At the Orton Geological Museum. 

Pictures from Austria and Germany

 

Went off with Reykja and Karl and babby Valkyrja to see Melk Abbey (the dome in the distance).

Super pretty views!

Super cute babby 🙂

Valkyrja is 2 and is not excited about photo opportunities

In Bratislava, Slovakia (we went to go thrift shopping 😃)

Sisters!

Street in Bratislava

Street in Vienna! (In the old city)

Front entrance to the various palace museums. Reykja and I got cake nearby. ❤

After Vienna, I met up with Micha in Berlin- this is a chunk of the wall that they had artists paint on.

I spent a lot of time on mass transit both in Vienna and in Berlin. In Vienna it was mostly trams but in Berlin mostly trains.

Micha in front of the Neue Synagogue- this picture doesn't do it justice; it is a really beautiful building.

Me next to the Museumsinsel, the day we went to see the Pergamon museum

Micha next to the Ishtar gate

We went down to Potsdam to see the Sanssouci palaces. Micha liked the fishes.

I took this picture and then thought, "I should take a picture not dominated by a sculpted naked butt", but let's be real, the whole palace complex was this ridiculous rococo monstrosity and sculpted butts were everywhere.

We went to the aquarium and there were jellyfishes

Micha with large fishes

Me with a pufferfish

A bright and blessed solstice to y'all- enjoy the longest day! 

 

A memory from 2010 with Charles. Look at these little beans!

Charles says: Ari and Owain being all cute! (Man, it's amazing how much Reginald's pink has faded.)

 

Seder before (Micha is making asparagus).

Seder after.

GM quote: "Sadly enough, this bathroom is not equipped with a war plunger. "

Player response: "What about a laser bidet?" 

I just got to spend a while hanging out with Marc Okrand. I spent the whole time thinking about how much Robin Scott would have enjoyed it. 🙂