Cuxhaven

At the weekend we drove up to Cuxhaven to join Nico's parents for the first day of their holiday.

It was Isabella's first trip to the coast and she was suitably impressed by the beach. She didn't eat the sand luckily (I did as a baby) and we played with her sand toys for a bit.

Next we headed on to the playground and had lots of giggles on the slide (guess what someone is getting for her birthday).

There was a lovely restaurant nearby where we had fish and chips for lunch before buying postcards and icecream for dessert.

All in all we had a lovely day out and I'm looking forward to many more family trips.

Cuxhaven

On Sunday we took a trip to Cuxhaven with Nico's family for his dad's birthday.  We were lucky enough to have glorious weather and everyone had a great time (well, ... except little Melvin who had to walk too much for his liking).

Cuxhaven - Alte Liebe

Looking out for the others arriving

On the boardwalk

 This bit of the coast line on the North Sea is one of the busiest waterways in Europe.  The speaker announces interesting facts about each ship as it sails by.

Nico with his parents

Sat by the sea

Nico's cousins Jan and Melvin making good use of their cameras too

We were given a lift there and back by Nico's aunt and uncle.  The best comment of the day came from the two little ones in the back.  They had individual DVD players so it was as though they weren't there for most of the journey but at one point Melvin, the older one said something about wanting to get home quickly to which little Jan replied "Why?  We can watch the DVDs for longer!"  I bet my parents wish we had had DVD screens in the car for all the road trips to Cornwall!