Legoland -

We had to fly home Saturday AM to get the cheap German Wings flights. They really have amazing fares in Europe if you have rather flexible travel dates. I think the four of us round trip to Greece was around $500.

After we had returned the rental car, Andi confessed that she had read Athens has the highest rate of auto accidents in the world. I could believe it, they were crazy there. The double parking, the lack of signals at intersections, the poor lane markings, the crazy mopeds and motercycles, the pedestrians, etc. It was nuts. She held off telling me to make sure she did not jinx us and it worked.

Even the subways were crowded, no matter the time of day. Packed to the edges, standing room only. Getting a stroller on was a chore. However, the people were the nicest and most polite I have ever seen on a train. We had ladies jumping up to make room for our kids. Maybe nobody is stupid enough to take kids on the trains? We never saw any others.

Anyway, we returned early enough to rest up a bit Saturday. I sat down to eat frozen pizza and tried one of the last beers in a plastic bottle. Graffenwalder Malz. It was so bad I gave up after only two or three sips. Then I realized it not only tasted bad, it was alcohol free. DNF.

Sunday, we felt good enough to take the family to Legoland on their second day of opening. We could say we strategically waited a day for the grand opening of "Bob der Baumeister" in the 4D theater. You may know Bob from his famous catchphrase: "Yes we can!" Anyway, it started rainy but ended up nice (and crowded). We also picked up some more Duplos for the kids. Luckily, Legos weigh almost nothing so we should be able to ship or carry them home easily. For lunch, we had pizza at the park and I had a Autenreider Hefe Weissen. Andi and I both thought it was terrific, so good we stopped to look (unsuccessfully) at a local gas station to get more. Beer is very regional here, so you get a different selection just an hour away. And you have to love a kids theme park where you can buy beer at the same price as Coke.

Grafenwalder Maltz - Awful, nearly the worst so far, DNF.

Autenrieder Hefe Weissen - Great, nearly the best so far.