We're on our way....have spent 2 days here and it feels like much longer!!!
I'm still learning how to use this blog and haven't been able to download a picture yet and I've deleted my comments twice!!!
Our flight day was a long one....we arrived in Frankfurt at 7:30 am., rented a car and proceeded to drive around in Germany like we knew where were going! and we even managed it!! We spent the first day in Oerlenbach with Dad's 2 sisters and my cousins. They welcomed us with open arms and tears! How wonderful it is to reconnect...10 years since we've seen each other and it's just like it was yesterday. We are rminded of how much we have missed by not being closer together. And how good our life has been while these dear relatives have been in Russia. As my aunt said..."Ich haette es nie geglaubt das wir mal so leben wurde". (Somehow I am missing all the pictures taken here and I am very sad about that!)
We travelled on to Hiddenhusen and Buren to visit with Rudy's cousins Peter, Victor and Johann and his uncle Peter Derksen, his wife and their daughter (these 3 are in the picture on the left, and Johann & Sara and family below). We have been welcomed royally!!
Today we spent the day in Hagedorn with Heike and had dinner with her mother Federicke and her friend Johann. What a wonderful time spent in a quaint small village. Heike has done a marvellous job of renovating the old farm house into 4 separate living quarters, one for herself and the others are rented out. She has carved out a unique lifestyle for herself here.
Tomorrow it's off to Amsterdam...if there's no snow storm (they have none here yet!)... stay posted!
3 comments:
Rudy and Irene
I've been watching your blog site with interest since you left. Glad to find something posted today. Yes, you are certainly right that we have it very good in Canada; whereas, in our cases, the hard times were done by our forebears.
Looking forward to more of your blogs. Hope you can get some pictures up too. Continue to have a good time.
Hi Parents!
I see you are having fun I hope europe treated you well. I guess you are in Ciaro now so say hello to Corrine. Take care and stay safe. Love you lots.
-Caroline
Hey, Rudy and Irene! Praying that you are having a fantastic time in Egypt! Wish we could be with you when you visit Tamale. We could go out to eat together at the Swaad!
Lots of love,
Penny, for Bill, too
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