or should I have written, Food (and some photos of Lübeck)?
We got away well from Monica & Günther's, leaving behind in Drebber some great friends and 'family' that we won't see for who knows how long... :(
We found Lübeck with Kristin's immaculate navigation and some good German road signage. We didn't have long in Lübeck because we were due in Berlin by 3pm the next day, we still managed to fit in quite a bit.
We had a nice lunch at the Lübeck Rathaus (Town Hall), cruised Downtown Lübeck and met up with Greta again. Then some more cruising.
Dinner was a nice Italian where Charlotte devoured a huge spaghetti bolognese! I then took Charlotte back to our hotel and left Kristin & Greta to have a girls night out.
The next day was an early start for one of our longest car trips over to Berlin.
Holsten Gate, the 15thC gates to Lübeck. If you look hard, they are renovating it so there is scaffolding all around but they have printed on the canvas what it looks like underneath, we found this quite a lot throughout our trip.
The bells at St Mary's Cathedral fell down when it was bombed in WWII, they have left them where they fell as a reminder.
The Devil's Stone outside St Mary's. There is a cute story of how the Devil was going to trow this huge stone at the cathedral.
The Lübeck Rathaus. If you click on the link you'll be able to see Charlotte & I.
One of the many reasons I could easily live in Deutschland.
Inside the world famous Marzipan shop Niederegger.
The Wurst of them all. hahhaahhahahaahhahahmuhwhahahahaaaa
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We... ok, I spent the next day reovering and we went to vist Nils' parents who live near by (we found ourselves a little misguided by Kristin's memory but at lest we got to see Dickle!! wow!!).
Below is a video of Charlotte at the Rosenberger's. Nils' mum gave Charlotte a hug white Teddy to play with. Soon she was running from one room to another just to give it and Nils' mum a cuddle, too cute!
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Here is the greatest game on Earth, it's called Rummikub
Mmmmmm... German breakfasts!
Off to the Dummersee (which is Dummer lake), a very nice, and one of Germany's largest inland lakes.
The Museumsdorf (Village Museum) in Cloppenburg. Entrance
A good example of the old Bahnhaus. The farmers lived in the back of the barn and the front 2/3rds was for the animals! Also note the German writting across the top of the entrance, these were normaly religious quotes from the bible and the such.
Going for a walk (all the rage in Germany) around Susanne & Stefan's (Kristin's host-sister and her husband).
Auf Wiedersehen
Next... Lübeck
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We all left Köln for Diepholz (I pronounce it De-poll-tz) to spend 5 nights with Kristin's Mama & Papa who we had not seen in many years. Kristin had not been back to Deipholz, the place where she spent a (life changeing) year of her adolecence, some things had changed (there's a Maccas now!) but most things had remained the same.
We stopped off in Münster on the way for lunch (an oversight on our behalf seeing as the stop made us late to Mama & Papas, we still had quite a way to go, it was Friday afternoon and the begining of school holidays!).
Downtown Münster
Getting supplies for Coffee & Cake... and the party :)
Downtown Diepholtz
Party Food
Party... ok it doesn't look like much but after dinner and quite a few more beers, it was rockin'
Charlotte plays with Kristin's host-brother's wives children. Dispite neither of them understanding what the other was saying, they had a riot!
Last Drink Of The Night (~3am)
... more to come
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