Teo and Carlo in Kiel

These are from last weekend (22-23 October) at the end of our visit to Germany.

The little barista

Afternoon coffee, pastries and ice cream in Rendsburg

Cute sculptures with moveable parts in shopping square, Rendsburg.

Operating Guli's coffee machine.  Loud!

Wanderroute — Bünsdorf to Schirnau

We walked about 7 miles Wednesday afternoon, from our Bünsdorf vacation house on the Wittensee to Schirnau on the Nord-Ostsee Kanal, and back.  The sky was gray throughout and the walk ended in a steady drizzle.  But it was pleasant nonetheless.

Got to stop to take a closer look at these terrific mud cakes!

Come to Guli!

Carlo run, run, run!

Teo tucked in.

Yellow truck ahead!

Carlo found it.

Teo often wears a furrowed and knit brow.

Giant rabbit has a broken ear.

Bünsdorf

Carlo and Matteo in Kiel

 

Little Lakes Valley

Our eighth (and final) outing in six fantastic vacation days….  Starting from Mosquito Flat at the end of Rock Creek Road, we hiked along a valley filled with high elevation lakes.  Although the altitude was in the range 10,000-11,000 feet, we had acclimatized enough over the past week to be comfortable.  Weather was comfortably warm (too warm for early October at this elevation), and the skies were cloudless.