Here are some pictures from around town that we saw over the weekend. The top picture is the library it is a new library built onto the old. The middle picture is the Malmo castle or fortress it has a museum into and 2 museums across the street. We decided not to tour it but to wait for Courtney & Colton. It has a beautiful park around it called king's park. The bottom one is the famous turning torso building- notice the sky in this picture this is a "normal" Malmo sky.

The Weekend

Decided to stay here in Malmo for the weekend. I got to see the other side of town, do some shopping and actually had a GREAT time. Friday we got our visas stamped in our passports and registered for our tax ID number. It was snowing when we got up and then sleeted, rained most of the day then at night it snowed again. Here it is SNOWING big fluffy flakes but you can't really see it coming down only on our coats.

We went to the coolest place last night for dinner. It was called Saint Marcus Vinkullare - Which means St. Marks Wine Cellar. It was below the street you walked in and went downstairs it was a twisty wine cellar it looked so old! The food was delicious, the top picture is Mike Creme Brulee.

These are some more pictures around town. Little "parks" are hidden all over with beautiful flowers even in November!! The top one is just a building, not sure what it is just AMAZING!!

Downtown Malmo

This is Gustov square, the hotel sits right on this square. This market in the top picture is flowers and vegtables it has been there every weekday so far. The flowers are beautiful and very reasonable.

Basement - guest rooms

This is a great space for those who say they are coming to visit!! 2 nice bedrooms with a shower and sink also a sitting room and the most awesome original floor!!

Here are some pictures of Courtney's room- oddly shaped- looks like Courtney it has triangle windows! You can walk around but you have to duck in places. It was hard to take pictures to show what it looked like. It is 2 connecting rooms the and the sitting room has a great window and view! The top is the view and actually you can see the ocean all the way to the left (I'm not sure you can see it in this pic). The middle one is the sitting room and the bottom is the bedroom. It is a cool workable space although hard to see from the photos. This is the only room we will have to get some furniture in.

Colton's room / Cozy Room

Top two are the "cozy room" as the owner called it and the bottom one is Colton's room. There are 4 stories total- Basement (guest rooms), 1st floor living rooms and kitchen, 2nd - our room, Colton's room, study and utility/bathroom. Then the Attic which is Courtney's room.

Gardens

These are the gardens or grounds around the house. It is a little hard to see but they have 3 eating areas- the first I didn't get. It is the "breakfast nook for coffee, then the one through the bushes middle top and then top right. They follow the sun around the house so you move meals as the sun moves!! By the way we did see sun all day yesterday!!

Our new house for a year!

This is our new house, Mike picked it out on his last trip and he did a GREAT job!! I love it. This is the front but you go in on the side. It is beautiful inside and out built in 1904 a priest lived here the original ceilings and stone stairs!

Malmo pre-move trip

Mike and I got here this morning it was almost light and lightly raining/more like mist. We flew in to Copenhagen and took a train to Malmo. We walked several blocks to our hotel. Took a nap and got up and went walking around. These pictures are from that, they were taken at 4 o'clock in the afternoon- WOW it is somewhat dark already. It was very pleasant with a jacket and we only needed our umbrellas in about the first 15 minutes. We are headed out to Limhamn tomorrow to look at our house and a city tour with Ne'Ne'.

Today is Thursday and Colton and I went into Copenhagen, Denmark to the zoo. We did it all by ourselves it was a little challenging but a lot of fun. The food is better here overall, and the people almost all speak English. So the people around me helped me get on the right train and buses to get to the zoo. In Germany almost all the water is carbonated (with gas) I really don't like it and over here it is not that way so that is a BIG improvement as well. We are meeting Mike for dinner and he is now officially off work until we get home. Here are a couple of pics at the zoo.

Monday and Tuesday we stayed in Immensen and packed our stuff to leave. On Wed. 5/12 we left Immensen and drove to Malmo Sweden. We took a ferry from Germany to Denmark, it was NOT like the one to South Padre. It was huge, like an airport inside with a gift shop, restaurant and places to sit at a table. Then we walked a little around malmo.

Trier

Wow the days are moving fast now. I wanted to post a few other things from last weekend. May 14-15. We went to Koblenz on Saturday and then to Burg Eltz Castle and Trier on Sunday. Trier was amazing with things from Roman times. We toured the castle and took a sight-seeing bus tour in Trier, we were the only ones on the top deck.

Koblenz- Rhine Valley

We went to Koblentz over the weekend. It is located where the Rhine and Moselle rivers come together. We walked around the city with amazing architect and fountains at each town center. We took a cruise down the Rhine river- that is Colton and Mike on the boat. The one with Colton and a telescope thing is the point where the rivers come together it is called the Deutch Eck.

Immensen

This is the town center for Immensen- a bench around a tree and a small pond (that Colton calls the salamander pond).

May 3 - 6 Immensen

We are staying in an adorable little village called Immensen, which is outside of Einbeck. Colton and I are here during the day while Mike is at work. It is like stepping back 100 years. Each house has its little plot of land "fenced off" with trees and bushes, a garden (with flowers and food), many have chickens and some with goats or pigeons etc. This community only has a Kindergarten (about age 3-5) and a bakery. Everything else you go to Einbeck for.

Last Day in Rothenburg.

On Sunday we had breakfast in the hotel, walked around the beautiful Burggarten (Castle gardens), toured the oldest church in Rothenburg- The Franciscan church (1285) and saw more of the town.

Afternoon of May 1st - Rothenburg

We toured an amazing old church St. Jakobs, did the Watchman tour at 8pm (the guy from Rick Steve's) and checked into our Bed and Breakfast.

Rothenburg May 1st & 2nd

These pictures are from Rothenburg. We had a great time in a cool walled medieval town. The first day we mainly walked around the town on top of the wall, shopped in the marketplace, ate Currywurst for lunch and schneeballs for dessert.