I’m bringing my car in to be worked on tomorrow. It had a problem in December with not having sufficient power and the coil assembly was replaced. The problem was not entirely resolved and has recently gotten worse again. The other day, I think I managed 0 to 60 in about 5 [...]
It’s always hard not being able to communicate as well as you’d like. I felt particularly frustrated with my complete lack of knowledge of German. The sounds were so hard for my ear to hear. I felt like I was able to learn quite a bit of Spanish last year in Guatemala [...]
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We went swimming at the Badkap waterpark on our last day in Albstadt. Badkap is an enormous swimming pool complex with a giant wave pool, slides, and a warm waterfall flowing along a winding river through the wall and continuing outside. There is also a huge waterslide called the Blackhole.
We all loved [...]
Translation: Merry Christmas!
Petra’s parents, Artur and Waltroud, were wonderful hosts and generously made us welcome in their gracious home as part of their family. We all feel so grateful to the Schweitzers for sharing the holidays with us.
I have recently been appreciating the importance of maintaining traditions and I was pleased with the way we [...]
Behind the Schweitzer’s house, a network of trails lead up into the hills. We followed one up to a tower with brilliant views of the valley in which Albstadt is nestled.
I was very impressed with the way the kids played together all week. To be sure, it wasn’t always a tea party, but for [...]
Upon arising the next day, we planned an ambitious day of sightseeing. We started at the old medieval town of Meersburg. Located on the north shore of Lake Constance, Meersburg is surrounded by hillside vineyards sloping down to the water. Apparently, on a clear day you can get beautiful views of the [...]
We arrived back from our trip to Germany yesterday afternoon. We had a wonderful time celebrating the winter holidays with Petra’s family in Albstadt. Petra’s parents are very gracious hosts and we felt welcome in their home. The kids certainly enjoyed playing with their friends for almost a whole week!
After procrastinating for quite some [...]
