Family in Germany!

Lacy, Brian's cousin, arrived on October 28th! (sorry for not updating this until now...) We've had a lot of fun over the last two weeks. We traveled to Cologne; Amsterdam, Netherlands (for Halloween); and Brussels, Belgium.


The picture above is Brian and Lacy on her first night here. We sampled beer from a local brewery and ate traditional German cuisine. Lacy and I did some sightseeing around Bonn over the next few days while she was here.

This is a picture of Lacy and me on the University of Bonn grounds. We had some great weather and were able to see all of the sights in Bonn! After doing lots of sightseeing in the city, we decided to really get to know the culture of the city by going to a show. Lacy is an actor so she definitely wanted to experience Theater in Germany. Unfortunately, the show we attended was horrible! Haha! We obviously couldn't understand it, but it had no action. We're still not sure what the show was about, but we did understand that it was four people in business suits standing and talking in only one room....needless to say, we left after 30 minutes!

On the 31st, 7 of us went to Amsterdam to celebrate Halloween. We didn't dress up (since no one does or celebrates Halloween in Europe), but we had a lot of fun! We walked around the city, went to several bars, and really had a great time!

On the 3rd, Lacy and I went to Brussels. This city was amazing. It is a mix between old and new. I really didn't expect to see so many skyscrapers next to super old buildings. We did a lot of sightseeing and walked around the whole city. We of course sampled Belgium beer and ate waffles! :) I'm excited to go back when Marie and Nick are here. The picture above is of the plaza in Brussels.

On Friday, Brian's Dad, Randy, arrived in Bonn. We had such an amazing time with him. His co-worker lives very close to us. We met up with him on Saturday morning for a German breakfast at his home. Then he took us all over the area to experience Germany tourists rarely see. We went to two towns that still had the town walls around them. We also went to the vineyards and sampled some of the local wine. Then we ended our tour in a village to see the bonfires and torch designs in the hills. We had such a great time! I'm going to miss having family around!