Hello Great Ones,
I love Germany because of friends, family, food, weather and culture. I am also always on holidays when I go to Germany and that helps too. The weather on my blitz visit was rain mixed with sun and cloud. However, it was nice to be in a climate where you did not have to turn on the air conditioning. After some stops and starts I got my German going again and for the most part I was understood. I also managed to make my German family laugh at times, although they may have been laughing in sympathy or just at me. Nevertheless I was treated like a king, German service is five star, it does not get better than that so I feel very happy and grateful. My plan is to come back in two years and stay a little longer and ride on the amazing bike trails a little longer too. So without further ado here is what for me makes Germany great.
Dorte und Hermann (far left and right) housed me, feed me, and were great tour guides. In between them are Ingrid and Willibald. Ingrid is my godmother and every Christmas she sends me Marzipan. Awesome. This picture is in Ingrid's house in their extensive library. Who needs google when you got a million books. Awesome.
Uncle Bernd in front of an old sail boat in the Hamburg harbour. Bernd and Enidette fed me well and Bernd gave me an awesome tour of a ship he used to sail on.
Uncle Volker and Gerriet are in the front. Cousin Torsten, aunts Frauke and Ingrid are in the back. Strawberry Torte, tea and good conversation. Awesome.
Beer, schnitzel, wurst, and relatives. Awesome. From left to right. Uncle Harry, Uncle Volker, cousin Dorte, cousin Birgit, Hannes, (boyfriend of Birgit,) aunts Burga and Frauke.
At the Holocaust Museum in Berlin. Torsten, his wife Antje, Dorte, Hannes, Birgit, me. The museum was very sobering. It was put there so WE would never forget what terror MAN is capable of doing. Hopefully something so awful will never happen again.
Little Dirk. Unreal. Hannes is 6 10. I am only 6 6. So weird to be looking up to a guy all the time. Hannes is great.
In the woods near WaldOma's house. Looking for mushrooms with a few Dachhunds and a mess of relatives is a great tradition. I actually found three mushrooms. Pretty good.
Birgit und Burga mit ein paar Pfferlinge.
Hamburg on the Alster.
The new Hamburg opera house.
In front of the Brandenburger tour. A once very serious place it is now fun, full of kitchy gags and happy tourists like me.
Just like out of a Brother's Grimm story. Bebenhausen. It was fun to bike to it with Birgit.
Tubbingen. 100 years ago…I mean about 50, a starving student named Alfred Budwill did his doctor's degree at the University here. Awesome old place. Excellent.
German Abendbrot. Excellent.
Germany without Strawberry Torte is not Germany. Love it.
Well dear family and friends thank you for your prayers, love, and generosity to me. I am very grateful. God bless you all and my next report will be from Canada. Awesome.
Love adios and peng on!
Dirk
I love Germany because of friends, family, food, weather and culture. I am also always on holidays when I go to Germany and that helps too. The weather on my blitz visit was rain mixed with sun and cloud. However, it was nice to be in a climate where you did not have to turn on the air conditioning. After some stops and starts I got my German going again and for the most part I was understood. I also managed to make my German family laugh at times, although they may have been laughing in sympathy or just at me. Nevertheless I was treated like a king, German service is five star, it does not get better than that so I feel very happy and grateful. My plan is to come back in two years and stay a little longer and ride on the amazing bike trails a little longer too. So without further ado here is what for me makes Germany great.
Dorte und Hermann (far left and right) housed me, feed me, and were great tour guides. In between them are Ingrid and Willibald. Ingrid is my godmother and every Christmas she sends me Marzipan. Awesome. This picture is in Ingrid's house in their extensive library. Who needs google when you got a million books. Awesome.
Uncle Bernd in front of an old sail boat in the Hamburg harbour. Bernd and Enidette fed me well and Bernd gave me an awesome tour of a ship he used to sail on.
Uncle Volker and Gerriet are in the front. Cousin Torsten, aunts Frauke and Ingrid are in the back. Strawberry Torte, tea and good conversation. Awesome.
Beer, schnitzel, wurst, and relatives. Awesome. From left to right. Uncle Harry, Uncle Volker, cousin Dorte, cousin Birgit, Hannes, (boyfriend of Birgit,) aunts Burga and Frauke.
At the Holocaust Museum in Berlin. Torsten, his wife Antje, Dorte, Hannes, Birgit, me. The museum was very sobering. It was put there so WE would never forget what terror MAN is capable of doing. Hopefully something so awful will never happen again.
Little Dirk. Unreal. Hannes is 6 10. I am only 6 6. So weird to be looking up to a guy all the time. Hannes is great.
Tubbingen. 100 years ago…I mean about 50, a starving student named Alfred Budwill did his doctor's degree at the University here. Awesome old place. Excellent.
Well dear family and friends thank you for your prayers, love, and generosity to me. I am very grateful. God bless you all and my next report will be from Canada. Awesome.
Love adios and peng on!
Dirk
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