Süßes oder Saures

Happy Halloween!!! I love Halloween but was a little sad to celebrate it in Germany this year. I love dressing up for this holiday but this year was a little different for me because I didn't have a costume loft full of costumes at my disposal. Plus we just moved to Germany and I have no idea where a fabric or craft store is around here. I don't even have a glue gun yet :( But I do have a bazillion boxes because the movers were just here so I came up with the idea of being a Lego couple this year. I thought up a design and pattern and started cutting away. I was very short on supplies so masking tape was all I had to tape it all together. (Just think how amazing these costumes would of been if I actually had the right materials!) I went to Toom (a German store like Home Depot) to get spray paint. They were 6 euros each (over $25 total) and didn't even stay on the cardboard so I had to run to the BX on Ramstein Air Base to get more paint. It ended up being a pricey project but they turned pretty good... if you squint your eyes and turn your head a little.

We only got a few children come to our door this year. It was funny hearing them say "Süßes oder Saures" ("sweet or sour") instead of the American "trick or treat." 

Schloss Heidelberger

This has been a very busy month of traveling for us! The other day we took a day trip out to Heidelberg. The drive was not bad, just a little over an hour. When we first got there we drove up the Schloss Heidelberger (Heidelberg Castle). We were there on a week day so it was not that busy. We were able to park on the side of the street near the entrance. There is no fee to wander the grounds but  with the entrance ticket we got to visit the Apotheke museum, giant wine tank and the castle gardens. To see the interior of the castle we joined a guided tour that lasted about an hour.