My Sleeping Princess!!

This is the picture that sums up our trip to France and Germany. hahaha!

Love, Rustin

Gluckstedt

We went to Gluckstedt for the day and had one of the YSA, Nickoli, from the institute show us around. It was a BEAUTIFUL little town! My most favorite part of the day was walking along a grass dyke surrounded by sheep. It made me feel like I was walking around in the 1920's. Very cool. The most unusual part of the day was lunch. We went to a chinese restaruant. It was so funny to be in Germany at a chinese restaraunt with chinese waitresses who were talking to you in German. It seemed very wrong. We did have fun meeting up with Nickoli's sister for lunch. We got some great sightseeing and shopping in, and finished it all off by playing at a park. Thanks Nickoli!

German Food at it's worst and best!

I don't know about some of the stuff that people are eating over there. For instance, check this sandwich out. Yeah, you guessed it, cut a fish in half and plop it in between two pieces of bread and waalah, you have a sandwich!! It was so gross, I had to take a picture. Another lovely(no pic) was the RAW(not exaggerating at all!!) hamburger that was also shoved into the middle of a bun. I don't know how those people are still alive. On the flip side, their pastries are to die for (just watch out for the alcohol); Marzipan, need I say more; if you have never tried a Durner, you need to; they make a mean hot dog with pickles and fried onions, and I can proudly say I have tried schnitzel!! hehehe!

Germany

After visiting Taylor and Janet in France, we flew up to Hamburg, Germany to visit Rustin's parents who are there serving an LDS mission. We enjoyed our stay thoroughly!! We visited the Harbor, hung out at the institute, met some great missionaries, visited some great little towns( one where Reed served his mission 48 years ago), enjoyed many bakery stops, climbed a church tower(400 steps) and got a little shopping in. The highlight of our purchases was a running bike for Caleb. All of the little kids in Germany were riding them, so we got one too. Caleb loves it, and is so good on it, that I think he could ride a two wheeler now. It got Brigham's training wheels off in 1 week. We had a wonderful time in Germany!! Thank you Reed and Marilyn!! P.S. the car at the bottom is how I plan to become more fuel efficient! AWESOME!!

Sightseeing in France

The next day we spent sightseeing in France. We got up and Rus went for a run with Taylor, and I went for a walk with Janet. We were both just eating up the beauty around us. The countryside/farmland is so out a movie. I felt like I were in Anne of Green Gables at some points. We packed into the car and went to a marche', which seemed kindof like an oversized farmers market. I picked up a couple of cute french shirts, and some delicious cherries. Next we were off to a couple of little villages that still had castles and village walls, moats, drawbridges, ect. Very cool. Some of the old buildings were amazing, and some I was amazed were still standing. Here are some more pics.

At the Marche'

This was Rustin's SAUSAGE!

Eating Lunch by a castle!!

The yellow fields of Rapeseed were everywhere and were beautiful!