The kids have their schoolwork, I work on the blog and Jesse figures out the logistics (check out one of his strategy maps made for Berlin so we could see as much as humanly possible in the time we had!)

As we started thinking about ending our trip and getting rid of the rental car, we had to let some things go. Below is a pile of things that were important throughout the trip, as well as a pair of shoes that Lennon blew out! That kid doesn’t stop moving!

One of my goals on this trip was to emphasize to the kids that you don’t need electronics and plastic toys to have fun. Like Spongebob said in ‘The Idiot Box’ episode… “When you use your imagination, you can do anything!” The rocks are a “family” they made from rocks we collected while in Nice. The hammocks were made from sarongs and scarves. They also made board games and used little rocks to move along. Good times!

Here we are in the back…. comfy, cozy!

We mainly drove a rental car through Europe. Emerson took over the navigator position after everyone came to the conclusion that I am severely directionally challenged! We did not have a GPS in the car so we had to figure out a place to print up mapquest directions, grab a map and hope for the best! We arrived safely to every place we wanted to go- I consider that a success!