Rodel Bahning in Germany

Once again, I have to say sorry that I haven't posted more recently... I feel really bad. Anyway. In our February break we went back to Germany to do skiing lessons. On the first day Daddy, Ashlynn and I went skiing for the first half of the day. It was REALLY foggy, like we couldn't see 10 meters in front of us. It made it pretty scary to go skiing. After lunch we went rodel bahnning (sledding) down the mountain. It was so much fun.
Here's a few photos from our rodel bahnning adventure!

This is a picture of the steepest hill. We saw a few pretty good wipeouts here. 

Snowy Sunrise 3

Here's two more pictures of the sunrise... 

pretty windmill.

pretty sunrise.

 

Snowy Sunrise 2

Waking up early on a Saturday morning is not a fun way to start the day, but to be the best photographer, sometimes you have to sacrifice your sleep. Daddy and I got up early to get more photos of the snowy sunrise, this time instead of taking pictures from the road, we took them from in the field. We stood outside for awhile, letting the cameras get warmed up before we could take pictures. And while the cameras were adjusting to the cold, we were freezing our fingers off. Daddy wanted to show me something on the camera, but to do so he'd have to take off his gloves and he couldn't without freezing his fingers off. 

When the sun finally came up, it was so bright that it made the surroundings dark through the camera. The sunrise was still very pretty though, but we didn't stick around very long because we were FREEZINOURBUTTSOFF. 

:)

Snowy Sunrise I

School cycle rides in the snow are slow going and cold, but what makes them better are when there's a beautiful sunrise. So I took my camera with me to school a few days on my way in and I took pictures of the windmill with the sunrise in the background and the snowy foreground in the...foreground. 

When it snows...

Ain't it thrilling....

Though your nose make a chilling.....

To frolic and play, the Eskimo way....

Walking in a WINTER WONDERLAND

The snow FINALLY came. After a LONG time. In FEBRUARY. So not the right time for snow. Oh well, it was still very pretty. So being the random photographer that I am I went out and took a bunch of photos of the snow:

Snow Crystals

Spider web covered in snow. Beautiful!

The Adorable-est

Here's one of the seals that was playing with us. He was so cute! He would come to the underwater window and watch us. And then he would look at us upside down. ADORABLE!

 <3

The Seal Nursery

One weekend, we went up to Groningen to visit a Seal Nursery where injured or sick seals are brought from the Wadden Sea. There were lots of very cute seals and Ashlynn adopted one called Morning. 

These seals are in quarantine. When seals are brought into the nursery they get put into a quarantine so that possible diseases don't get spread.