A weekend in Bayreuth

Friday afternoon I walked to the S-Bahn station with a small backpack, rode into the Berlin Hauptbahnhof (central train station), and boarded a train bound for Bayreuth. I loved the quiet hours whirring through the greening countryside, and when I walked into the station at Bayreuth a happy sight greeted me: friends Tobi and Faith from Bodenseehof sitting by the front door with two pink infant car seats at their feet.

Over the weekend we enjoyed lots of time in their cozy home with babies sleeping on our chests, smiling at our silly faces, or kicking and cooing on the floor. We caught up on stories from the past months, played games, and gathered around the table together. On sunny Saturday we took a trip to the Ermitage, a nearby palace and garden where we strolled around the park and ate our Döner Kebab picnic. Tobi showed me his parent's house (the home he grew up in) and his grandmother's house (an old farmhouse on a hillside outside of the village used by their family as a getaway) on the way home.

Photo shoot with Olivia and Ellie

Sunday morning Tobi got out his guitar and Faith and I took turns at the piano and we sang together while the babies napped; Faith laid a delicious Sunday luncheon and then at the last minute threw an apple crisp in the oven for us to enjoy before it was time for me to go to the train station.

 Ellie

From the train window: my farewell party