Author Archives: billybaba
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
NOVEMBER 9, TUESDAY
CELLE AGAIN After our great experience with a rental car in Greece, Susie and I went to Celle this morning to rent a car so that we could explore North Germany for ten days. Eight days on Paros cost 230
NOVEMBER 9, TUESDAY
CELLE AGAIN After our great experience with a rental car in Greece, Susie and I went to Celle this morning to rent a car so that we could explore North Germany for ten days. Eight days on Paros cost 230
NOVEMBER 8, MONDAY
CELLE MEMORIES Yesterday Susie and I went to the bus stop by the church in Winsen and paid 3.60 euros apiece to ride to Celle. Celle is a beautiful old German town where almost all the stores and houses in
NOVEMBER 8, MONDAY
CELLE MEMORIES Yesterday Susie and I went to the bus stop by the church in Winsen and paid 3.60 euros apiece to ride to Celle. Celle is a beautiful old German town where almost all the stores and houses in
NOVEMBER 7, SUNDAY
LOST AND FOUND It is still dark outside as Susie makes coffee in Wilde Blumen, Wildflower, our Airbnb in the middle of Winsen on the Aller. The theme of the photographic workshop that I sat in on for a few
NOVEMBER 7, SUNDAY
LOST AND FOUND It is still dark outside as Susie makes coffee in Wilde Blumen, Wildflower, our Airbnb in the middle of Winsen on the Aller. The theme of the photographic workshop that I sat in on for a few
NOVEMBER 5, FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 5, FRIDAY TRAINS This was the day I came by train from Aschaffenburg to Celle. German trains, and maybe lightning trains everywhere, are so sleek and low and shiny, so quiet, tapered at both ends, almost snakelike as they
NOVEMBER 5, FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 5, FRIDAY TRAINS This was the day I came by train from Aschaffenburg to Celle. German trains, and maybe lightning trains everywhere, are so sleek and low and shiny, so quiet, tapered at both ends, almost snakelike as they
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