APRIL 26, SUNDAY
CHURCH Another group that it was good to see again. I went to church and after church this group goes every Sunday to Panera for lunch. Here we are just outside where someone was persuaded to take a photograph of
APRIL 26, SUNDAY
CHURCH Another group that it was good to see again. I went to church and after church this group goes every Sunday to Panera for lunch. Here we are just outside where someone was persuaded to take a photograph of
APRIL 25, SATURDAY
WHERE TO NOW? Today, to avoid fitting back in I wondered where to go next, escaping before I have even returned. But this isn’t so easy, either. One of the things I realized on this trip to my wife Kathe’s
APRIL 25, SATURDAY
WHERE TO NOW? Today, to avoid fitting back in I wondered where to go next, escaping before I have even returned. But this isn’t so easy, either. One of the things I realized on this trip to my wife Kathe’s
APRIL 24, FRIDAY
OLD MEN, OLD BOOKS Today I drove to the Black Mountain McDonalds and sat with my octogenarian friends. I felt at home and was warmed by their company. Afterward I stopped by my Swannanoa storage locker and continued the Sisyphean
APRIL 24, FRIDAY
OLD MEN, OLD BOOKS Today I drove to the Black Mountain McDonalds and sat with my octogenarian friends. I felt at home and was warmed by their company. Afterward I stopped by my Swannanoa storage locker and continued the Sisyphean
APRIL 23, THURSDAY
MUSIC AT ZADIE’S This evening the sound of music from across the French Broad River lured me out of my apartment and across the bridge to Zadie’s restaurant in the old Marshall jail, where people sat outside in the sunshine
APRIL 23, THURSDAY
MUSIC AT ZADIE’S This evening the sound of music from across the French Broad River lured me out of my apartment and across the bridge to Zadie’s restaurant in the old Marshall jail, where people sat outside in the sunshine
APRIL 22, WEDNESDAY
HAARLEM ON MY MIND Culture shock is what happens to some people when they enter a culture completely different from their own where they don’t know the language or how to do the simplest things and don’t know what is
APRIL 22, WEDNESDAY
HAARLEM ON MY MIND Culture shock is what happens to some people when they enter a culture completely different from their own where they don’t know the language or how to do the simplest things and don’t know what is
APRIL 21, TUESDAY
FLYING HOME Short flights of an hour or two mean you don’t see the sights along the way, you simply sit comfortably for a little while and then you are there. There is the inconvenience of getting to the airport
APRIL 21, TUESDAY
FLYING HOME Short flights of an hour or two mean you don’t see the sights along the way, you simply sit comfortably for a little while and then you are there. There is the inconvenience of getting to the airport
APRIL 20, MONDAY
HAARLEM We could have flown to Germany most directly by flying to Hannover, which is close to Winsen. But I wanted to stop in Amsterdam, both coming and going, in order to visit with Kathe’s niece Henrike, “Henny,” the daughter
APRIL 20, MONDAY
HAARLEM We could have flown to Germany most directly by flying to Hannover, which is close to Winsen. But I wanted to stop in Amsterdam, both coming and going, in order to visit with Kathe’s niece Henrike, “Henny,” the daughter
APRIL 19, SUNDAY
TRAIN TO HAARLEM, NETHERLANDS Elke drove us to the Celle train station at 7:30 a.m. where we caught the train to Hannover and then changed trains for the ICE fast train to Amsterdam and Haarlem, arriving at about 2:30 p.m.
APRIL 19, SUNDAY
TRAIN TO HAARLEM, NETHERLANDS Elke drove us to the Celle train station at 7:30 a.m. where we caught the train to Hannover and then changed trains for the ICE fast train to Amsterdam and Haarlem, arriving at about 2:30 p.m.
APRIL 18, SATURDAY
GARDENING This was our last day in Winsen. We went to Heinrich and Elke’s house for a wonderful German breakfast and then Susie worked in Elke’s garden, doing the spring planting, until 3 in the afternoon.
APRIL 18, SATURDAY
GARDENING This was our last day in Winsen. We went to Heinrich and Elke’s house for a wonderful German breakfast and then Susie worked in Elke’s garden, doing the spring planting, until 3 in the afternoon.
APRIL 17, FRIDAY
GUT SUNDER AND VOLLBUTTEL In the morning Susie and I were invited by Heinrich and Elke to Gut Sunder, a former estate of a rich man with a huge central home that is now a hotel and restaurant where all
APRIL 17, FRIDAY
GUT SUNDER AND VOLLBUTTEL In the morning Susie and I were invited by Heinrich and Elke to Gut Sunder, a former estate of a rich man with a huge central home that is now a hotel and restaurant where all
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