Holly's trip - Wurzburg

Dear All,

On Sat. (22nd) we drove to Wurzburg for (yup you guessed it ) the Christmas market.  We had been there before, and Holly and Susan had a good time the last time they went.  As we were driving Holly decided, like Heidi,  she would like to go to where we lived when she was a little girl living in Wurzburg. We had no trouble finding the road to Lincoln Housing which is now university student housing.  Holly took pictures of the playground to show her brothers and sister.  Then she wanted to go to the chapel where she and Owen were baptized.  Below still stands the sign for the Leighton Chapel.

You can see that at one time it was a nice military chapel.  We have some fond memories of many different people that we shared experienced here in this chapel.

We also drove to see Holly's elementary school.  She was dissappointed that the playground which she really liked had been destroyed over the years.  From the school she pointed out different buildings where some of the families in the ward we knew lived.  Such as the Youngs and the Waltzes, Simcoxs, and Mickelsons.

Mother took a picture of us unbeknownst to me.  Part of this school is now being used for classes by the university, but most of it is vacant

This picture was taken from the old All Saints Bridge over the Main River.  We took many a walk down to the center of Wurzburg, and saw this same view many times.  Holly was having a great time taking all the picture she wanted.  She took over a 1,000 picture on her trip.

Mother took this picture of me with the river, Fortress, and the little chapel on the hill on the left side of the picture while we waited for her to take pictures.  From here we went to the Christmas market and I began my duties as bag carrier and the wallet handover-er.  Holly shared with me that she and Heidi always wanted a big Lebkucken heart to hang around their neck, so I bought one for each of them.  Holly said she would mail Heidi's to her when back in the States.  We enjoyed the sights, smells, and taste of the Wurzburg Christmas market all over again.  We drove back to Frankfurt well after dark.

We enjoyed Holly's visit as we have all the others who have come to visit us here while in Frankfurt, and we kept moving the whole time she was here.  She was a good sport to let us go back into the office to work from time to time.  Watching her get everything she had purchased here into her suitcase, carry-on,  backpack, coat ,and a big sack was something to see.  I didn't think she would make it, and to be truthful she did leave a few things here, but nevertheless she was amazing.  We were all worried about the airport, but she was blessed and got everything on the plane.  Life has been really good to us these many years since we lived in Wurzburg.   We are very proud of and grateful for our children, and the good people they are.  we consider ourselves most blessed.

We wish everyone a good 2013 as we begin this year.