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NOVEMBER 25, THANKSGIVING THURSDAY

NEBENAN On Thursday I had potato pancakes with applesauce for lunch with with Heinrich and Elke and for supper Schnittbrot, bread cut up with cheese of several kinds and wurst of several kinds on top, for Heinrich and Elke the

NOVEMBER 25, THANKSGIVING THURSDAY

NEBENAN On Thursday I had potato pancakes with applesauce for lunch with with Heinrich and Elke and for supper Schnittbrot, bread cut up with cheese of several kinds and wurst of several kinds on top, for Heinrich and Elke the

NOVEMBER 24, WEDNESDAY

Yesterday Heinrich and Elke took me to the Deutsches Erdolmuseum, the German Oil Museum, in Wietze, to the village close by where we visited the Stechinelli chapel last week. I didn’t expect much. I knew that oil had been discovered

NOVEMBER 24, WEDNESDAY

Yesterday Heinrich and Elke took me to the Deutsches Erdolmuseum, the German Oil Museum, in Wietze, to the village close by where we visited the Stechinelli chapel last week. I didn’t expect much. I knew that oil had been discovered

NOVEMBER 23, TUESDAY

DRIVEN BY EMOTION Today I am going to wrestle with several personal issues that seem to me to be connected with the hyper emotional tension between vaxxers and antivaxxers, left and right, conservatives and liberals. I have long wondered what

NOVEMBER 23, TUESDAY

DRIVEN BY EMOTION Today I am going to wrestle with several personal issues that seem to me to be connected with the hyper emotional tension between vaxxers and antivaxxers, left and right, conservatives and liberals. I have long wondered what

NOVEMBER 22, MONDAY

NHT (NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY), AGAIN It was an NHT day. I stayed in my quite spacious little apartment with a Living room, kitchen/dining room, bedroom and bathroom all day except for walking to Aldi to shop for a few needed

NOVEMBER 22, MONDAY

NHT (NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY), AGAIN It was an NHT day. I stayed in my quite spacious little apartment with a Living room, kitchen/dining room, bedroom and bathroom all day except for walking to Aldi to shop for a few needed

NOVEMBER 21, SUNDAY

DAY OF THE DEAD Sunday morning at 5:45 a.m. Susie caught a taxi, driven by an Iraqi taxi driver, to Celle where she caught the train to Hannover airport and the flight home. At 8 Elke phoned me to ask

NOVEMBER 21, SUNDAY

DAY OF THE DEAD Sunday morning at 5:45 a.m. Susie caught a taxi, driven by an Iraqi taxi driver, to Celle where she caught the train to Hannover airport and the flight home. At 8 Elke phoned me to ask

NOVEMBER 20, SATURDAY

UNDER THE SURFACE As an outsider it is hard to see below the surface of German life, as it must be for a German when visiting Asheville. On the surface yesterday was a lively Saturday market day in Celle. We

NOVEMBER 20, SATURDAY

UNDER THE SURFACE As an outsider it is hard to see below the surface of German life, as it must be for a German when visiting Asheville. On the surface yesterday was a lively Saturday market day in Celle. We

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