Dad and I went to Windecken for a guided tour and the opening of their Christmas Market yesterday, Saturday, Dec 1st. We enjoyed the history of the Little community. We learned that the founder of the Lindt Chocolate so famous in Switzerland had his roots here in this little town. The family had a chocolate shop. The family went to Switzerland and there the story has it that they invented the process of making the chocolate into a form that could be made into solid bars.
We toured the jewish quarter of the city and learned of the deportation of Jews from this community. Then We gathered with the crowd and listened to the local brassband play, the mayor spoke and then he turned on all the beautiful lights of the old city. We had a little kinder punch, a Kebob for dinner and just enjoyed the lovely atmosphere of Christmas in Germany. What a lovely place
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| Vickie and Mark came to visit us on Tuesday, November 20th. They spent their first day looking around downtown Frankfurt and then to Bed. Wednesday, Vickie, Mark and Susan took the train to Wurzburg. We toured the Residence, took a local tour of the city and shopped and eat and had a great time. Then on Thanksgiving morning we headed out to Nuremberg to the Documentation Center Museum. We enjoyed our time studying Nazi history. We even stumbled upon a Lebkuchen factory as we travel to Prague. We stayed at the Alton Hotel conveniently located to the old town of Prague. We had dinner in a traditonal pub like restaurant. The food was good ,but certainly not the traditional Thanks giving dinner. |
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| The next day we took a tour of Prague. When we arrived at the meeting point we were informed that this was a walking tour but we all decided we did not want to miss it so off we went. We visited the old town Square, the Jewish quarter and the Castle complex which you see here in the distance. | |
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| We were taken to a Unique restaurant for lunch. The atmosphere was really unusual and we really enjoyed the food. This was once the basement of a Palace where the hired help hung out . |
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| Here we are in front of the Palace. We walked through the gates into the inner courts and viewed the church and the city. We had beautiful views of the city. Mark Did great with all the walking. |
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| Here is the old town square at night. It was beautiful. We enjoyed the day. In the evening we went to the old market place and enjoyed the many vendors. As we were getting ready to go back to the hotel we separated for a brief time and as Vickie and Mark returned to us ,John noticed Vickie's back back was open. Some one had lifted her Wallet right out of it. A sad note to finish the day. Vickie and Mark handled it very well. The important business was taken care of and we had dinner in a pizza place next to the Hotel. |
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| The Next morning we traveled to Berlin. We checked into the NH Berlin Mitte, got settled and then off to Check Point Charlie for the Woodard's and the Communication museum for the Leonard's. We had an Italian dinner across from Check point Charlie. The next morning we took the Circle City Bus tour of Berlin.. We went to this Basilica on Museum Island. A beautiful place. |
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| We took a tour inside the Basilica and was invited to walk up the 215 steps to view the city from the walk way around the middle dome. It was spectacular. The next day we went to the KaDeWa Department store and visited three Christmas markets with the City. We had Wonderful time together and Put them on the Plane On Wednesday. Then Back to work to catch up. |
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| This was just one of the plethora of beautiful paintings and Stained Glass that decorated the inside of the Basilica. How appropriate for this beautiful time of year, How grateful I am for the Birth of the Savior. The willingness of our Father in heaven to put forth the beautiful plan to make it possible for each of us to return to Him. I am so grateful for their love for us. As we begin this Beautiful Christmas season, I hope that we keep the Savior at the center of Celebrations. We love you all and miss you so very much. Oma and Opa |
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