Europa Park Germany

Our Nephew Justin was on a cultural exchange with his German class from High School. He has been attending German High School with his host and traveling in and around their home town. He had an opportunity to come and visit us in Belgium. So on Saturday we drove to his host family's house. They were wonderful and welcomed us into their home (which overlooks the Black Forest and valley of the Rhine). Justin was on a day trip to Switzerland and returned in the early evening. The next day we were all going to Europa Park in Rust, Germany. Europa Park is an "Epcot" style amusement park with different areas themed on parts of Europe. Justin hung out with his classmates for the first part of the day and then joined us for the latter half. It was a great park with a lot of rides designed for kids our children's age. We had our fair share of spinning, twirling, floating rides to last us for a while. We all had a great day. It was nice to see Justin and the girls were in heaven to hang out with "my Bubba" for the afternoon. After we left the park, we drove home to Belgium. Poor Justin had to spend 5 hours in the back with a car seat and two kids. He was a real trooper and we made it home safe and sound. The next day he and Buffy went to Brugge to visit the medieval town. After that, he got a tour of Mons and SHAPE before finishing the day off playing Wii. Buffy drove him back to his host family today so that he can finish his final week on tour. He will head to Munich, Dachau and other places before heading back to NJ. Thanks for visiting us Bubba and we'll see you in a week.