Easter weekend was spent up in Hamburg this year! Mike heard about a Volleyball tournament hosted by the Hamburg Stake and just had to get involved. He joined on with a team from Mannheim, Germany and said that he's never had so much fun loosing. Teams come from all over Germany, the Netherlands, and even Switzerland. Anyone interested in participating in 2009? Mike's trying to recruit. While Mike was playing his heart out, the boys and I enjoyed a visit to the Tierpark Hagenback in Hamburg. It was a lot of fun. Our favorite exhibits were the Mandrills and Orangutans. There were lots of babies to watch and of course the boys are really fascinated with babies right now! The highlight of our zoo trip was when we went to the Elephant exhibit. All the elephants were near the perimeter of their enclosure and people would hold out all sorts of fruits and vegetables while the elephants would reach out with their trunks and grab the food. It was so cool. We picked up some of the fallen carrots and apple slices and Aaron enjoyed feeding the elephants. One of the elephants we were feeding would also take coins and hand them to the zookeeper standing beside him. It was neat. We also went to the Planetarium and watched a little musical called "Das Kleines Tag" (The Little Day). It was about a little star that wanted to be born on a special day and he ended up coming on quite an ordinary day but it was still special to him. The music was good and it was pretty much like watching a light show inside the planetarium. We also enjoyed a visit with some of our german friends that are from Hamburg. They took us on a drive downtown and we visited the Michaelskirche and went up the tower. It was quite windy but you get a really great view of the city from the top. Aaron caught a glimpse of the building that the Lion King is showing in and immediately made a request to go see it again! We enjoyed a nice Easter service at our friends home ward and then had a little egg hunt at the church. The boys were impressed that the Easter Bunny managed to find them even though we were staying in a hotel. You can check out more pictures from our trip on the link to the right under the heading pictures.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Easter Weekend
Easter weekend was spent up in Hamburg this year! Mike heard about a Volleyball tournament hosted by the Hamburg Stake and just had to get involved. He joined on with a team from Mannheim, Germany and said that he's never had so much fun loosing. Teams come from all over Germany, the Netherlands, and even Switzerland. Anyone interested in participating in 2009? Mike's trying to recruit. While Mike was playing his heart out, the boys and I enjoyed a visit to the Tierpark Hagenback in Hamburg. It was a lot of fun. Our favorite exhibits were the Mandrills and Orangutans. There were lots of babies to watch and of course the boys are really fascinated with babies right now! The highlight of our zoo trip was when we went to the Elephant exhibit. All the elephants were near the perimeter of their enclosure and people would hold out all sorts of fruits and vegetables while the elephants would reach out with their trunks and grab the food. It was so cool. We picked up some of the fallen carrots and apple slices and Aaron enjoyed feeding the elephants. One of the elephants we were feeding would also take coins and hand them to the zookeeper standing beside him. It was neat. We also went to the Planetarium and watched a little musical called "Das Kleines Tag" (The Little Day). It was about a little star that wanted to be born on a special day and he ended up coming on quite an ordinary day but it was still special to him. The music was good and it was pretty much like watching a light show inside the planetarium. We also enjoyed a visit with some of our german friends that are from Hamburg. They took us on a drive downtown and we visited the Michaelskirche and went up the tower. It was quite windy but you get a really great view of the city from the top. Aaron caught a glimpse of the building that the Lion King is showing in and immediately made a request to go see it again! We enjoyed a nice Easter service at our friends home ward and then had a little egg hunt at the church. The boys were impressed that the Easter Bunny managed to find them even though we were staying in a hotel. You can check out more pictures from our trip on the link to the right under the heading pictures.
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