A few weeks ago, Sebastian & Friends were playing in Moscow…

…and I’m still laughing at what happens in this video at about the 1:58 mark.

It’s almost like he pulls it out of thin air…

Nice catch, Sebastian!

The American Museum of Natural History has produced this amazing video…

documenting the Known Universe – scientifically rendered for you to see.

This film was produced by Michael Hoffman, and directed by Carter Emmart. Brian Abbot manages and Ben R. Oppenheimer curates the Digital Universe Atlas. The exhibition at the Rubin, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, opened on December 11 and continues through May 10.

Thanks, Mongoola, for sharing this with me!

Wow, now here’s something that’d be fun to have here in Florida!

The World’s fastest, highest performing amphibious vehicle ever designed and built…

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Man, I’ve always had an interest in astronomy, and this is very exciting…

Apparently, according to this article on CNN.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/08/08/space.kepler.discovery/index.html

The new Kepler Telescope has spotted a planet out there that’s pointed at a star (sun) and the planet’s hot side is 4000 degrees (and it glows!)   That’s a pretty amazing find since the new telescope hasn’t even started its official operation yet!

Can’t wait to see what’s discovered!

One of my good friends, and marriage & family law attorney, Keith Grossman, just published this article below — and I completely agree.

It was 2002 when my first daughter was born, and I continually work to assure I’m “in the moment” and plugged in when my girls talk to me. I really believe we have an amazing relationship!  (If you want to read a really interesting story about my girls & I, visit my Parenting Plan web site).

Here’s Keith’s article – be sure to learn more by reading his related blog entry as well (Thanks Keith!)

What did your child say?

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Today’s our last day in Germany.

Usually, on our final day, we hang out, explore, shop and get ready for the big trip home…

We visited many of the churches in downtown Munich, along with the Hofgarten, and English Garden as well.  

Yes, we even stopped by the fairly new Apple Store in Munich, very cool!

We stopped by and watched the Isar river surfers too (you can see them too):

We hope you had a good time following our adventure – be sure to check out today’s photos!

See you soon!

Castles & Bavaria was the theme today.

Between seeing awe-inspiring castles & scenery – today is definitely a day we won’t forget.

Here’s a small sample for you – looking out of Castle Neuschwanstein to the mountains & lake:

We started our day at 4′ Celsius (that’s in the low 40’s Fahrenheit) – we were quite shocked! It’s been in the 60’s and 70’s.

Be sure to check out our photos from today, I think I’ve found my favorite photo from the trip so far.

Can you guess which one it is?

Enjoy!

Charly

Hello,

I sure hope you’re enjoying this trip ‘remotely’ as much as we are in person.

Today’s our last day with Dad & Kim, they had back to the states in the morning – so we headed to Salzburg, Austria (1 hour 30 minute train ride from Munich) to explore!

Keep in mind, Austria famous for being Mozart’s Birthplace, and for the scenes in the movie the “Sound of Music”.

After an awesome time in Salzburg, we headed back to Munich and hit the Hofbrauhaus!

Now, THAT was interesting – feel free to follow along by checking out the photos.

Enjoy!

Hi there!

Today started out with a few train rides – taking us from Rothenburg to downtown Munich!   Even though that sounds fairly simple, it was somewhat exhausting!

As soon as we checked into our hotels, we walked downtown and visited the Residenz Treasury & Rooms.   WOW!

Be sure to take a look at our photos to take your virtual trip through our blog!

Tomorrow, we take the train to Salzburg (Mozart’s birthplace) and then hit the Hofbrauhaus in Munich!

Enjoy!

Wow!  What an amazing place.

Rothenberg is essentially the same as it was a few hundred years ago (at least from first glance)!

We had a great day walking, shopping (dad got a killer hand painted chess kit), and eating!

We toured the Criminal Museum, and saw LOTS of methods they used to use for torture and death… Yuk!

We ended the night at 8pm by taking the Night Watchman Tour, I captured the intro (which is hilarious) and will put it up when we get to our next destination.

Be sure to check out our photos of the day.

Take care,

Charly2, Melanie, Charly1 & Kim