Amber’s Journal
Pre trip:
My ever indulgent husband agreed
for us to go to Germany to visit my sister with my Mom, then to take a tour of
Germany. Mom and I traveled ahead of
David, and stayed with my sister and her family. We had a great visit with them—Heather
introduced us to the joys of German breakfast cake, showed us Kaiserslautern
where they live, and took us to visit Ober and Niederlinxweiler, our ancestral
village. I showed my niece the basics of
knitting, and was utterly amazed at the speed at which she picked it up! I’ve taught a few kids to knit, and by far
she was the fastest to grasp it.
While in Niederlinxweiler, we
visited an antiques shop which is one of the older buildings in town, and may
even date from sometime around the 1850’s or before which is when our family
lived there. We were also rather
well-off in town if family legend’s right, so the antique shop might actually
be a good example of the kind of home my family may have lived in.
Heather, Paul, and the kids came
with us the next day to walk around Heidelburg and explore the town a bit. We eyed German fashions and toys, and
encountered the joys of a pastry called “schneeballen” or snowballs—according
to our guides later in the trip, you crush them in the bag because if you bite
into them, everybody knows you’re a tourist!
Many of the cities on our trip
beginning with Heidleburg were covered with cobblestones or were very
rough. Mom had some trouble negotiating
them, but throughout the trip, David was the ideal son-in-law as he constantly
leapt to help her. I think David
deserves special recognition for how utterly good and patient David was
throughout the whole trip. This is why I
love him so.
Day 1
I joined David at our hotel, and
Mom came in the next day with Heather and the kids. We had some more fun seeing the sights with
them, doing things like posing at the Philosopher’s Bridge with the monkey
statue—if you rub the monkey’s mirror you’ll return to the city. That evening we joined the tour to begin the
Disney part of our Germany adventure.
Mom and I were sad to say goodbye to Paul, Heather and the kids, but
after finishing a little sniffling, and a lot of hugs, we got ready to have a
lot of fun on our fairytale adventure!
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