Fun weekend

This weekend so far has been great!

On Friday, Heather went with some friends from work to Koeln to see Twilight in English (YES, it JUST came out!) and then got dinner and drinks together. 5 women out on the town made for a fun, fabulous time.

Chris and the kids spent their evening with the Wrights, eating dinner and playing Mau Mau. Chris said they had a great time, and Keira ended up falling asleep on the couch.

Today, the whole family went to the Duesseldorf boat show.

It's one of the biggest boat shows in Europe, and includes all sorts of water activities, from kayaking to really big yachts. We were there most of the day, but unfortunately disappointed by the lack of Catamarans on display. In fact, there were about... 2. One was a hobie cat which was hardly big enough for the 4 of us to sit on (really) and the other was a 62 foot yacht that you needed an appointment to even see! I believe that one only cost about 15,000 euros per month.. HAHA

We did take our time and look at a trimaran, but the middle hull was really close quarters, and if we'd be on something that thin, I'd want two hulls. After that we looked at a 37 foot Hanse. It was broad and well designed. In fact, the salesman said they do design their boats with living aboard and families in mind.. so I guess we'll keep that in our minds.

The kids love looking at sailboats, but eventually even they got tired of it. We left the HUGE Duesseldorf convention center, and took the Sbahn to the Altstadt. We walked a few block to get to the Duesseldorf visitors center, where we picked up some brochures for Aubrey's girl scout troop. They are doing Germany for thinking day this year, and we're happy to help out.

After the visitor's center, we walked a few blocks again, across the town hall square, and went to a very good restaurant for dinner. Chris found out that he does not like tomato based lobster soup, and I kindly shared a steak.

After dinner we caught the S bahn back to the convention center, and our car, then drove home. The kids are tuckered out, and went to bed at 8, I am tired (it's 9:30) and going to bed too.

Tomorrow is a simple "relax and get stuff done at home" day. I'm looking forward to sleeping in.