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Steiff and Ulm

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A few weeks ago we made a visit to the Steiff Teddy Bear Museum , which is not far from where we live.  We visited the Steiff Museum with Valerie when we were here in 2012.  Steiff is known as the "birthplace" of the modern day teddy bear.  There is a fun little tour you can take that tells about the history of Steiff and then there is a large play area complete with life-size stuffed animals.  The kids had a blast playing!  Valerie already has already collected few Steiff stuffed animals, but Ian got to pick his own on this trip since it was his first time there.  Loved watching all the little stuffed animals move on the display  Getting ready for the tour   Valerie in 2012                    Valerie in 2016   Ian with "Froggy" his new Steiff he picked out We also recently visited Ulm, one of the larger cities that is close to us.  The weather wasn't great that day, but we walked along the Danube river and had dinner at a restau