Daniel's Birthday

Daniel turned 31 in Berlin. We started the day at the Natural History Museum to see the largest dinosaur skeleton ever assembled. Daniel's birthday wish come true. Okay, so maybe it was more for the boys.

Certificate stating that this is the largest assembled dinosaur.

Watching the history of the universe in 120 seconds on the ceiling.

Afterward we headed over to a late lunch/early dinner to celebrate. We went to a nice Turkish restaurant that came highly recommended, but it ended up being a fairly disappointing experience. While the food was tasty, the portion sizes left something to be desired; I mean, really, did they have to skimp on the rice of all things? The stuff is just filler. It is always a bummer when you drop  some cash on a meal and after have to go to the neighboring pizza joint to top it off to feel satisfied.

Next we went to the DDR museum which was all about life in the former East Germany. It was fun and very interactive for the kids.

Our media deprived kids, we could hardly drag Jonas away from this cheesy communist era kids entertainer.

The kids especially loved playing in the cars. This one was belonged to an "elite"

To continue Daniel's birthday celebration, we headed to Tropical Islands the next day. It happens to be the world's largest indoor water park (fact-checked on Wikipedia) and claims the world's largest indoor rainforest.  Oh, and the big bubble it is in is the worlds largest structure without support pillars.

Walking through the rainforest. We found it was easy to get lost in the place.

We kind of felt like we were in the Truman Show.
We brought some chocolate bars and only later that is was a bad idea... Jonas didn't seem bothered, however.

The kids play area. It was a fun day for them, but also for Daniel and I as we were able to enjoy the spa.