Vic has the next ten days off work and we decided that we are going to take several day trips around the area, before we move further east in a few months. Our first trip was to Kloster Kreuzberg, a mountain-top monastery/brewery, about 40 minutes away from Schweinfurt. We picked today to go because the weather forecast looked clear, and I figured it wouldn't be crowded since today is a big German holiday. Wrong on both accounts. It was FREEZING, foggy, and packed. We hiked up the initial path to the main restaurant and I had already lost feeling in my toes. We walked around for a bit and checked out the area. We decided to grab a beer and some lunch, when we noticed how insanely crowded it was. The beer line wasn't even feasible, so we settled for just getting lunch. I sent Vic inside while I held down a table outdoors. He came back 15 minutes later with a plate of spaghetti and what he thought was an American-style fish sandwich. Upon further inspection of this sandwich, it appeared to be a large slab of raw fish, scales and all, with onion and egg - barf. My spaghetti was delicious and Vic ate the bread from the sandwich. After lunch we took a few pictures around the restaurant and scoped out the distance of the hike to the monastery. It was just too far of a walk to keep Eli in the cold for that long, so we decided to head home and we will try again later in the week. Hopefully when we try again it won't be so foggy, so we can get some better pictures!
This picture is from the first hike from the parking lot to the restaurant. It was so foggy on the drive in that you could barely see in front of you. I'm glad Vic was manning the wheel because with the twisty roads along with the fog - I would have likely had a nervous breakdown.
Eli hiding out from the cold during the hike. Check out his obnoxious new car seat attachment that keeps him entertained on car rides.
Statue outside the restaurant.
Along with being and brewery and monastery, they also breed Saint Bernards. This is Hugo, and he was enormous.
View looking up at the restaurant.
Our new camera does a panoramic shot, and this was our first attempt at it. Pretty cool.
This was on the side of one of the buildings ... creepy.
Huge statue on the walk up to the restaurant.
Vic and Eli through the fog.
The little German lady walking away from us in this picture stopped and attempted to to talk to us, even though we tried a few times to politely tell her we had no idea what she was saying. We ended up just laughing and smiling until she finally continued on her way - I imagine she just telling us that Elliott is the cutest baby she has ever laid her eyes on ...
Little villages from the view on the autobahn ....
You can barely see the little castle on top of the hill in the distance ... it was much cooler in real life, but you get the point.
So, even though we left beer-less, souvenir-less and without even seeing the main attraction ... it is a short and beautiful drive, so it will be no problem to attempt it again.
In other news, Eli had his two-month doctor's appointment last week. He was assigned to a new doctor, which I was excited about because the last one was a dud. Everything went well during the examine and Eli was on his best behavior ... he didn't even fart or pee on this guy. After the examine we sat down to talk about his progress. The doctor informed us that Eli is a little underweight, and I'm probably not feeding him enough. After this statement, I start to get a little angry. He then adds that breastfed babies are typically very chunky at this point, and they have at least three chins. Now I was pissed. First of all, if he was underfed then why is he a content, happy baby who rarely cries? I'm no baby expert, but I'm pretty sure he would be continuously fussy if he was hungry all the time. Secondly, you are gauging my child's growth on his number of chins?? I wanted to gather my things and dramatically storm out of his office, but I remained calm and let him finish his ridiculousness. I'm going to take him to the nutritionist on post for a second opinion, but I think Eli and his two chins are just fine.
Vic and I also had a little adventure in babysitting this week. Our neighbor Kim needed to take her driving test, so we gladly agreed to watch her adorable (almost) two-year-old. JJ is a good baby, but verrrry curious. If you take your eyes off him for second he'll have your whole refrigerator emptied and be sitting inside the dishwasher. He seemed to listen to Vic pretty well and loved watching him play video games. We had a good day with no emergencies and no melt-downs ... but we definitely decided to put off Baby #2 for awhile.
Here's a couple of pictures from this week. He is getting really good at laying on his stomach and lifting his head and chest off the ground, and he looks more and more like Vic everyday.
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