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MARCH 24, FRIDAY
HAARLEM NORTH SEA BEACH Today Henny drove us through the streets of stately houses to the wide, fine sand, wind blown beach at the edge of Haarlem where we, bundled up, went for a long walk past the kite surfers
MARCH 24, FRIDAY
HAARLEM NORTH SEA BEACH Today Henny drove us through the streets of stately houses to the wide, fine sand, wind blown beach at the edge of Haarlem where we, bundled up, went for a long walk past the kite surfers
MARCH 23, THURSDAY
HAARLEM STREETS Today we went on a long walk around Haarlem, which doesn‘t seem to be a huge town, at least the downtown commercial section, often in older buildings. Here was a mixture of the beautiful facades on pointed buildings
MARCH 23, THURSDAY
HAARLEM STREETS Today we went on a long walk around Haarlem, which doesn‘t seem to be a huge town, at least the downtown commercial section, often in older buildings. Here was a mixture of the beautiful facades on pointed buildings
MARCH 22, WEDNESDAY
RIDE TO HAARLEM Henny, Susie’s cousin, the same age as Susie, came to Winsen at 11 a.m. to pick us up and take us to Haarlem, a five hour ride in the car. We drove through Germany on the autobahn
MARCH 22, WEDNESDAY
RIDE TO HAARLEM Henny, Susie’s cousin, the same age as Susie, came to Winsen at 11 a.m. to pick us up and take us to Haarlem, a five hour ride in the car. We drove through Germany on the autobahn
MARCH 21, TUESDAY
MORE CELLE A continuation of yesterday’s photographs of Celle.
MARCH 21, TUESDAY
MORE CELLE A continuation of yesterday’s photographs of Celle.
MARCH 20, MONDAY
CELLE On Monday we went to nearby Celle for the day. Although I had visited the Christmas Market in Celle a number of times in November a year ago and taken lots of photographs, which I posted here, I had
MARCH 20, MONDAY
CELLE On Monday we went to nearby Celle for the day. Although I had visited the Christmas Market in Celle a number of times in November a year ago and taken lots of photographs, which I posted here, I had
MARCH 19, SUNDAY
WINSEN Today we had a quiet day. In the morning we walked around Winsen and then in the evening we invited Heinrich and Elke to Ambiente, the Greek restaurant right next to our apartment where we had one of the
MARCH 19, SUNDAY
WINSEN Today we had a quiet day. In the morning we walked around Winsen and then in the evening we invited Heinrich and Elke to Ambiente, the Greek restaurant right next to our apartment where we had one of the
MARCH 18, SATURDAY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY The day after we arrived we had tea at Elke’s house with Ulla and Heiner Hemme invited. Elke and Ulla are Kathe’s two best childhood friends in Winsen. We were served Elke’s homemade apple cake and and
MARCH 18, SATURDAY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY The day after we arrived we had tea at Elke’s house with Ulla and Heiner Hemme invited. Elke and Ulla are Kathe’s two best childhood friends in Winsen. We were served Elke’s homemade apple cake and and
MARCH 17, FRIDAY
KATHE’S WINSEN Winsen on the Aller is where my wife Kathe grew up. She arrived from Bergen when she was about ten when her father was made Director of the Realschule. The school was newly built in 1950, five years
MARCH 17, FRIDAY
KATHE’S WINSEN Winsen on the Aller is where my wife Kathe grew up. She arrived from Bergen when she was about ten when her father was made Director of the Realschule. The school was newly built in 1950, five years
MARCH 16, THURSDAY
TRAIN RIDE ACROSS GERMANY We got to the Geneva train station at 9 and the train left at 9:30. We got on the train at the right time on the right track, but at first we were not sure that
MARCH 16, THURSDAY
TRAIN RIDE ACROSS GERMANY We got to the Geneva train station at 9 and the train left at 9:30. We got on the train at the right time on the right track, but at first we were not sure that
MARCH 15, WEDNESDAY
GEX, FRANCE All I saw of Geneva and Gex, the village where Mary and Craig have a house, is Mont Blanc. We arrived on Sunday and on Monday I suddenly was coughing and sneezing and was congested and felt lousy.
MARCH 15, WEDNESDAY
GEX, FRANCE All I saw of Geneva and Gex, the village where Mary and Craig have a house, is Mont Blanc. We arrived on Sunday and on Monday I suddenly was coughing and sneezing and was congested and felt lousy.
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 