Drive: Bremen, DE

In early April, we headed north and crossed the border to Bremen for the long Easter weekend.  Our scheduled 4-hour drive became 5 hours due to road works.

'Fast food' at 150km/h

On arrival, we were greeted by super cold weather and lots of rain.  Not a good start.


Luckily, Swissotel Bremen was a lovely hotel.

It is the first hotel we've ever stayed in which provides a diaper bin, plus a really nice bath towel and toys.  Moms will know that these are not standard items.  Most times it is just a mattress in the cot and a bath towel as a blanket.

Who wouldn't want to sleep here?

They brought out this gorgeous porcelain dining set for Lucas at breakfast.   I wanted to eat off them.

 

Every morning he gets served a cup of warm milk in that double-handled mug.  And the milk promptly goes into our coffee.

Lots of space to play

   

Daddy was happy that his PS3 worked

Easter decoration

We spent a very cold day walking around Bremen town.  

The Brothers Grimm's fairytale of the four Bremen musicians

The most interesting part was Bottcherstrasse.  It is a collection of buildings showcasing 'Brick Expressionism', a form of expressionist architecture.

 

Floating bottle at Aioli in colourful Schnoor.

Schnoor is Bremen's oldest quarter, dating back to the 15th century.

We spent the next day exploring the lakeside town of Bad Zwischenahn.

The small one had no time for photos

Busy doing his rounds at the playground..



Hand-crushing his Easter eggs..

And sitting on toilet brush holders..

More photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/110776657145071773017/Bremen2012