Sidetracked! Sea Life Aquarium, Speyer, Germany

Simple math: Rainy Saturday morning + energetic children = day at aquarium. Unfortunately, many others shared this brilliant idea.

August 26th, 2010 @ 1:41 | Filed under Family Travel | Comment

Sidetracked! Paul the Octopus at Oberhausen’s SeaLife

Sure, I know the World Cup is over. But the fever remains. Part of that continued obsession involves Paul the Octopus, the so-called World Cup Oracle, who resides in the Oberhausen SeaLife Aquarium, about 20 minutes outside the city of Duesseldorf in the Ruhr region of Germany.

August 5th, 2010 @ 1:37 | Filed under Family Travel | 6 comments

Sidetracked! Chocolate Museum, Cologne

The Chocolate Museum in Cologne, Germany which sits right on the scenic Rhine River. The museum has signs at each exhibit in both German and English, and covers topics ranging from cocoa harvesting, the history of chocolate making and current production of chocolate.

July 26th, 2010 @ 1:01 | Filed under Family Travel | 2 comments