On the Saturday of her visit we decided to head out to French Beach, one of the beautiful beaches on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, west of the city. It has a gently sloping sandy bottom, with smooth rocks along a short littered with driftwood. The only downside is that the water temperature rarely gets above 12 degrees, even in the heat of summer. Still, it was warm enough for a bit of swimming!
Here Jeremi and I are seen perched on one of the giant driftwood stumps, studying from the German-English picture dictionary we borrowed from the library. It's written for 3-5 year-olds I think, but it serves our purposes at the moment.
Here you have actual proof that we were swimming in the incredibly cold waters. While it looks like a nice photo of Jeremi gently supporting me while I flutter kick, this is actually the moment that I was slammed back into the water after a complicated aquatic wrestling move that saw me swung around above his head a few times. The mountains in the background are those in Washington State.
And here is a self-portrait of Jenny, our official photographer and German teacher for the day's expedition! 
And finally, one last self-portrait of Jenny, or at least her belly. She is currently about 5 months pregnant, and has just a small belly at this point, but it looks a little bigger from her perspective. She's moving to Frankfurt in August to live with her boyfriend and have the baby there, which will be wonderful for us if we're living in Jena next year! (Frankfurt is about 3 hours away by train, which by German standards is considered far, but by Canadian standards sounds like a day trip.)
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What a nerd this german girl taking pictures of her belly! These germans, unbelievable!
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