These are the hostels we stayed at in Germany – Axel’s baby bed is in the corner behind us. It was great!
Days 2-4, Driving through Germany and hanging out in The Netherlands
The riverside park in Heidelberg featured some of the best playing equipment we’ve ever encountered!
Our little discovered restaurant experience in Germany, Amelia was very happy with her giant glass of milk!
Crossing the border into the Netherlands at sunset, complete with windmills, of course.
At the open air museum – family photo attempt!
Running through the farmland at the open air museum in Arnhem
Amelia, Levi, Hanna, and Toon – long-distance friends are so fun!
The men and their kids pull themselves across the lake in Arnhem
Levi and I on the metro in Amsterdam – Levi loved the “train!”
Excited to enter the Tropical Museum!
The kids loved the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam!
Axel danced to music from around the world!
These are knives from Yemen, where Levi and Amelia’s grandparents lived for a year…so, they have some to inherit.
“car” in Amsterdam
Levi and I in Amsterdam…I promise he’s happier than he looks!
Day 6, PlayMOBIL Funpark in Nuremberg, Germany
The indoor fun park…and Axel in one of the many “baby pits.”
Matthew is an MAF oddity – not a pilot or mechanic…yet here he is, fixing an airplane!
Axel watching his brother slide a full floor down!
Axel in the baby pit…he played for hours!
Can you see her expression? She’s about to explode!
Levi shoots an arrow with his bow at invaders!
Axel and the Pirate Ship
Matthew is muttering…”why in the world am I doing this?”
King and Queen…and Levi and Amelia
Axel LOVED this hammock
Daddy and Amelia in the nest!
Happy, tired kids!
Amelia in Hitler’s unfinished colosseum
Where Hitler inspired a nation
Axel exploring Hitler’s podium
Under where Hitler stood…
See photo from the blog post for comparison…though that’s Matthew and the kids at the top.
The church in downtown Heidelberg
Same church, as viewed from the Castle in Heidelberg
The Heidelberg bridge
A street in Heidelberg
The steep hill up to the Heidelberg Castle – the bench is horizontal for reference
The Heidelberg castle is literally falling apart
The truth about traveling with small children…
She’s screaming at the top of her lungs…and we were laughing, despite people’s condemning stares. How can you NOT laugh at that?
From inside the courtyard of the Heidelberg Castle
Axel LOVES castles!
See the pink blur? It’s a “princess” that gives tours…Amelia was captivated.
Our kids were popular photo opportunities with foreigners. Amelia had been smiling, until I took this picture.
Matthew and the wine barrel…
Family photo near the castle!
The crumbling Heidelberg castle
The main trade building from the Middle Ages in Freiburg
No boring man hole covers in Freiburg
The church in Frieburg
The calendar and sun dial on the church in Frieburg is still amazingly accurate!
In Freiburg, the sidewalks identified the stores. This one still held true!
Beautiful stone work on the streets of Freiburg
A baker
Pharmacist
Day 10, Château Chillon, Switzerland
Château Chillon
One of the four courtyards in Château Chillon
Château Chillon, I will eat you!!! -Axel
Every castle needs one of these, of course
Gothic ceilings in Château Chillon
The ceiling painted in the 13th century
Amazing how well it’s been preserved
Lord Byron’s signature from his visit, after which he wrote a famous poem about one prisoner’s six-years of isolation in the castle
Happy Levi!
1000-year-old castle, and this is what my children want to see, of course!
Lac Léman (Lake Geneva)
Days 12 & 13 – Grenoble and Annecy
From the top of the fort at Grenoble
From Grenoble, looking up at the fort. The “bubbles” are basically a cable car – we hope to ride these in the future!
The canals in Annecy
The Lind Family 