Shenanigans Crossing Borders

Knock, knock. 

Who’s there?

Water.

Water who?

Water you asking so many questions for, just open up!

Since Israel isn’t too far away (just a 4 hour flight), and since our daughter had, literally, nothing to do, we asked her to join us, and she said, “Sure!”

Elyce left early and met Mayrav at the Frankfurt airport, and when back home, JP was surrounded by SO MUCH ESTROGEN. This is also his modus operandi.

With all the ladies, we got excited to head out and explore. 

Sadly, someone’s tummy wasn’t well, and we left meatball at home (with Elyce, of course)

JP & Co. went to Würzburg and saw the X-ray museum. TIL in Germany, X-ray is referred to by the inventor’s name, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, aka der Röntgenstrahl or Röntgenaufnahme.

We did some quick shopping (don’t mind the middle finger monkeys),

ate a drippy pistachio thingy (it was super sweet, but looked like the drooling mouth of a saint bernard staring at a cinnamon roll after drinking booze all night), rode a narrow trolley – seriously these things are skinny, stared at fountains, and, well, gawked at a door entrance ramp made out of Legos….

Ever wonder what happens when your kids piercing gets stuck on a ring? 

Nope, me neither

But it happened, so here we are

And now we do a double take while we enter the grounds of a big yellow German castle! Welcome to the Gartenführer Veitshöchheim (garden tour) of a castle! This property is huge, with manicured gardens, a fountain, large building that’s yellow, stables, and lots of land. Oh, and a lot of large fish

Right behind the castle is a train station that was converted into a library. How quaint! Sadly they wouldn’t let JP play the piano that was sitting there. Something about it technically belonging to someonone else and they can’t let just anyone play it. Ba humbug!

Thursday morning, we got up early-ish and dashed off to Nuremberg again, this time, in search of the infamous Toy museum!

En route we saw the lifeboat of death, and a few other fascinating statues and cathedrals and clocks (JP is obsessed with clocks, he thinks Dan Brown may have been on to something)

We found the Spielzeug Museum, and, well just 1 TLA:

OMG!!!

This place is the bomb-diggity. It would make Richard Pryor so damn happy, Mr Bates!

So many toys, the history of toys, the companies in Germany that made toys (and board games), and so many other amazing things. All hands on, and a lot of fun! JP made lots of friends with the mannequins, the kids played games, everyone enjoyed learning about the history of toys and games, and, well, it was another amazing adventure (Elyce and JP even posed with the weird long-haired trench-coated goatee mannequin)!

En route to the Kat temple, we stopped at the memorial for Jews. A somber moment filled with children whining, and a river flowing in the background. After a little bit of reflection, we walked to the Kat Temple (See, I told you we’d come back, and you were worried we’d leave you hanging there!)

Incredible vegan food, kitty time, and a relaxed pace, wins all around!

Elyce needed to get some more tea, and JP really wanted to play the Bechstein’s again, so we split up, and JP played until they told him to stop. Legit, they actually asked him to stop, but only because they had a real customer and JP has no intention of spending a year’s salary on a salacious 9’ concert grand piano. And not even that, but where would he put it? Such a question!

Reuniting with the family, we rode the train home!

Lovely adventures abound!