{"id":8823,"date":"2023-12-30T14:43:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/?p=8823"},"modified":"2023-12-30T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:43:07","slug":"full-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/full-up\/","title":{"rendered":"FULL UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We drove down to Germany on December 10, staying in a little unmanned hotel outside of Hamburg. It was a long drive and good to break it up, especially since we drove down in a rain and windstorm that lasted 4 days. We had a wonderful week in Hopferau, at my brother John&#8217;s house, warmly welcomed by the entire family. The week included Jakob&#8217;s 10th birthday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day (with Karin!), a walk into F\u00fcssen to see the town and the church and castle, a walk around Schwansee, and exploring the village on the sunny day before we left. <\/p>\n<p>Simone outdid herself with all the great meals she prepared and the kids were speaking lots of English, and Kaya was adorable. We stayed in a little apartment just down the street, which was big and newly renovated, and very nice. We drove home on December 27, 15.5 hours in the car, which was a long long day with 5 people and stopping every hour for bathroom breaks, gas, and food. Now we are home again, and have things planned nearly every day until Mom and Danely leave on January 4. I worked all day yesterday (from home), which was very productive, and today we cleaned house and Martin is coming home for the evening and dinner. Tomorrow is New Year&#8217;s Eve and Debbie, Ola, and Camilla are coming over for the evening. Danely will join Martin in Malm\u00f6 with his friends. <\/p>\n<p>Hard to believe it is already the end of 2023. If Sarah, Tom, and Bryce had been with us, the holidays would have been 100% perfect, but they were pretty damn great, being able to have Mom and Danely, and be at John&#8217;s, and even have Karin for Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/simone_john-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Simone and John\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8843\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/simone_john-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/simone_john-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/simone_john-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/simone_john.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_simone_jakob-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Simone with Kaya and Jakob\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8836\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_simone_jakob-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_simone_jakob-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_simone_jakob-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_simone_jakob.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Danely\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8826\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely_martin-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Danely and Martin\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8827\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely_martin-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely_martin-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely_martin-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/danely_martin.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fussen-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"F\u00fcssen old town\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8828\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fussen-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fussen-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fussen-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fussen.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_fussen_castle-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Group shot at F\u00fcssen castle\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8830\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_fussen_castle-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_fussen_castle-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_fussen_castle-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_fussen_castle-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_fussen_castle.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/john_fussen_castle-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"John the damn tour guide\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/john_fussen_castle-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/john_fussen_castle-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/john_fussen_castle-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/john_fussen_castle.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_rock-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Kaya\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8835\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_rock-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_rock-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_rock-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_rock.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_in_church-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Anders in F\u00fcssen church\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8824\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_in_church-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_in_church-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_in_church-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_in_church.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_karin-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Anders and Karin\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8825\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_karin-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_karin-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_karin-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/anders_karin.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jakob_crosswords-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Jakob making a crossword\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8832\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jakob_crosswords-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jakob_crosswords-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jakob_crosswords-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jakob_crosswords.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/karin_mom-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Karin with Grandma Linda\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8834\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/karin_mom-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/karin_mom-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/karin_mom-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/karin_mom.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_unicorn-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Kaya and her unicorn\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8837\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_unicorn-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_unicorn-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_unicorn-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kaya_unicorn.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Martin\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8838\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin_froglamp-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Martin with the frog lamp\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8839\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin_froglamp-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin_froglamp-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin_froglamp-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/martin_froglamp.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_flower_plaques.jpg\" alt=\"Ladies with flower plaques\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8829\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_flower_plaques.jpg 750w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_flower_plaques-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><br \/>\nThe flower plaques were made with pinecones by John and the kids<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mom_john-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Mom and John\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8840\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mom_john-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mom_john-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mom_john-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mom_john.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_schwansee.jpg\" alt=\"Group shot at Schwansee\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8831\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_schwansee.jpg 750w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_schwansee-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Sammy\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8841\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy_john-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Sammy and John\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8842\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy_john-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy_john-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy_john-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sammy_john.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Mood: happy<br \/>\nMusic: Hayley Sales\u2014Anywhere But Home<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove down to Germany on December 10, staying in a little unmanned hotel outside of Hamburg. It was a long drive and good to break it up, especially since we drove down in a rain and windstorm that lasted 4 days. We had a wonderful week in Hopferau, at my brother John&#8217;s house, warmly welcomed by the entire family. The week included Jakob&#8217;s 10th birthday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day (with Karin!), a walk into F\u00fcssen to see the town and the church and castle, a walk around Schwansee, and exploring the village on the sunny day before we left.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,14,27,7],"class_list":["post-8823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-famdamily","tag-goodthings","tag-holidaze","tag-obiterphotos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8844,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8823\/revisions\/8844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}