Lily’s soccer team won their first match! Lily has been practicing with team but wanted to sit the first one out to decide if she wants to play in a match. She said “MAYBE I could play….” Fingers crossed! This is a year of trying new things, even if it is a little uncomfortable.Look who is in Germany!!!! After 9 months, our first guests landed. Jess and Jason only had time for a quick shower after their flight before getting in the car to head to Regensburg, Germany for Ty’s 19U Deutschemeister (German National Championship). The stadium was amazing. Of course they served beer and brats at the concession stand – a perfect German lunch.Batter up!Should have packed the bag chairs…. Our butts survived 3 games sitting on concrete. :). The boys lost their first 3 games then won a nail biter for the 7th place finish.
After the first game we drove to our hotel. Well, let me rephrase that. We TRIED to drive to our hotel. But the road turned into a pedestrian area. I was a little worried that we weren’t supposed to drive through there, but there were other cars slowly making their way through the foot traffic. I rolled down the window and asked a couple ladies if I was OK to keep driving. They were SO NICE!! They said it was fine, just go slow. So we continued on, then the road got real narrow and this old German lady looked at me and started walking to the window. I braced myself for the worst, as you have read in prior posts that I have not had great encounters with old Germans. But she was the sweetest little thing! I told her “ich spreche English” and she laughed and said “scheiße!” She didn’t let her lack of English and my broken German prevent her from trying really hard to help us. We eventually made our way out of the pedestrian area and found a parking lot. We walked to the hotel and got confirmation that we parked in a good overnight spot. Apparently the Polizei disagreed because I got a 10€ parking ticket the next morning. Scheiße!
The old stone bridge across the Danube River in Regensburg was built in the 12th century.Day 2 of ball games. Why not start with a beer at 10:00? 🙂A loss on Saturday morning meant we had the rest of the day to explore. Jess and Jason went shopping for Oktoberfest attire (stay tuned), then we wandered around the Altstadt (old town).“Aunt Jekka, this church is just like all of the other churches we have been in.” -Lily I still think they are beautiful. 🙂Jess snapped a great shot of the cathedralWe stayed at the Hotel Orphee. It was super old, loud, but a great location. King Kaycee made himself right at home.Day 3 of baseball. Lily and Kaycee were just about done….Jess and Jason took the train to Prague for a couple of nights. They will meet up with Jay and Riley, who is arriving TOMORROW in Munich on Tuesday.