Last Day of School and trip to Frankfurt City Hall!

Well school is officially out! School let out at 1:00 yesterday and several of the teachers went out the Römerberg, which is where City Hall is located. This is one of the most iconic and historic places in Frankfurt. It was so cool to go exploring and celebrate with some delicious German Beers!

Amazing buildings! 

A cool bar called Die Schwarzes Stern -The Black Star

Interesting bamboo design over a cute cafe. 

Entrance to City Hall. 

View from the Rhein River. 

Frankfurt Cathedral. We actually were able to go inside as well. It was very beautiful! I said a prayer in thanksgiving for school being out. :)

Happy Birthday to Me and Jackson, but more importantly ME!

When I got home from work Logan surprised me with 30 hand cut heart cut outs with 30 different reasons why he loves me! I was very impressed that he did all of this. It was so sweet! He also had a bath made with candles and a Mimosa waiting for me. Turning 30 has been pretty awesome. What a great husband!

Special thanks to all of my family who sent me birthday gifts and love from a far! 

Happy Birthday to my cute and crazy spirited little nephew! Jackson, you are such a sweetie and make me laugh every time I get to hangout with you. Hope you have a great birthday!

Wine Hike in Nierstein

Last weekend we went on a wine hike in a town near us called Nierstein. We met up with some friends for a day of wine drinking and walking. The major wine produced in this area is Riesling, which is my favorite type of wine. There were 8 pavilions spaced out through the vineyards that you could walk to and get a glass of wine for 1.50Euro to 3.00Euro. It was a lot of fun and such a cute town!

Walking through Nierstein...passed by this cute Museum!

Getting closer to the pavilions! 

We made it! It was about a 20 minute walk to the first pavilion...working off the alcohol we have not consumed yet. Haha.

The view of the town from the top of the mountain.

The boys going down the vineyard to pee...apparently that is okay here. Freaking Germany and crazy customs.

Our good friend Mo trying to be Texan. 

We had a great wine hike!

Our group drank all of those...just kidding. :)

Nerotal Park

We took a nice stroll to the Nerotal Park in our town. It was huge and SO beautiful! The park sits in between streets of remarkably huge homes with amazing architecture. 

Managed to get a picture of Bishop pooping...your welcome :)

 These purple flowers are stunning and they were everywhere in this park. I asked Logan to pose and this is what he did...lame.

 It reminds me of an old English garden.

Deer walking on water. :)

 At the end of the park path there was a Tram called Neroberg, which takes you through the mountain path in Wiesbaden. We have not rode it yet, but are super excited to go up!

Car show and Historic Markers

We took a walk yesterday and came across an old car show in the Market Place.

We also found these brass bricks spread around in front of different buildings with names on them. These are called Stolperstein or Stumbling Stones. They were designed to commemorate victims of the Holocaust. They are placed in front of victims homes (which now are office or shopping stores) with the names, which camp they were taken to, and where they died. There are roughly 50,000 laid out now. Quite the fitting name, Stumbling Stone, so you take a minute to notice them when you stumble over them.

This is a bronze map of our city...I am fairly certain we were standing about where we were pointing to. 

Spring time in Frankfurt

This is my lovely view every day when I ride the train to work. The wild flowers are so beautiful here! My school is in the background. 

BBQ in Frankfurt!

We met some of our friends in Frankfurt on top of a mountain to have a BBQ. Took the dogs on our adventure...it was their first time to ride a train. They didn't love it. Haha.

 Views of Frankfurt