Monthly Archives: November 2021
NOVEMBER 19, FRIDAY
FISCHERHUDE AND WORPSWEDE AND BIRCH TREES We drove to Fischerhude on our last big adventure ride, stopping at Vatter along the way for Spiegeleier (fried eggs) and brotchen. It was a gloomy day, almost every day in Germany has been
NOVEMBER 19, FRIDAY
FISCHERHUDE AND WORPSWEDE AND BIRCH TREES We drove to Fischerhude on our last big adventure ride, stopping at Vatter along the way for Spiegeleier (fried eggs) and brotchen. It was a gloomy day, almost every day in Germany has been
NOVEMBER 18, THURSDAY
NOT IN SWANNANOA Today was going to be another off day, another NHT day. The only thing scheduled was lunch with Heinrich and Elke in some nearby inn and maybe a brief visit to a little village church with an
NOVEMBER 18, THURSDAY
NOT IN SWANNANOA Today was going to be another off day, another NHT day. The only thing scheduled was lunch with Heinrich and Elke in some nearby inn and maybe a brief visit to a little village church with an
NOVEMBER 17, WEDNESDAY
GEBLITZED Another day on the road in the shiny white Skoda. First we went back to Garssen to see if we could find the well Kathe‘s mother is standing by with Kathe in her arms that is pictured in Kathe‘s
NOVEMBER 17, WEDNESDAY
GEBLITZED Another day on the road in the shiny white Skoda. First we went back to Garssen to see if we could find the well Kathe‘s mother is standing by with Kathe in her arms that is pictured in Kathe‘s
NOVEMBER 16, TUESDAY
BEING LIBERATED IN GERMANY Today was going to be an off day, a quiet day, with only one event planned, an invitation by Heinrich and Elke to Hartman, the former name of Restaurant Stadt Bremen, a Café where Kathe and
NOVEMBER 16, TUESDAY
BEING LIBERATED IN GERMANY Today was going to be an off day, a quiet day, with only one event planned, an invitation by Heinrich and Elke to Hartman, the former name of Restaurant Stadt Bremen, a Café where Kathe and
NOVEMBER 15, MONDAY
Cruising North Germany Yesterday we drove all day in the shiny white Skoda that Marie rented for us. We got started a little late, at 9:30 or so, and got only as far as Wilhelm‘s Bakery in Winsen where we
NOVEMBER 15, MONDAY
Cruising North Germany Yesterday we drove all day in the shiny white Skoda that Marie rented for us. We got started a little late, at 9:30 or so, and got only as far as Wilhelm‘s Bakery in Winsen where we
NOVEMBER 14, SUNDAY
HITTING A WALL Yesterday both Susie and I hit a wall. It was our wall and had nothing to do with Germany or the people Kathe felt at home with or the people we had come to feel at home
NOVEMBER 14, SUNDAY
HITTING A WALL Yesterday both Susie and I hit a wall. It was our wall and had nothing to do with Germany or the people Kathe felt at home with or the people we had come to feel at home
NOVEMBER 13, SATURDAY
FAMILY Yesterday was extended family day. Susie and I came back to Germany to bring Kathe home by spreading her ashes at the family cemetery plot and at the place in the Aller River where her brother Bernard drowned. But
NOVEMBER 13, SATURDAY
FAMILY Yesterday was extended family day. Susie and I came back to Germany to bring Kathe home by spreading her ashes at the family cemetery plot and at the place in the Aller River where her brother Bernard drowned. But
NOVEMBER 12, FRIDAY
GERMAN RULES, GERMAN FLATBREAD It was foggy this morning so we started late. We went out for breakfast of Brotchen and scrambled eggs and coffee. The day before we downloaded the Luca App and were certified by a pharmacy that
NOVEMBER 12, FRIDAY
GERMAN RULES, GERMAN FLATBREAD It was foggy this morning so we started late. We went out for breakfast of Brotchen and scrambled eggs and coffee. The day before we downloaded the Luca App and were certified by a pharmacy that
NOVEMBER 11, THURSDAY
ASHES Thursday we spread Kathe’s ashes in her former family cemetery plot, as well as at the place in the Aller river where her brother Bernard drowned at the age of 17. When Kathe died, so far from her home
NOVEMBER 11, THURSDAY
ASHES Thursday we spread Kathe’s ashes in her former family cemetery plot, as well as at the place in the Aller river where her brother Bernard drowned at the age of 17. When Kathe died, so far from her home
NOVEMBER 10, WEDNESDAY
SKIPPO WINNER DISCOVERS ENTITLEMENT Yesterday was the day the Berlin wall came down 32 years ago, also the day 32 years ago when Hinnerk died. The first is a day that everyone in Germany remembers, the second is momentous only
NOVEMBER 10, WEDNESDAY
SKIPPO WINNER DISCOVERS ENTITLEMENT Yesterday was the day the Berlin wall came down 32 years ago, also the day 32 years ago when Hinnerk died. The first is a day that everyone in Germany remembers, the second is momentous only
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