Sound of Music tour!!!

I took the tour of the Sound of Music sites in October 2009 in Salzburg, Austria. It was one of the most beautiful cities I have been to.
This was at the starting point for the tour.

Maria splashes water at the horse in this fountain.
The children stopped on this bridge during Do-Re-Mi.
The Do-Re-Mi steps with the Pegasus fountain in the background.

Another scene from Do-Re-Mi.

The Pegasus fountain from Do-Re-Mi.

The children dance around this fountain while singing Do-Re-Mi.
This is the lake where the canoe capsized and all the kids and Maria fell into the water.
These trees are the ones that the kids were hanging out of when the Capt. brought the Baroness home from Vienna.
The gazebo from "I am Sixteen Going on Seventeen" song.
The church where Maria and the Capt get married.

The German officers drive by this, on the outside of the festival hall.

Here I am on the inside of the festival hall.  I had to wait until our 2nd trip to Salzburg to see this.

Magical castles in the clouds

View from Howenschwangau.

Only thing missing is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!!!

Does this view look familiar? How about the castle in Disneyland? This was the inspiration.

The Psyco Trip Continues...

Well, we did it again. We went to Europe on one of our psycopathic trips!! This time it was Germany, Austria and Italy, with an overnight layover in Copenhagen!!

Bavaria... and OKTOBERFEST!!!

This year, Oktoberfest started on September 19th. My husband wanted to see the parade and be there when the first keg was tapped (O'Zapft!!) but there was a scheduling misunderstanding. So we arrived in Munich at the beginning of the 2nd week, on Sept 27th.


Anyone want a pretzel? This is actually the pretzel that I bought!!


Do you know what drinking beer does to you?? It leads to flirting!!! At Oktoberfest, flirting is actually encouraged! So here we go...


This is Gregor and he is from Poland.


This is Ashley and she is from Austrailia.

This is Teddy and he had a couple too many...

What a trip

We arrived the morning of September 26th. Since Bruce had to go to religious services, I was on my own the whole 2nd day we were in Munich. So I took one of the walking tours offered. It's free and takes you around the city in about 3-4 hours.

One of the sites was this synagoge. The outside was designed to resemble the Western Wall in Jeruselem.

This a group shot of our tour group.

After the tour, I went on a walk of my own.

"Know what?"

YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE CLAN...

Look how big she is !!

Spending the holidays in Chicago with Grandma F.
Homemade card for birthday girl on her #2.
Cake that Mama F. made for #2 matches the card.
The song "Happy Birthday" is too sad...
This was on her actually birthday.

Little Miss Hollywood

Giving Thanks in 2008
Halloween 2008

Watching Curious George with Dada

Beautiful day at the park
The next Tiger Woods, she is starting early!

Helping Papa F. make "maffles"
Papa Bink ride...

Papa F. gives his baby boy a goodbye kiss...

BASKETBALL GIRL, Summer 2008

And she goes for the dunk...
SWISH!!!

Get Arie to the Synagogue on time!!!

PREPARATION....


Dad, Why can't I wear my hair like this on saturday?


The Barucha...

Uncle Lou tells Nathan about the snakes on his property in Southern California

Kiwi is not really interested...

Gigi's parents and Lil

Pranks are bound to happen, this time it was aimed at Laura! David and Gigi called her on her cell phone from David's (she does not know his number) and they do the La La part of the "Loving You" song...

The kids are making the Lego® centerpieces for the tables.

Kids can make their own noise!!

At the Marriott...

Rachel and Arie after the Bar Mitzvah

Let them eat cake!!!

A long time ago in a Temple far, far away... there was T-shirts for everyone!! In LEGO colors!!!

Hang on Arie!!!

You go Rob, look at him dance!!