Piepsen, Quite the Traveler

Piepsen has some catching up to do. He's been quite a few places and wanted to update everyone. If you want to see his other photos, just click the Mouse book above.

Let's go backward and start with Rome. He really thought Rome was great, especially all of the parmesan and other fancy cheeses available.

In Barcelona he enjoyed the beach and the Gaudi architecture.

We took a trip to Berlin, Prague, and Salzburg. He loved all three, but mostly Prague because of its beautiful rooftops.

And here's a photo from Vienna. We went ages ago. It just hasn't been posted.

Piepsen Went to London

Piepsen went to London with us in August. He really enjoyed the tea and the shepherd's pie at the pub. He refused to go in the London Eye (the fear of heights and all that). But he loves palaces and the architecture of London.

We're still working on his photos from Vienna. (He thinks he looks like a rat in them.) But we should have those up soon.

Bier and Piepsen

Yep...it's

bier! Or beer if you prefer English spelling.

We went to Frühlings Fest two weeks ago, well and last week too, and we'll go again next week...anyways. It's just like Oktober Fest only for spring. (Frühling means Spring) We took Piepsen along. He has been begging for bier and swears he's of age, in mouse years of course. We let him have a few sips of Albert's stein. He got pretty tipsy, but he said it tasted heavenly. We watched people dance on the tables in the bier tents, and stayed safely on the ground ourselves. We rode a roller coaster, so fun! And ate chocolate covered fruit. Here are a few pictures of Piepsen enjoying the best German past-time.

Piepsen! Or Piep for short

It is decided, his name is Piepsen. It means squeak in German. Thank you to everyone who voted to help name the mouse.

Piep came with us on our second wedding anniversary because he hadn't seen Paris yet. Seeing as we only live three hours away from it, I'm sure we'll go again. But he insisted on not missing this. Because it was winter, the second level stairs were closed due to ice. We only got to the first level. He held my hand the whole way up (I'm afraid of heights). The views from that level aren't very spectacular, but hopefully we'll go all the way to the top in the spring when it's not so cold.

Other than the Eiffel he especially loved the crepe stands on the sidewalk. Bananas and sugar, makes us both lick our lips just remembering it.

Mouse Without a Name Travels the World

This is (mouse without a name)'s plane ride across the Atlantic. He enjoyed it immensely, seeing as he had an entire seat to himself. Every time I tried to put my feet up on his extra part of seat, he pushed me off! He was a little disappointed that he didn't get to look out the window at the vast expanse of water. When we landed in Germany he was refreshed and ready to explore, while Albert and I just wanted to sleep.

Your help is needed again. I'm going to pare down the list of names to three:

Hanz
Piepsen - German for squeak
Sam - Acronym for Samantha (my niece) and Mouse

So if you wouldn't mind voting again, between these three names. Thanks! The mouse appreciates it and so do I.

The Unveiling

Time for my big surprise. And it's actually mostly for my niece, but I wanted to share it with my readers as well. I nicknamed my niece Squeaker when she was just a few days old because she squeaked instead of crying. It soon became a tradition to get her mice from the places we traveled. (My sister used to receive boxes and I received bells from our grandparents when they traveled.) So while I was sitting in Washington D.C. for a month I was hatching a plan. I went and bought a very cute mouse who I need your help naming. I will put a poll on the side of the blog for the next few weeks, because he really needs a name. And if you have any suggestions that aren't in the poll, just comment!

My few name choices:
Hanz
Von Mousenburg
Little Mouse
Piepsen (read peepsen, German for squeak)

And here is the first of many pictures to come of (mouse without a name) traveling the world: