"What was your favorite thing about your trip?" our friend asked her yesterday. Her answer, without hesitation, "discovering nicidoos." Yes. A stuffed toy animal that looks like it's had paint dumped on its head enraptured V and her two like-minded cousins. Sadly, we, the parents, didn't realize the importance of this discovery until far from the Galleria department store where they were discovered. For days, V, continually asking if she could go to the mall (???) finally confessed to the reason for wanting to go. To find nicidoos. I didn't realize these wouldn't be available on any U.S. website like Amazon or Ebay or any of our toy stores. Thankfully, Aunt S to the rescue, said she'd purchase them from Amazon's German site and send one for V. Whew! Seriously, you'd think these things would be here by now (on U.S. websites, that is) - but I actually had to do some pretty substantial searching do get them to come up as the internet knows I'm here and not in Germany and doesn't want to direct me to any German websites. Alas, for your viewing pleasure, the highlight of the European Family Vacation! I present to you: nicidoos!
Check them out here:
http://www.nici-shop.de/en/Product-lines/NICIdoos/Sirup-Edition/