Tuesday, May 27, 2008

May 27

We had such a great time with our relatives here. They surprized us by picking us up from the airport, putting us in a great little hotel and showing us Mainz, including the Guttenburg museum and the Dom, which is a large Catholic church. We enjoyed the visit and met their daughter, Betina and her husband, Rolf. So generous and gracious! What a blessing!
We left Monday and spent a few hours in France, going to Strassbourg, where Carla´s dad was born. Today we came to Titisee, which is a beautiful area in the Black Forest on a little lake. It reminds us of Riding Mt. , but not as busy. We plan to do some walking, cycling and we will stay for a few nights. We are enjoying our days. We are now into part IV of our vacation and(I - study tour, II-Italy, III - relatives) so things will be more relaxing. I am back to normal with my health and making up for all the eating I missed. So much to eat and so little time. Today since we are in the Schwartzwald, I will have to eat Schwartz Wald Kirsch Torte. Of course, there is always Gelati everywhere.

This first picture is of Helmut and Ellie Wirth. They were great!



















This is a picture of Strassbourg, the old city.









The picture of the flower on the doilie is for you Kristen. It is in our room. Germans love their doilies.
The view from our 3rd floor window.










Hope you are all well.
George and Carla

5 comments:

jpunk5 said...

does the satellite say "satan" above helmut's head? weird!

Thiessen said...

Thanks for the doily picture! Oh Jonathan...you're too funny :) The place you stayed looks absolutely beautiful!! Keep on rockin'!

Kristen

Lon and Pat said...

Glad to hear you are having a good time. Is there any way you can change your blog set up so anonymous people can comment? Wraith wanted to leave a comment but they don't have a blogger account.

kimbee said...

That is hilarious Jonathan!

Just wanted to say we miss you! Sorry about Anemone cutting our last conversation short. Anemone would like you to come home so that she can enjoy the kiddie pool at your house. And, I am looking forward to a good picture slide show!

Toews Family said...

Don't worry about a slide show. We are at about 1500 pictures. We filled a 512 card, 1 gig card, put about 800mg on a CD and are on the second round with the 1 gig card. Hopefully all the pictures transferred.
We are looking forward to having all the grandkids in our pool. We were able to view the video. Looks great.