Kerry brought Ursula back from a visit to the UK. She took Frances for her birthday and took Ursula with her. We she came down she brought Marlene and William with her and we spent part of Fasching together.

The girls are YouTube experts.


Much of the weekend was spent playing MarioKart.


Four controllers is a wonderful thing!

Aside from trying out Flammkuchen, we took them to Speyer, where the ladies looked at the cathedral, while the children and I checked out Sea Life, a local aquarium.

We have been having some very warm weather this January and February, interspersed with some cold and rainy spells. To take advantage of the weather we went on two hikes. The first one we went to Angelbachtal. From there we climbed into the vineyards overlooking Eschelbach. We could see on the otherside of the valley, the hills in back of Balzfeld and Tairnbach.

On another hike we went to Meckesheim, between Mauer and Zuzenhausen. We walked along a forested ridge to Mönchzell and then walked back along the Lobbach. Below we are investigating what appears to be a rabbit hole.

The girls have had vacation because of Fasching "Carneval". Ursula chose to go as an Indian.