We meet together every Tuesday morning for an hour or two to plan and prepare for the work that needs to be done in our communication department.
Now we are also preparing for the merge of our department with the publishing services department, so roles will be changing. We spent a few hours ironing things out today. I wish we would be here to see how it all turns out.
Our neighbors from home are in Germany for a few days and we got to see them!! Dave and Tami live down the street from us. What a happy reunion we had this evening, catching up on all the home news and news about our kids. We spent the afternoon and evening showing them around a bit of downtown Frankfurt.
These two family members were murdered in occupied Poland.
The Pauluskirche, home of democracy in Germany:
Windows and doors:
The Römer
The Zeil mall with it’s cosmic design.
We had a great dinner at the Pauliner before saying, “see you in a few weeks!”
One thing I won’t miss.
I’m so happy we got to spend one last afternoon with my Laemmlen family. Tante Marie will be 92 on March 15th. She’s doing quite well. We all enjoyed eating our bakery treats and visiting, as we tried to put off the farewells.
It was really hard. As Marie gave me a hug, she said to me, “I will not see you again.” We both were teary. Her mind is quite clear. I kissed her soft cheek and did not want to stop hugging her. Also sad farewells to Elly, Martin and Jutta with lots of hugs and tears.
Until we meet again.
My Grandma Elsa was born and grew up in the home on the corner by the Lutheran church. For the last 20 years or so it’s been a Döner, or kebab and pizza shop. Today we decided to have lunch at Grandma’s!
I showed the owners pictures of this home when it was still in the family. I got to stay in this home in 1976 when I was visiting Tante Hilde Haussler.
Here’s how it looks today:
The food was delicious!
Looking north from Grandma’s house is where Grandpa’s house stood. A few years ago it was torn down and a new apartment building was built in its place.
The Laemmlen family’s barn is still standing behind the new apartment building.
Here are a few details from Grandma’s house:
I’m glad the house still stands. It’s not what it was, but then neither are we.
Here are a few more of the historical homes on the street where my grandparents grew up.
Our traveling Saturdays are winding down. In fact, today is our last trip and we went back to my ancestral town, Leingarten, to see my cousins there. They were excited to take us on an outing to Heilbronn to visit one of their favorite shops called Reinhardt or Schnee Hase (snow rabbit).
Jutta said when she was a little girl, the Schnee Hase truck would come to her town once a year with wares for sale. She loves this store. It was in a house with so many rooms fill with so many things–tools, kitchen wares, soap, cleaning supplies, containers, garden things, dishes, pots and pans, utensils–so many things.
They Insisted on buying a Spaetzle maker for me. It’s the kind they use. I’m happy to have it, and it will be a nice memory of their kindness.
Before people had Spaetzle makers, they would make the dough, then cut it into the thin noodles on boards like these.
Once back in Leingarten, we went to the Kipp Bakery for some treats to have after lunch.
In Germany, you can buy colored hardboiled eggs all year long.
I got a pretzel, in memory of my Grandma, who bought them here many years ago.
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 