Itzy Bitzy Adventures in Germany: Visiting family in and around the county of Aachen...

Bound for the County of Aachen,where Fabi,Flo and Ushi were born.

Fun, fun, fun on the "Autobahn"

We are delighted to be spending this weekend with our family Johnen!

Hallo Linda!!!

Remembering Opa and his signature beverage of choice.

Thank you linda for sharing family history.
Boxes of photos were rummaged through.

The cuteness: Sister Matilda

Baby brother Johan,as cute as can be.

The bed of the schillings family,over 60 + years old.
It was bought for Heinz as the first child of Oma and Opa and passed on through
the generations of children and grandchildren.Fabi,Flo,Nora, now owed by Linda,
baby Johan's dream land.

Uncle/Papa Willi sharing his culinary creation.

Uncle Willi and Aunt Gisela showing off Villi's hand crafted toy.

Gisela,Willi & "Alle meine Entchen"

Baby Johan and Proud Opa Willi

Family Jam: Willi: Mouth harmonica,Fabi:guitar and vocals & Matilda: Recorder

Johan: Pampers ans percussion

Inside the mini house.
Fabi use to play and sleep here when he was a boy

Another crafty creation by Willi.

Danke fur alles! Willi.Gisela & Fabi.

Aachen with the lovely Johenen Sisters

Linda,Nora,Fabi & Hannah

Visiting the Dom in Aachen-one of the oldest churches in Germany.

I am a big fan of the many artistic fountains .

Prost with the Johenen sisters during the Germany/Ghana game.

Its a beautiful day for a stroll through Monschau.
A small town with a lot of charm.

Monschau a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany.

This sign is a symbol of a historic building that
can not be renovated or altered in any way to insure that it
maintains its original structure.

Half-timbered houses with slate-roofs that are nearly unchanged for 300 about years

Evangelical bridges

The river Rur runs through it.

Linda and Johan

If you marry at the church in town you can have
your name added to the tree.

"In my head everything is funny"

If you leave me...can I come with you?

After Monschau...

We arrived at Uncle Herbert and Aunt Hanne's house

Herbert's Garden, his pride and joy.

Fresh salad from the garden.

Garden Goodies

Herbert's Special sauce.
I love his passion for cooking and for life.

Hanne recreating Oma's famous sauteed potatoes and asparagus

And yet another collaborative culinary creation with the family.
Everything tastes better when prepared and shared with friends and family.

A bike ride through the countryside on our way to the Schutzenfest.

Schützenfest

A Schützenfest (German "marksmen's festival")
is a traditional festival or fair featuring a target shooting competition

At a Schützenfest, contestants compete based on their shooting abilities,
for example by shooting at a wooden representation of an eagle.
The winner of the competition becomes the 'Schützenkönig' ("king of marksmen")
until the next year's competition.