A quick catch up...



We ended the last year relieved and thankful. Sam had fully recovered from his surgery and was well on his way to being his old self after chemo. All of his tests were coming back with reassuring results and he had even started slowly getting back to the gym. We were all ready to put this behind us and continue our adventures in Europe, unfortunately by this time we had another obstacle to overcome. The weather, everything in Germany was literally frozen.



This is 9:45 am ouside tempature 10, that's fahrenheit!

 Earlier in December Sam went on a TDY, military speak for business trip, to Garmisch, a small German ski town in the Alps on the Austrian border. Laura and I, well mostly just me, felt we could not pass up the opportunity to check this town out although school was in full swing I decided we would make it a long weekend. I planned on picking Laura up from school around lunch time on Friday thus ensuring not only that she would have the chance to take her spelling test but also that we would not be driving late into the night. But of course the weather was uncooperative all those weeks we sat home sequestered from germs we received nothing but a dusting of snow, now on the day I have a 5 hour drive into the mountain planned a full fledge blizzard rages outside, emails come in from the school suggesting you pick up your kid early due to deteriorating conditions. Our departure was pushed off a day, when we finally arrived Saturday afternoon it was to snow piled up on the side of the road higher than the car. We had a short but great weekend sledding" just past the old Nazi hospital. “While it was great to go away for the weekend and there are still so many interesting places we want to visit, I did not want to be sightseeing in this weather. We planned a ski trip back to Garmisch in February but decided to put off any sightseeing trips till warmer weather has arrived here in Europe. Unfortunately it is now April and we are still anxiously awaiting that warmer weather.  This combined with Sam’s work schedule have made for a slow couple of months, not that you will hear any complaints about that.



These are the gates to the old Nazi hospital, I was expecting something alittle more dark.



Laura Sledding!