Aurélia's World

After recovering from the long trip and getting used to a time difference of 6 hours, Aurélia seemed to enjoy the company of Opa Klaus and Oma Ingrid. She loved her German car seat, it finally allowed her to sit facing forward so she could see all the action outside while being driven arround by Opa Klaus. There was a lot of snowing going on in Deutschland and the cold felt a bit different too - but Mausi was well prepared with hat and mittens.

One day, Onkel Joerg picked up everyone and Aurélia even got on a trip to a public spa in Dresden!Besides that, Mausi visited the recently completed Frauenkirche, the Bugacenter, different coffee-places, Real, the Altmarkt-Gallery, a Chinese restaurant with a lot of smoking Germans in there and Papa's Grossmutter in a resident's home. There were 4 generations of Dimters/Richters! Pretty amazing!!!

After 7 great days in Freital, it was time to fly back home - but not before Daddy had installed a computer for Oma and Opa. Now they can see Mausi whenever they want on the webcam!

Before crossing the ocean back to Cananda, Mausi met Mami's best friend from Air France, Annie and her husband Bjoern at Frankfurt Airport! They have a little girl of their own and Mausi cant' wait to play with the little Estelle one day!

After spending her "entire life" in Canada and Florida, we decided it was time for Mausi to crank it up a notch - Germany was the next target!

With her parents serving as travel companions, food suppliers and stroller-carriers, Aurélia borded the plain from Montreal to Frankfurt on the 25 of December at 6.15 pm. The same night, she got acquainted with her first Russian - drunk Russian, that is. He happened to delay the take-off due to his blood level of Vodka and the sudden urge of having to go to the bathroom right during the take-off. That granted him a spot outside the plane with the effect of a 2-hour-delay for everyone.

Despite the hold-up, Mausi and parents made it safe and sound to Frankfurt with a connecting flight to Dresden where everybody was picked up by Grossmutter und Grossvater in a brandnew "Peugeot Partner" with a brandnew car seat for Aurélia! This was the first time that her Grandparents in Germany got to see their Granddaughter!