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Aug 7: This morning we got up early and got on the road to head to Garmisch. It was a long drive with lots of potty stops along the way. It was raining and cold most of the way. Colin talked the entire way about going to throw rocks in the lake. When we got settled in the room Shelby took Colin to the pool to wear him out a little and I had to do laundry before dinner.
Aug 8: The weather was still not cooperating much for us today. Cool and raining. We did take advantage of a break in the rain to go for a walk and let Colin ride his bike. He loved riding through the puddles on the bike path and thought that was super cool. We needed a few things from the BX so we had to do a little shopping too. Later on Colin got to go swimming again and it was after the pool that he really seemed to be feeling miserable. He had been picking at food the last two days, one of the first signs of his routine sickness that he gets. Then this afternoon his neck starting to swell up over a matter of a few hours and a fever came on. Lovely…we knew where this was going. Just two weeks ago we went through this and had an ER visit and Colin was sick. It comes on every 4-5 weeks so when he had it last time I had hoped we’d be in the clear on vacation as far as sickness goes. Apparently not. So we called the insurance company and were told to take him to the German ER in Garmisch. They operate much differently than US ERs and we were in and out of there in under an hour! It was awesome! They don’t play around there. The doctor said she thought he had an upper respiratory infection and a throat infection, gave us antibiotics and we were on our way. Hopefully Colin will be feeling better soon and not be sick on the cruise.
Aug 9: We woke up to a brief moment of sunshine in the morning, but it didn’t take long for the clouds and cold to come back. We decided we had to go to the lake to throw rocks today rain or shine, so we packed up and went. The lake was chilly, but still beautiful. It’s a little crazy that it was much warmer in April when Colin and I were there for spring break than it was in August! Gotta love Germany’s crazy weather. At the lake we walked on the trail that goes around the lake to find a good beach spot to stop at and throw rocks. Colin had his little bike and was riding ahead of us. We came to a bridge in the middle of the trail and there were people around admiring the views and when Shelby and I turned to check on Colin we found him standing in the middle of the trail ahead. With his pants around his ankles and his bicycle helmet still on his head peeing like a garden hose! Right in front of everyone, no shame. Shelby and I both screeched at the same time “OMG Colin WHAT are you doing?!” To which he ever so casually and nonchalantly replied “I just peeing.” Oh boy we have got to teach this child the art of discretion. We soon found a beach and there were ducks there that were either starving or just very friendly. Maybe a little of both. They came right to us and literally sat in my lap. It was a mama and her babies and there was more than one family there. Whenever a baby duck from the other family came over to try to get some food the mama that was eating with us would grab hold and bite like hell on it and the duckling would squeal and swim away. It happened a couple times! They all looked the same to me but apparently that mama knew her babies and he was not one of them! After the lake we went back to the hotel so I could get stuff packed and reorganized for Venice and Shelby took Colin to the pool. Colin is feeling a little better, but when the fever pops back up he gets a little whiny. Packing for Venice was not fun. We are parking our car at the airport on the mainland of Italy and then taking a water taxi over to Venice. That means we need minimal bags which is a pain in the butt for us. We can only take in what we can reasonable carry with us on foot to the hotel and still wrangle Colin. Thankfully we are only there for 2 days!
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