Day 94: Berlin and More Driving

We began our morning a little after 7 when Maddie woke us up. She was so funny waking Caleb up, too. She stood in front of him whispering his name and moving her hands like she was putting a spell on him. She'd then turn and laugh about it. 

Once awake and clean, we went downstairs and enjoyed breakfast. We then figured out what we wanted to see before leaving the city, packed up, and left. 

We had planned to go to the Berlin Wall but the GPS had other plans. We quickly found ourselves in the heart of the city hoping to find a parking spot so we could pull over. Without much luck we parked a few blocks out of the chaos. We walked down to the U. S. Embassy in Berlin and also found the Brandenberg Gate. It was so beautiful. We also walked by another popular landmark, but I'm not sure what it is. Below are a lot of pictures I took while riding and walking by these amazing places. 

Brandenberg Gate

Check Point Charlie

We never made it to the Berlin Wall, but we figured we had success in the things we did see. Maybe next week! 

The drive was about six hours and the kids were great! We made a few stops, but made it into Garmisch, Germany far sooner than we had originally thought. The kids napped a little bit, which was an added bonus. 

We checked into our hotel, unloaded half of the house, and then proceeded to unpack and burn energy. We ate a late dinner, but Maddie had no interest. I brought her back to the room to hang out and get ready for bed. Everyone had baths and I was rocking Maddie to sleep when she threw up. She then got another bath and shortly fell asleep. 

Hopefully she'll wake up feeling better in the morning! 

Day 93: Packing and Driving

Today we awoke to snow. Yep, welcome to our weird spring weather. It snowed and rained a lot, but we managed to unpack our warm weather attire and repack with snow gear. Our house is a disaster. I'm so ashamed of how we left it, but with the tantrum Maddie was throwing, I couldn't have cared less at that time. We have clothes (all clean) lying around everywhere and random bags and shoes, too. 

We finally got on the road around 4:30 and immediately hit traffic jams. There was an accident in one place and who knows what in the other. We decided to see a different part of Germany before we had to arrive in Garmisch for Daniel's work conference. So, we drove to Berlin. It should only be a 5 hour or so drive, but it took us around 6 1/2. We drove through a lot of rain and snow and just a little bit of sunshine. 

On the bright side, Maddie was asleep within the first 10 minutes and slept for 3 hours or so. 

I found a hotel online as we drove and we arrived safe and sound around 11 PM. Maddie came into the room and began climbing on the bed and screaming "bed!" along with other things. She and Caleb played for a few minutes and were too funny with one another. 

It's now well after midnight and Maddie is still fighting her sleep. Maybe she'll crash soon! One could hope, right?! 

Here are a few pictures along the way. 

A little bit of snow. 

The exact setup on both sides. There is no crossing sides or exiting off to it, so it makes sense. 

This sign made us laugh along with the exit sign that read "ausfhart." Daniel kept laughing each time we passed an exit on the bypass.