Today we took a day-trip to the town of Heidelberg. We explored Heidelberg castle with our friend Juliana’s parents. Juliana works with military youth through a youth ministry called Malachi. Her father was in the military for twenty years. Juliana and her family spent many years living in Kaiserslautern near Ramstein Airforce Base. Last night we had the honor of making dinner for the volunteers who love on the military youth. Mariella made some great salsa to complement the burritos. Tomorrow we catch a 6am train to Slovenia, about a ten hour train ride.
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
ANybody out there?
This is Mariella. Craig is asleep and I am sure he wouldn't let me do this if he was awake. If you read this blog, please post a comment for me, because somehow I feel ...como se dice...that we are no longer any fun :(. Anyone can comment, but be nice or else(Crystal). By the way, we are having a great time, except for when Chris (that's funny I accidentally just typed Christ instead of Chris, "yeah, well you know, then Christ skyped me..."-funny) skyped a minute ago and I picked it up and started talking and woke Craig up and it's 2am...ooops!
On Thursday we plan to leave Kaiserslautern and head to Slovenia to teach English at a camp our friends, Brad and Laurel, have set up. We are very much looking forward to it. This is so good for us, to be stuck with eachother and get annoyed and for me to learn how to fight without always crying, it's awesome. We are learning how to be buddies and everyday I feel that we are learning to understand eachother's language a little better, I guess this is part of that road, you know? We feel really blessed to have this opportunity and every now and again we look at eachother and think, what the heck are we doing? This is crazy. But, the best is yet to come.
By the way, a new really funny thing has started to happen. We have slept in so many different beds that every now and again I wake up and have no idea where I am, not like "who am I , where am I" kind of dreamy state, but a real "I know this is real life now, but I still don't know where I am" kind-it totally makes me giggle. Oh man, just think, we still have about 260'ish days left. Hey, we celebrated our 100th day on Oct 2nd-yay! Ok, it's waaaay past my bedtime now. Peace.
On Thursday we plan to leave Kaiserslautern and head to Slovenia to teach English at a camp our friends, Brad and Laurel, have set up. We are very much looking forward to it. This is so good for us, to be stuck with eachother and get annoyed and for me to learn how to fight without always crying, it's awesome. We are learning how to be buddies and everyday I feel that we are learning to understand eachother's language a little better, I guess this is part of that road, you know? We feel really blessed to have this opportunity and every now and again we look at eachother and think, what the heck are we doing? This is crazy. But, the best is yet to come.
By the way, a new really funny thing has started to happen. We have slept in so many different beds that every now and again I wake up and have no idea where I am, not like "who am I , where am I" kind of dreamy state, but a real "I know this is real life now, but I still don't know where I am" kind-it totally makes me giggle. Oh man, just think, we still have about 260'ish days left. Hey, we celebrated our 100th day on Oct 2nd-yay! Ok, it's waaaay past my bedtime now. Peace.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Our friend Larissa and her loving German family.
I met Larissa in high school, senior year. Her sister, Jennifer, was also in one of my classes. Jennifer approached me and mentioned that I knew her sister, Larissa. If I remember correctly, I laughed at her. Jennifer was tough and totally a tomboy, and sure I was sort of afraid of her, while Larissa was sweet and timid and so friendly. That year, Larissa and I ended up going to prom together with our dates and had a great time. About a year later we met up again, not randomly, at Target and so began our adventure together, we even referred to moments together as part of our “movie” because it was always a pretty great journey. It didn’t take long for us to become buddies and we were even sometimes referred to as “Marissa”, or something like this because you rarely saw one without the other. Anyway, after some time, during one of my many transitions, Larissa’s family became my “lucky” host for about a month or two… or three. Anyway, I quickly fell in love with them and I think sometimes they love me too.
The last three days were spent with Larissa’s uncle, Dieter and his girlfriend Angelica-I felt the same warmth thousands of miles away in Germany with the Walcker clan as I do back home. In fact, I felt somewhat humbled by this crazy affection I felt directed towards me simply because my buddy Larissa and her family is so incredible. We visited Oma, Larissa’s grandmother, on Saturday for a short while and made plans to visit again on Sunday. We were embraced and welcomed and as per German custom, asked about our “impression of Germany” so far. Oma had pictures of Larissa and her family all over the room, mostly stacked against the window that looks out into Tuebingen. She was trying to place me in the picture, wondering exactly what my role was in Larissa’s life. She asked if I was in the wedding, I said yes, and she exited the room and back in a minute with her pictures of Larissa and Chris’ wedding. I was really impressed by Oma and her incredible ability to recall exact dates, a trait Larissa has certainly inherited. I pointed myself out in the pictures so she separated out the photos and was so happy to have made the connection. She was the cutest little Oma. We chatted for a short while and made plans for Sunday.
On Sunday, we had brunch at Dieter’s and headed a few houses down to Oma’s house and were very warmly greeted by Tante Claudia, who was hanging her head out of the balcony window looking up and down the street waiting for us to arrive, again….so cute. I waved and she grinned from ear to ear, shouting “Mariella” with that wonderful German accent that rolls the R’s in the back of the throat that just makes me so happy. She came down the stairs and opened the door and gave me the tightest, biggest hug ever and was so happy that it stunned me a bit. She said that she was told last night that “Mariella, Larissa’s friend was in Tuebingen visiting” and that we had met in 2002 at the wedding, but she couldn’t remember so it kept her up all night. As we stepped into the house she stopped me and looked at me for a while and said “Mariella, Larissa’s best friend” and this, of course made me smile from ear to ear. She had put it all together. Again, Oma stood at the door waiting and smiling. She welcomed us in and we sat and talked. Of course we talked about Larissa and she told us how Larissa always addresses her letters to Oma Walcker, which makes her so happy. Claudia even said that she gets a little jealous when Larissa is around because she and Oma never leave each other’s side. It was an incredible thing for me to stand there and see that these people appreciate the very things I appreciate about Larissa; her loyalty and compassion, her love for her family-Oma even referring to her as the “chief” of the family. It was all a very surreal experience.
Eventually Craig, Claudia, and I said goodbye to Oma and headed back up the street to Dieter’s, who had a “big program” for the day. We were going to explore Hohen Uruch, castle ruins that were about 30 minutes away. Claudia was so happy all day and there was no way for her to hide it, she smiled and giggled and it was such a great thing for her because it took her mind off of some of her own burdens for a day. We all walked to the waterfall before the castle ruins, and Craig and I walked further up to the castle ruins leaving Dieter and Claudia to catch up a bit. The place was beautiful. I am sure that Tuebingen is great during the summer, but I wouldn’t want to miss its autumn season for the world. Tuebingen is covered with trees and right now they are an array of colors; light green, dark green, red, brown, orange, yellow, it’s absolutely breath taking. In Tuebingen I rekindled my love for trees and looking at them from underneath, my favorite perspective. As we sat at the bottom of the waterfall I took some time laying on a log starring up the tree and into the sky watching the leaves fall, one at a time, gliding and twirling all the way down to the earth-it was great. There were many people on the hike to the waterfall but the hike to the castle was less busy, so we were glad for the slight degree of difficulty (mostly because of the steep gradient leading up to the castle) because it meant less people. We took loads of pictures, as usual, but really, none of them do this place justice. It is best summed up by one observation: there were loads of kids there, most of which took advantage of all the crevasses, hidden rooms, winding, stone staircases, and tunnels with their sticks as swords and bandanas around their necks, a place where kids can be creative and destructive and kids without interruptions or distractions. We had an excellent picnic, packed by Dieter, packed with the essentials: knife, fresh bread, tomatoes, sauerkraut, a half of an onion, Brie cheese, Gouda cheese, Limburger cheese, and mustard. We hiked back down, were treated to an ice cream by Claudia and headed out.
Larissa and family, thanks for sharing your family with us, we had an excellent time and were given an incredible, very personal tour of Tuebingen, we have loads of stories about your dad that we will have to share with you sometime. Danke.
The last three days were spent with Larissa’s uncle, Dieter and his girlfriend Angelica-I felt the same warmth thousands of miles away in Germany with the Walcker clan as I do back home. In fact, I felt somewhat humbled by this crazy affection I felt directed towards me simply because my buddy Larissa and her family is so incredible. We visited Oma, Larissa’s grandmother, on Saturday for a short while and made plans to visit again on Sunday. We were embraced and welcomed and as per German custom, asked about our “impression of Germany” so far. Oma had pictures of Larissa and her family all over the room, mostly stacked against the window that looks out into Tuebingen. She was trying to place me in the picture, wondering exactly what my role was in Larissa’s life. She asked if I was in the wedding, I said yes, and she exited the room and back in a minute with her pictures of Larissa and Chris’ wedding. I was really impressed by Oma and her incredible ability to recall exact dates, a trait Larissa has certainly inherited. I pointed myself out in the pictures so she separated out the photos and was so happy to have made the connection. She was the cutest little Oma. We chatted for a short while and made plans for Sunday.
On Sunday, we had brunch at Dieter’s and headed a few houses down to Oma’s house and were very warmly greeted by Tante Claudia, who was hanging her head out of the balcony window looking up and down the street waiting for us to arrive, again….so cute. I waved and she grinned from ear to ear, shouting “Mariella” with that wonderful German accent that rolls the R’s in the back of the throat that just makes me so happy. She came down the stairs and opened the door and gave me the tightest, biggest hug ever and was so happy that it stunned me a bit. She said that she was told last night that “Mariella, Larissa’s friend was in Tuebingen visiting” and that we had met in 2002 at the wedding, but she couldn’t remember so it kept her up all night. As we stepped into the house she stopped me and looked at me for a while and said “Mariella, Larissa’s best friend” and this, of course made me smile from ear to ear. She had put it all together. Again, Oma stood at the door waiting and smiling. She welcomed us in and we sat and talked. Of course we talked about Larissa and she told us how Larissa always addresses her letters to Oma Walcker, which makes her so happy. Claudia even said that she gets a little jealous when Larissa is around because she and Oma never leave each other’s side. It was an incredible thing for me to stand there and see that these people appreciate the very things I appreciate about Larissa; her loyalty and compassion, her love for her family-Oma even referring to her as the “chief” of the family. It was all a very surreal experience.
Eventually Craig, Claudia, and I said goodbye to Oma and headed back up the street to Dieter’s, who had a “big program” for the day. We were going to explore Hohen Uruch, castle ruins that were about 30 minutes away. Claudia was so happy all day and there was no way for her to hide it, she smiled and giggled and it was such a great thing for her because it took her mind off of some of her own burdens for a day. We all walked to the waterfall before the castle ruins, and Craig and I walked further up to the castle ruins leaving Dieter and Claudia to catch up a bit. The place was beautiful. I am sure that Tuebingen is great during the summer, but I wouldn’t want to miss its autumn season for the world. Tuebingen is covered with trees and right now they are an array of colors; light green, dark green, red, brown, orange, yellow, it’s absolutely breath taking. In Tuebingen I rekindled my love for trees and looking at them from underneath, my favorite perspective. As we sat at the bottom of the waterfall I took some time laying on a log starring up the tree and into the sky watching the leaves fall, one at a time, gliding and twirling all the way down to the earth-it was great. There were many people on the hike to the waterfall but the hike to the castle was less busy, so we were glad for the slight degree of difficulty (mostly because of the steep gradient leading up to the castle) because it meant less people. We took loads of pictures, as usual, but really, none of them do this place justice. It is best summed up by one observation: there were loads of kids there, most of which took advantage of all the crevasses, hidden rooms, winding, stone staircases, and tunnels with their sticks as swords and bandanas around their necks, a place where kids can be creative and destructive and kids without interruptions or distractions. We had an excellent picnic, packed by Dieter, packed with the essentials: knife, fresh bread, tomatoes, sauerkraut, a half of an onion, Brie cheese, Gouda cheese, Limburger cheese, and mustard. We hiked back down, were treated to an ice cream by Claudia and headed out.
Larissa and family, thanks for sharing your family with us, we had an excellent time and were given an incredible, very personal tour of Tuebingen, we have loads of stories about your dad that we will have to share with you sometime. Danke.
In Tubingen with Dieter
Written Saturday, October 3rd 2009
Mariella and I are waking up this morning to the sound of birds and sunshine flooding the windows of the campervan. We are staying a couple days with our friend Larissa’s uncle, Dieter. We left Kaiserslautern where our friend Juliana lives. She went to Brussels and England for the weekend with her family, and blessed us with the use of “the” car for our trip south to Tubingen. I use the term “the” car because Juliana does not consider it hers. She is of the belief that what she has is God’s and she is a steward or caretaker of the things of which God has given her. This radical way of living reminds us of the ways of Jesus. We hope to become more like Juliana and more like Christ. She seems to prioritize the heart of people over things. Mariella and I have decided to use the word “the” instead of mine or ours to describe things that are under our care. It will no longer be our computer, but the computer. It will no longer be my car, but the car. It will no longer be our house, but the house. We hope using “the” will help us hold material things more loosely and bring our focus more on loving those around us with the “stuff” in our care. I once read a saying that went something like this, “too often people love things and use people when they should be loving people and using things.”
Mariella and I were welcomed in Tubingen by Dieter and his girlfriend Angelica. We enjoyed a trip to the local supermarket and the wonderful meal we cooked together. Dieter cooked the main dish called Schupfnudeln. It is a great tasting noodle mixed with potatoes, sauerkraut, onion and buttermilk all cooked in a wok. Soooo good!
After brunch we plan on walking around town to see Dieter's neighborhood.
Mariella and I are waking up this morning to the sound of birds and sunshine flooding the windows of the campervan. We are staying a couple days with our friend Larissa’s uncle, Dieter. We left Kaiserslautern where our friend Juliana lives. She went to Brussels and England for the weekend with her family, and blessed us with the use of “the” car for our trip south to Tubingen. I use the term “the” car because Juliana does not consider it hers. She is of the belief that what she has is God’s and she is a steward or caretaker of the things of which God has given her. This radical way of living reminds us of the ways of Jesus. We hope to become more like Juliana and more like Christ. She seems to prioritize the heart of people over things. Mariella and I have decided to use the word “the” instead of mine or ours to describe things that are under our care. It will no longer be our computer, but the computer. It will no longer be my car, but the car. It will no longer be our house, but the house. We hope using “the” will help us hold material things more loosely and bring our focus more on loving those around us with the “stuff” in our care. I once read a saying that went something like this, “too often people love things and use people when they should be loving people and using things.”
Mariella and I were welcomed in Tubingen by Dieter and his girlfriend Angelica. We enjoyed a trip to the local supermarket and the wonderful meal we cooked together. Dieter cooked the main dish called Schupfnudeln. It is a great tasting noodle mixed with potatoes, sauerkraut, onion and buttermilk all cooked in a wok. Soooo good!
After brunch we plan on walking around town to see Dieter's neighborhood.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Tubingen, Germany
Mariella and I left Kaiserslautern and drove 2.5 hours south to Tubingen. We are visiting with our friend Larissa's uncle. We will write more when we have the opportunity. We are currently in the kitchen cooking a german meal.
Dining with Juliana's Family
Mariella and I were dropped off in Kaiserslautern city center by the two older German men who gave us a ride from Frankfurt. They let us barrow their cell phone so we could call Juliana and tell her what corner to meet us at. We grabbed a small pizza from a bakery and snacked while we waited for Juliana. We were put in contact with Julian through our friends Brad and Laurel who used to work with U.S. military youth. Juliana greeted us warmly and invited us to have dinner with her family who is visiting from Lincoln, California. We ate wonderfully tasting German food at a nice restaurant. Mariella and I dined on cheese covered schnitzel and noodles (yes, just like the Sound of Music song, “Favorite Things”). We had great food and enjoyable conversation with the Law family.
A couple photos of our roomates in Weimar, Germany
Mariella's Friend Kimberly:
Kimberly's Friedly roomates:
"King" Leo, Henning, Kimberly, Mariella, Craig
Kimberly's Friedly roomates:
"King" Leo, Henning, Kimberly, Mariella, Craig
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Mariella and I left Frankfurt this afternoon and hitched another ride using the German ride-share website. Thank Katie and Romy for spending time with us in Frankfurt. We are now in Kaiserslautern, Germany visiting our friend Juliana. It is late so we will add some more details tomorrow. Goodnight!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
A visit to the town of Erfurt
Time to head south! Today we are leaving Weimer and heading south back to Frankfurt. We are using an online ride-share to get to our destination. We simply go to the ride-share website and type in our current location and desired destination and a list of names of people traveling in that direction appears. You choose a person and a departure date, call them and work out a place for them to pick you up. We pay a small amount for gas (15 euro each) and get to our destination much cheaper than a train or plane. We may stay a day or so in Frankfurt before heading further south to visit friends.
Yesterday a friend of Kimberly’s showed up and invited us to jump on a train to a neighboring town called Erfurt. The adventure started with a dash to the train station to catch the departing train as the doors were about to close. We boarded the train and traveled 23 kilometers to the west. We enjoyed getting to know Carly while she walked us around town. She took us to a great chocolate shop where I had a fantastic cup of drinking chocolate. From the chocolate shop we went for some ice cream near the town center and then visited a large cathedral overlooking the town. While at the cathedral we were entertained by a peculiar event in the corner of the church grounds. Located in this corner was a perpetual mini tornado that tossed leaves into a captivating dance. Erfurt is hosting its own Octoberfest, a giant carnival like atmosphere. We briefly visited one of the beer gardens (a giant tent where food and beer can be purchase and consumed at bench tables). While entering the tent we noticed a man happily dancing on his own. Carly, a lively spirit, thought she would show him a few dance moves of her own. We also visited a ketchup and mustard shop with many varieties of the product. We taste tested onion ketchup, Mexican ketchup, garlic ketchup, curry ketchup, spicy ketchup and regular ketchup. After this experience we were never running behind. We did not need to ketchup (catch-up).
Monday, September 28, 2009
No coincidence here
Yet another unexpected visit to an old friend leads to some pretty great times. We are in Weimar visiting Kimberly, a visit I couldn't have planned in a million years. Kimberly and I met in 2002 on a trip to Belize. We spent some time together in Belize and then were kidnapped by Katie and taken to Seattle for a weekend, where we spent more time together, and that was pretty much it. We eventually went off to different things and we lost contact, but thanks to the virtual land of facebook, we have reconnected, and now we are hanging out in Germany-pretty cool.
I have once again been baffled by God's great hand in our lives. We have had incredible and difficult conversations, but I am amazed how God seems to bring us to places where we, specifically Craig and Mariella-all our problems and quirks included, are to be used by Him to love and be His hands and feet.
Yesterday, Kimberly suggested we attend a small church service near her school. I am amazed to see, yet again, how specific our paths are. I mean we ended up having a great conversation, the sermon or talk that day ws planned to be more of a discussion anyway. It was funny to hear all the things they were thinking about and how it matched up with so much that has seemed to be a theme in the last 90'ish days. These conversations have been happening since we met with Sam Metcalf in Orange County about a month before we left. He gave us a list of book to read, none of which we were able to buy before leaving. In Ireland, our first stop, we talked to Phil and Cheryl and ended up talking about the same things. Phil also had a list of books, some being the same ones that Sam had suggested. Phil gifted Craig a few books and we were off. In Kenya, same conversations; in Sweden, same conversations, and now in Germany, same conversations. I can feel God's leading in such cpecific ways and it feels so good, so good to be in His will. Thanks guys for encouraging us to go on this crazy trip.
I have once again been baffled by God's great hand in our lives. We have had incredible and difficult conversations, but I am amazed how God seems to bring us to places where we, specifically Craig and Mariella-all our problems and quirks included, are to be used by Him to love and be His hands and feet.
Yesterday, Kimberly suggested we attend a small church service near her school. I am amazed to see, yet again, how specific our paths are. I mean we ended up having a great conversation, the sermon or talk that day ws planned to be more of a discussion anyway. It was funny to hear all the things they were thinking about and how it matched up with so much that has seemed to be a theme in the last 90'ish days. These conversations have been happening since we met with Sam Metcalf in Orange County about a month before we left. He gave us a list of book to read, none of which we were able to buy before leaving. In Ireland, our first stop, we talked to Phil and Cheryl and ended up talking about the same things. Phil also had a list of books, some being the same ones that Sam had suggested. Phil gifted Craig a few books and we were off. In Kenya, same conversations; in Sweden, same conversations, and now in Germany, same conversations. I can feel God's leading in such cpecific ways and it feels so good, so good to be in His will. Thanks guys for encouraging us to go on this crazy trip.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Enjoying our time with Kimberly
While visiting Kimberly we’ve met many of her friends. We’ve spent time with these people at barbeques, dinners, and parties, on bike rides and at art shows. One of her Chinese friends invited us over for some home cooked Chinese food. We found ourselves enjoying the company of people from Australia, Germany, Greece, America, Asia, and South America (Mariella). Unfortunately, we were missing representatives from Africa and Antarctica. On another occasion we enjoyed the company of her bee keeping friend and his family while hanging out and eating the best barbecued bratwurst I’ve ever tasted. Amazing! We enjoyed a nice bike ride this afternoon through parks and cobblestoned streets and next to creeks and rivers. At one point we were riding through fields where we watched hot-air balloons lifting off and moving west as if chasing the sunset. Mariella was so excited she tried to chase down the hot-air balloon,forgetting about her hurt knee and hurting herself a bit-but hey we got a cool video out of it.
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
We visited the Buchenwald Memorial. We were amazed by the size of concentration camp. Some 250,000 inmates were held there and more than 55,000 lost their lives. It was heartbreaking to walk the grounds where so many atrocities took place. The wrought-iron gate that leads into the camp has the cynical inscription “Jedem das Seine” (“To each his own”). The gate separated the former SS area from the main camp. During the visit we entered the western gated area of Buchenwald that was referred to as the “Bunker”. SS guards tortured and murdered prisoners on the orders of the Gestapo and the camp commandant. In 1940 a crematorium was built inside the camp, making it easier to dispose of the bodies of those who had been killed. Prior to cremation, the bodies were plundered on the dissection tables. In the basement of this area the SS murdered approximately 1,100 men, women and teenagers by strangulation on hooks in the wall. It is requested by the memorial operators that there be no talking while walking through this area. It was sickening to be surrounded by the same walls where so many people were murdered. After the American army liberated the prisoners they ordered the people in the town of Weimar to walk through the camp to see the things that were taking place in the forest on the outskirts of town. Here are some pictures of the visit. Some pictures contain images that are not suitable for children so view them at your own discretion.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Weimar, Germany
We arrived safely in Weimar for a visit with Mariella’s friend Kimberly. Weimar is a small town filled with college students and tourists. Kimberly is an art student at the nearby university. She is a great cook of vegetarian meals and is a bee keeper. She is educating us about bees and sharing the variety of honey her bees produced, they are fascinating insects and produce great tasting honey! Kim has invited us to visit her bees this weekend. Yesterday Katie and Kim showed us a bit of the town. While out we met a friend of Kim’s named Kai who runs a hostel. He invited me to join him for a jog. Unfortunately I am not in jogging shape so I told him I would ride a bike while he ran. This was a wise decision as Kai ran for close to two hours. We ran and biked past parks, ponds, castles and farmland. We discussed many things while on the road. Kai told me the history of places as we passed by them. The last part of the jog/bike was done in the dark. As we went from the outskirts of farmland back towards Weimer a monument was lit up on the hill in the distance. Kai explained that the monument in the distance was the site of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. “Between 1937 and 1945, more than one fifth of the 250,000 people incarcerated here (Jews, gypsies, children, political opponents, etc) died. The location on the side of a hill only added to the torture of the inmates as there are sweeping views of the region-a place where people were free while those here died.” –Lonely Planet
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Frankfurt-Am-Main, Germany
We arrived in Frankfurt on Monday night and were greeted by Mariella’s friend Katie. We traveled about 11 hours from Gothenburg to Frankfurt on four trains. Going from Denmark to Germany was an interesting experience. The train we were on, drove onto a huge ship. We were asked to exit the train and go up to the top deck of the ship for a journey across the Baltic Sea to Germany. I included a photo of Mariella as she was walking next to the train in the belly of the ship. One of our trains arrived late to Hamburg, Germany so we missed our connecting train, which increased the duration of train travel. Katie’s friend Romi also greeted us as we arrived and we had a beer and fries at a pub across the street from the train station. We spent a couple evenings with Katie and Romi sharing stories and discussing the dynamics of male-female relationships, a conversation that seems to be a constant for Mariella and I.
The city of Frankfurt is located on the Main (pronounced ‘mine’) River. After London it is Europe’s centre of finance. The city skyline is blanketed with skyscrapers, a setting found nowhere else in Europe. According to the travel book, “about 80% of Frankfurt was wiped off the map by two Allied bombing raids in March, 1944. We have included some photos of Romberg, the old central area of Frankfurt, next to postcards that we bought showing what the area looked like after the WWII bombing. On Tuesday we spent most of the day meandering through the city enjoying the warm weather (compared to Norway and Sweden). Katie and Romi met us after work and we enjoyed spending time together eating bratwursts and drinking apple-wine. Hanging out at apple-wine taverns are a local tradition here in Frankfurt. We enjoyed our short two days in Frankfurt. Today (Wednesday) we are driving with Katie to Weimar, located three hours driving time to the north east. We will visit Katie’s sister, hang out with her, and check out the town.
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