Tierpark Hellabrunn - a visit to the Munich Zoo!

Lions, tigers, wolves and a baby giraffe...

Last Sunday was one of THE nicest days we've had in a long time! Carlo and I decided to get out of the house and spend some time outside. If you live in a city - what better place to do so than at the local Zoo? All the animals were frisky and were very active!

Among the many animals we saw we were lucky to spot a two-day old baby giraffe! At first I didn't see it laying on the ground...as you mostly look UP when you look at a giraffe. But then something moved in the hay and on the board outside the enclosure I saw a small sign saying that a female giraffe was born on Feb. 2nd 2008.
Outside, presumably the big brother and dad had a grand time bucking and galloping around the enclosure.

Impressive Cheetah

All the big cats enjoyed the sunny weather. This Cheetah was pacing around and then plopped right in front of us to roll in the sand and started grooming itself. I was surprised how large it was! (And glad that a water basin and a wall separated us from it. Even though it didn't seem like much protection). Same goes for the tiger enclosure. It seemed like - if they would have wanted to - they could have leaped out and over the wall! :-0

"Cat-Nap" at the Munich Zoo

The tigers truly enjoyed basking in the sun...

Sunny January!

We've had some really nice weather lately with lots of sunshine!
No snow in the city though. The mountains are outfitted with a great base for skiing and we've been shopping for some ski-clothes while all the sales are going on.

We are planning to take a trip to the Alps in the next few weeks. Looking forward to it!

Happy Birthday-Carlo!

We spent the day relaxing at home and unfortunately it was a day with not a single photo taken...:-( Sorry! In the afternoon Carlo had cooked a really delish Pasta meal and I baked a cake...we had our neighbor over for lunch, coffee, cake and we sat and ate & talked for close to 2 hours. Carlo was on the phone for most of the time, as everyone wanted to congratulate him. Around 10PM, we scrapped our movie plans in favor of treating ourselves to a fabulous Sushi dinner at one of our favorite Sushi places in town. Good decision! :-)

Happy Birthday, love!

Weekend at the Tegernsee!

Our friend and neighbor, Teresa, had invited us to her birthday celebration at the
beautiful Tegernsee this weekend. We had a fabulous time in "Tracht" (The tradiotional dress from Bavaria), delicious food, great company and super weather on Sunday!

Here a few pics to share, while I work on a more detailed account of the party!

Texas at Twilight

Wintertime in Texas is beautiful! Especially the sunsets with their spectacular colors behind the outlines of the trees....