A Portrait a week: 24/52 and a week in Munich

Hot hot hot!

We had a really fantastic week in Germany this past week and was sad to have it come to an end. We were spoilt by my mom and stepdad looking after Isabella so we could have a night out on the town, but also helping look after her and entertaining her every day and getting her out of bed in the mornings when she woke up earlier than we would have liked to get up. It was lovely having a bit of a lie in! It was just such a relaxing, fun family holiday. 

It was really hot, between 31C - 37C most days so the hottest part of most days were spent indoors where it was cooler, but we enjoyed sitting under the trees in the garden in the late afternoon and going for strolls around the dam nearby after dinner in the evenings. Isabella handled the heat really well to our surprise, although she did manage to wake up with her first cold the morning we left for Germany. We had a few difficult nights but then she was back to sleeping through the nights, smiling through most of the days and just having occasional parts of the later afternoons where one could see she was just not feeling quite herself.

Waiting in 'The Park' to board our flight.

We were lucky to have a free seat so after
take-off Isabella could spread out a bit.

Cooling off in the pond.

With her Opa Jürgen.

This one has my name on it!

Perfect summer evenings for BBQs

A visit to the English Garden in Munich. So peaceful and beautifully green.

An evening stroll around the dam and past these fields.

What a lovely bed! It even has a little door!

Now this is a summer holiday! Swimming in refreshingly
cold water! Isabella only dipped her toes in.

And was exhausted after our visit to the dam,
getting a quick nap in on her daddy's shoulder
on the walk home.

Passed out after a fun afternoon.

Date night in Munich!

After some shopping we went for sushi and
cocktails. A stroll around the city and then
dinner at a Thai restaurant. Perfect!

Now why do you have so many teeth Ouma, and I only have two?

Isabella on her great-grandmother's lap. What a privilege to
have a great-granny.

Mommy-baby selfie while the daddy plays with his toys.

Andre flying his quadrocopter

There he goes!

Isabella enjoyed visiting beer gardens!

And inspected the benches up close, also
testing them as possible teethers.

This dress brings out the German in her!

A last lunch under the trees.

Waiting to board our plane back home. 

Isabella made an interesting friend on the plane- the guy in the row next to us told us he is the tallest man in Canada and has the second largest hands in the Guinness Book of Records. He was on his way back to Canada after filming a movie in Tunisia in which he plays Goliath. He was really sweet with Isabella, making her smile all the time. I so wish I had asked to have a photo of us with him.

Isabella received this puppet when we boarded the plane-
It's called Lu, the Lufthansa mascot.