Lumia Gallery (Children's Day!)

A very close friend of mine told me that she hooked me up with a VIP ticket for the Lumia Gallery where she sometimes works.  I was very grateful because it happened to be on Children's Day and I didn't have plans with Amaya yet.  It was the PERFECT place to take her.  My friend was only joking when she said she got me a VIP ticket, but because she put it out there it actually happened.  Amaya and I were the ONLY ones in the entire exhibition for the hour we were there.  Not a single person besides the people who work there were there.  My friend was able to walk around with us and explain all the different exhibits.  I didn't have to worry about the stroller bothering anyone or Amaya bothering anyone.  She was able to crawl around as she pleased in several different areas.  My friend and I were a bit worried how Amaya would react to the darkness and bright lights, but she was totally fine.  She really enjoyed herself!  I couldn't believe we were able to get nice photos without anyone else in them!  When we took the elevator down, there was a family outside of the elevator waiting to go up.  That was the only encounter we had.  My friend told me that 5 minutes after we left, there was a group of 40 students that came.  Also, before we arrived there were people there.  She said she never saw it empty and we really got lucky and truly had a VIP experience in the exhibit.  Thank you so much Aigerim for the wonderful experience and the gifts.  Amaya and I had a FANTASTIC time!!

                                                            VIP ticket!!

                                             reminded me of one area in Team Planets in Tokyo

                                            touching them seemed to make them change color

                                        

                                        

                                        

                                          

                                                            Amaya loved crawling around

                                                    

                                                    

                                         
                                  we had the whole place to ourselves for the full hour we were there!!

                                                                        gifts from teta

Dresden Day 2

Our second day in Dresden was incredibly hot and a bit windy!  We decided it was best to leave the hotel right after breakfast for a walk. While crossing the bridge I noticed Amaya had lost her hat.  Leos didn't think she did, but I checked our recent photos and she really had JUST lost it.  I retraced our steps and looked everywhere.  Who would steal a baby's hat?  I did notice there was a group of toddlers behind us so I ran after them and asked one of the mothers if they saw a pink hat.  She said yes and that they put it on a stone on the bridge.  I thought I checked everywhere the previous time, but I thought I might as well check again.  Still no hat.  Then I saw another group of kids I remember seeing behind us, so I also went to them to ask.  The teacher said he didn't understand English.  I was determined to ask them so I asked the kids if any of them spoke English.  One said she did, so I asked if she saw a pink baby hat.  She said no.  I went back to the spot I thought the mother may have put it on the bridge and looked down.  Sure enough the hat was in the river. The wind blew it down.  There was a bench that would have been protected by the wind.  Why did they put it on the bridge when it was windy?  Anyways, at least it wasn't stolen and just lost by someone trying to help, but not thinking clearly.  My dad wanted to buy Amaya a souvenir from Dresden anyway, so we bought her a new hat.  I also got her a swimsuit that matched the hat.  We walked around a bit, but since it was too hot we went for some ice cream and did very little sight seeing.  Luckily, we had been to Dresden before so we weren't pushed to see everything.  We enjoyed a little bit of shopping and eating some bratwurst. It was a nice mini trip for Amaya with her grandparents in  Europe. 

                                                    Amaya loved looking out of the window

here she has her hat on

                                                          I noticed Amaya's hat was gone

                                           Amaya's hat in the river..... can you see the pink and white?

                                                         my parents went for a closer look

                                                                    yummy bratwurst

                                                    cross walk had a boy and a girl symbol

                                                                chocolate ice cream on a stick

                                                            a bit over rated

                                                           unusual flavors from Germany

                                                                        currywurst

                                                           egg from the hotel breakfast