our weekend in germany...

we took a lovely two hour train ride to stay in a town called ostrau. 

our train dropped us off in a town called bad schandau, where we took a taxi way up into the hills to stay at this super sweet airbnb house...the boys loved playing with their wagons in the garden. the people who owned the house treated us like their children. they gave the boys presents, drove us into town to go to the store, drove us back to the train station when we left...pretty awesome the love they displayed, even though the women didn't speak any english and her husband just a little.

we went on one of the most gorgeous hikes/walks i've ever been on.  it started right outside their door...

the next day we took an elevator down into bad schandau to get on a bus to take us to the konigstein fortress...a spectacular castle!

weston was in heaven pretending he was king of the castle...

loves!

catching up with photos...

in the last month we have spent our time enjoying the beautiful weather at parks, wineries and walking by the river...

the weather started to turn chilly, but we are still exploring. this is a view taken at the top of prague castle...

the cobblestone streets of prague...

one month in praha...

i was just going to post pictures of our time on instagram, but realized this trip we're on also is worthy of a blog...

we rented out our house for a year and left on an adventure of a lifetime...

here's raleigh and me right when we got on the plane from new york to prague, minutes before he threw up all over me and weston and then continued every ten minutes for the entire flight.

but we survived, and we quickly felt the magic of prague.

the first two weeks we powered through checking out a lot of the sights and walking everywhere. we tried to get by like how the europeans do it and have raleigh take his nap in the stroller. needless to say, for the first three weeks i was up every night for three hours with him and he was wide awake and wouldn't go back to sleep. we realized something needed to change, or we were going to have a miserable, sleep deprived time.

we adjusted to the time change eventually and got in a rhythm and now it is beginning to feel more like home. i am thankful that most people can understand and/or speak english. because of that, i have been able to get by going to the store or interacting with the czech people in general. i feel safe and comfortable where we are as well...as do the boys...they love it here.

more to come soon...i have a lot of catching up to do! xo