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Dan got off early from work again today, giving us more time for our escape from the house. Given the larger allowance of time, we decided t...

At a deli in the train station, I noticed these open faced sandwiches made with raw ground beef. According to reputable sources, they are a...

When we arrived at the city park, I couldn't believe how green the grass was, considering that the water was still frozen over, and smal...

After walking in the park for a few minutes, we came upon a huge greenhouse.

The greenhouse was filled with all kinds of plants in different habitats. Here's David in the desert section.

We left the greenhouse and crossed the park to the rink. The girls planned to skate; we guys ended up setting off on an adventure of our ow...

Ellen snapped this one.

Ellen and her friend Solvi

When we got to the rink, they were taking a break to resurface the ice, so we killed time eating a snack and playing on the adjacent playgro...

Ellen shows off her mega jungle gym skills.

Doesn't every little kid dream of driving the Zamboni?

The skaters started making their way onto the ice, while the three of us made our way up to the balcony for a better view.

The little kids could skate holding onto little gnomes. I wonder if they have those in adult sizes? Can you tell why I wasn't out on t...

After watching the skating for a few minutes, we said goodbye to the girls and headed on a quest to find a church. We could see the tower i...

On our walk toward the church tower, we stumbled upon a block of old-looking houses. One was really old - from the 1770's; the rest wer...

We stopped by one of the buildings on that block so I could nab this photo of a window in an old door. Dan read the sign by the door and re...

The building ended up being a library owned by the foundation that rebuilt the block of historic houses.

The library was filled with books written in an old form of German. Dan had fun talking to the librarian. Dave and I amused ourselves look...

After we left the library, we kept on walking toward the church tower as the sky grew darker.

The church is named after the Angel Michael and has a statue of him over its front entrance.