We tried to take Brian's cousins to the Rhein River for a short cruise, but we were super embarrassed to find that it was closed for the season. Brian had checked the website, but he didn't see anything about the winter closure. So instead we drove to the village that we were going to go to via river to have a look around and some lunch. Both turned out to be difficult. Almost everything was closed except one restaurant. All the shops were closed for the winter too. When we got home, our village was having a Winterburning festival where they make a bonfire with all the Christmas trees that they collected a month before from the villagers. Before that they meet in the town square and everybody buys torches and lights them to process up the hill to where the bonfire is. Children with giant torches walking in a line is a little scary, but we made it with only a few singed hairs.
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| I carried Bobby in the hiking backpack to try it out verses the Ergo. Whoa, is it ever heavy! The plan was to let Brian carry him and give me a break since I'm always the one to carry him, but Bob didn't like that idea and I don't do fire. I wanted Brian to be able to help the children if need be. |
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| My sweet, tired boy! |
Of course, there was food (bratwurst) and warm drinks (Gluwein, Kinderpunch, hot chocolate). We met up with different friends throughout the evening and, despite the cold temperature, we had a good time.
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