Here is Peter's class:
and here is Simon's class:
Both Friday afternoons, we have gone to free swim in the indoor town swimming pool. It gets a bit crazy with big kids, but it still fun and there is a GREAT water slide which neither child is supposed to be on, but no one has said anything, yet. As of May, the indoor pool will close and the outdoor pools will open. I hope that the weather is warm enough to make that a good option.
Wolfenbuttel is very small and the center is completely walkable. Right out our window is the Zeughaus/Armory which faces the Schloss/Castle. To do the laundry, I go to the basement of Lessing's house. There is a lot of water around the city. Streams, rivers, canals and even a bit of a place called "Little Venice." I was told that the Dutch channeled the swampy parts to make the city possible. There are parks and paths around much of the town. Annoushka and I have been taking long walks after dropping the boys to school.
We now all have library cards and can take out as many books as we want from the City Library. The boys and I think it is great. Michael has another library that is more relevant to him.
The fathers of two of Peter's friends at school own the local music shop. We went in to ask after choirs and cello lesson and one of them asks Michael, "Are you Peter's father?" Perhaps a cello and teacher may happen, we will see.
A salesman in the bookshop told Michael that to be here in Wolfenbuttel for nine months will be boring. We will see if he is correct, but I think for the children and me it may be fine.
