We went to this Christmas market that had a lot of medieval artisans. This guy was using a forge to make metal garden hangers.
Morgan's favorite stall was this one with all the bows and arrows
This guy made really cool trinkets and things. We ended up buying the swirly thing in the front with the blue ball. As it twirls in the wind it looks like it is traveling up or down the spiral. It is really neat.
Riding on Daddy's shoulders makes Mia one tired girl.
For Christmas we went to Berchesgarten, Germany. We did some skiing and we went to Salzburg, Austria. We didn't get to see Hitler's Eagles Nest because the road was closed for the winter.
Fortress Hohensalzburg in Salzburg--no, we are not all talking on cell phones. They are recorded tour guides--All you have to do is pick your language.
The Fortress Hohensalzburg is the biggest still maintaining fortress in Central Europe. This is the view from the top.
This is inside the fortress
This cow represents a story that I thought was really neat. Once time during an attempted seige, all the residents had holed up in the fortress. Things were getting pretty desperate and they didn't have any more food. The enemy was trying to starve them out. Down to the last cow the residents thought up a far-fetched plan. They paraded their cow around the walls, took it inside and painted it. Then paraded the painted cow. They did this over and over until the enemy left. The enemy believed that a huge herd of cows was still inside the fortress walls--desperate for food themselves they left and never conquered Salzburg.
Getting ready to go on a Salt Mine Tour. They give you these really cool (note the sarcasm) outfits to wear. We really felt like Oompa Lumpas.
Sliding down the rails- a highlight of every salt mine tour.
At the Celtic museum-A lover of all things celtic, Morgan was not impressed.
At Konigsee (King's Lake) in Berchesgarten
We took a boat ride to this island. This is us in the FREEZING cold at St. Bartholomew.
Skiing at Jenner Ski Resort
German's take skiing quite seriously-at least in Bavaria. They run these ski schools at every ski resort. Full of kids in the 3-5 range. We have seen some very talented 3 year olds doing the intermediate slopes and more.
Craig took this picture WHILE skiing. I can barely stay upright on skies but my husband takes photos while he skies. Amazing. We love how dotted the landscape is with little villages.
This is hoarfrost--it was so gorgeous. It looked like snowy forest shots taken from an airplane.
Skiing at Arber
When Mia was tired of skiing we built an igloo--O.k. and igloo wall.
This is what happens when you ski in the fog
My friend Mary thinks that Mia is hilarious. The colder it gets the less she wears. She thinks a spring dress is perfect for a snowy day. Then on a really warm day she'll decide to wear fleece pants and a jacket. This day she finally agreed to boots hat and gloves but no jacket and no tights.
This is a video clip of Mia skiing
