Life in a Humpback

Day 124: Hahndorf (Day 2)

Today we spent the day in the German village of Hahndorf. Olivia and I headed into town in the morning to wander through the shops, eat pretzels, check out the old buildings, learn about the German history of the area in the museum, listen to two different accordion bands playing outside pubs, and even pat a horse. The boys joined us after lunch to go on the mini guinea pig tour - this was the first week that it was partially open (the grand opening is next weekend). They have created a miniature village of Hahndorf's main buildings for the guinea pigs to run around in. It will be very cute once they have it all set up. We all got to pet the guinea pigs and those that wanted to could hold them. We spent the afternoon having a bit more of a wander through the village - including a stop at the German souvenir shop, which had cuckoo clocks, lots of Christmas decorations, toy accordions, and so much more.

In the afternoon we once again hung around camp - playing chess, reading books, and playing with yo-yos. In the evening we got new neighbours that had a dog named Theo. He liked to sit next to Olivia while we did our nightly New York Times puzzles.

Day 123: Hahndorf (Day 1: Olivia)

Today we went to Woodhouse Adventure Park. Woodhouse is a place to camp and has lots of activities to do! We didn't camp there but we got a day pass instead. First we went on the Tube Slide because it closes early. The Tube Slide is where you wait in line for a tube then drag it up the hill. Then slide back down the hill while getting sprayed by sprinklers. I preferred the straight to the curvy slide because it was faster.

Next we did the Challenge Hill, it is where there are lots of obstacles that you can do including, walls to climb over, obstacles to crawl under, obstacles to climb across, and even obstacles to possibly get wet on! There were over 20 obstacles! My favourite obstacle was where you climb from rope to rope over the water! I made it fully across without getting wet but Theo fell in (and got the most wet he possibly could in the process by going for a swim)🤭. My least favorite obstacle was where you had to crawl/slide under a net.

Then we went through the Labyrinth (maze). There were a bunch of riddles to answer at dead ends and even slides, stairs, and fire mans poles throughout the labyrinth.

Last we did the Frisbee Golf🥏⛳. Frisbee golf is a sport where you throw a heavy frisbee into chains and then it falls into a basket. There were 9 holes. Dad came first(🥇), Mum came second (🥈), I came third (🥉) and Theo came last🎖️.

Day 123: Hahndorf (Day 1: Theo)

This morning Olivia and I found a claw machine in the rec room of the caravan park. With money we had saved up from selling bracelets we put in a two dollar coin into the claw machine and got two tries. I went first and Olivia helped me to get in the right position and then we lower the hook over a toy, picked it up, carried it over to the opening, then dropped it...into the container. It was a baby Enderman, which we named Telleportano.

Afterwards we went to the Woodhouse Adventure Park for the day. The first place we went was to the Tube Slides. Where we had to drag some tubes up the hill. Then we would ride down them on a slide, while being sprayed by sprinklers. There were two course. One was straight (vuuuahboingboing) the other was curvy (wahoewee).

Next we went to the Challenge Hill. One of the challenges was where you had to grab one rope then swing and grab the next rope, then swing and grab the next rope to go across the water. I got to the second rope then fell into the water. I went under the water like Crocodylus placing food under a log.

Then we went to the Labyrinth, where you had to solve some riddles at dead ends. I didn't think they were very good but I didn't understand some of them. This labyrinth had lots dead ends but a labyrinth is not meant to have dead ends because that's how a labyrinth works in Greek mythology. It was also missing a Minotaur.

After that we went and did Frisbee Golf. It was really fun. There were 9 holes. You had to land the disc in this container thingy-ma-bob because that was the hole you had to get it in. But it wasn't really a hole it was a container. The frisbees were heavier then normal frisbees and they always veered off to the left. In the end Dad came first, Mum came second, Olivia came third and I came last with Crocodylus (because he didn't play).

Day 122: Melrose to Hahndorf

Today we packed up and made our way towards the Adelaide Hills. We took the back roads from Melrose passing through Wirrabara to check out its silo art (my favourite so far), Clare to watch the fields and fields of grape vines go by, and Gawler to grab a bite to eat. We made it to our campsite at the Hahndorf Resort in the late afternoon. The kids had a play in the playground and pump track while John and I parked the caravan. We then spent our evening checking out all the other cool things in the park. The boys played their nightly game of chess on the giant set by the lake, the kids went for a swim in the pool and played table tennis in the games room.