Anytime we go anywhere I usually am sharing interesting facts and did bits about the place we are going to so that my kids will feel excited and have more of an attachment to the things we are seeing. Google is my friend for this! So here are some fast facts about the Black Forest and Triberg and the sites we explored last weekend.

It’s been a whirlwind since we first arrived in Germany and not just because it has been a stressful overseas move. Joel is set to leave us next week and I felt urgency as soon as we landed to make some memories with him here. I asked him to pick a place he wanted to go and then I picked a few things, too. Denmark was his trip — of course he picked where Lego was born! My trips with him have been to Strasbourg, Brussels, and most recently Luxembourg. All places I lived as a missionary myself 20 years ago. It was incredibly meaningful to me to share these places with him and the very special memories I have of the people and places there.

Every day was better than the last on this trip. Coming off the high of the Lego House, I was worried everyone would be bored, or let down with our last day in Denmark. It was a Sunday and Sundays are always special for us, but not in the amusement park or attraction sort of way.

This was what we came for! Our trip to Denmark was to see the original Lego House, and the town where it all began, and it did not disappoint.