Legoland

The next two months we are going to be traveling a lot and doing things that Zack might not think are as cool as we do, so we decided to stay close and do something he would like to do. Legoland Germany is only an hour way from our home base in Boblingen, so we decided to go there. We went with the Hunter family. The dad, Matt, works with Steve and is doing the same rotation thing as Steve. They are also from Layton. They have 3 kids and are really fun to hang out with. In one of the pictures there is a baby asleep on Steve, it is their baby. She is really cute. The interaction between Josh and her is really fun to watch. We were glad they came with us.

We spent the day going on rides and letting the kids play. Zack loved it! He has been talking about it since we got back. He liked to see the dinosaurs and pirates. He loved riding the horse, driving the boat and flying the plane. He wanted to get in trucks (but you know how he really says it), but he was too short. (side note: I have discovered that German's also know that how Zack says truck is a bad word. You should see the looks I get when he yells that. I don't think they understand truck (the real word) when I try to correct him. They look like I am horrible mother because my son is saying that word. But really he is just excited to see a garbage truck. Maybe they should learn more English than swear words.) Zack did love all the rides! He giggled the whole time on a lot of them. But he was not a huge fan of the characters. He had to be in Mom's arms and on the opposite side of the Mom than the character. He held me really tight which explains my face in some of the pictures.

Steve and I thought the Lego City was really cool. They had all the big German cities and some other Europe cities all made out of Legos. It was really cool to see Venice and Berlin made out of Legos. I couldn't imagine putting them all together. It must have taken months to complete. They had a big soccer stadium made out of Lego. They had one side open and the stadium was full of lego people. They had lights flashing like cameras going off. It was really cool. That is how all of the cities were. They had things moving and lights flashing and music going. It was really cool.

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We also learned about German line etiquette. They have none. They are very pushy and will cut in front of you if you are not moving in the line. We were in front of the line for a coaster. It had spots marked off corresponding to the seat on the ride. Steve and I were in our spot for the front two seats in a four seat car. There were three people behind us for the back row. When the gates moved so that we could get to our seat, the people behind us moved and tried to jump in front of us (these were the same people who had cut in front of us in line already). We just kept walking and got to our seats. They tried to look confused and said something to us in German. But we got in our seats and went for the ride. That is just one example of how they pushy they are in lines.

By the end of the day, Zack was exhausted. But he had a lot of fun. Now he wants to go to Disneyland (after watching the Disney Sing-A-long and realizing what the rides actually are) , so Grandpa you better be saving your money!