Like last year we did spent some wonderfull holidays at Center Parcs in Germany. Not too far from home. A 2 hours drive by car and we arrived in kids heaven. This time we went together with my parents and the two boys for a stay in a very nice and big "cottage". Three bedrooms on the first floor. One for mum and dad & 1 room each for the boys. The grandparents had their bedroom downstairs together with the bathroom, shower, toilet, living, kitchen and terrace!!
The wheather conditions were more than fair especially the first few days. The last two days we've had quite some rain but the outside temperatures remained very acceptable. Anyway, no type of any bad wheather could have ruined our holidays.
The surroundings of the parc are very beautifull. In fact the parc is situated in the Eiffel region. Lots of forests and greenery. The nearest bigger city was Koblenz at about 150km from there. Around the parc a lot of possibilities for some nice walks through the woods together with the boys and their grandfather.
Unless all of the possible activities you can think of inside the parc we did leave the parc on one day for a nice visit along the riverbanks of the Mosel. A very typical german wine-region. We enjoyed a couple of glasses of a very nice white wine on a terrace somewhere on a small square in the center of a little town.
We did spend a wonderfull time sitting, drinking and laughing there because it was probably the most sunny and warm day of our holidays.
Vineyards on each side of the road on our way back and a short and unplanned visit to a small Winery. We simply entered a little garage and asked if we could buy a few bottles of wine. After having tasted 2 or 3 of the white wines and some instantly pressed grape-juice for the boys we bought a dozen of bottles and headed back to our cottage at center parcs.
Forget about getting out of bed a bit later in the morning. The kids don't make any difference between holidays or being at home when it comes to waking up!! Always too early!!!
