Where To Begin?
First, Mom and Dad are gone. Though it was time and I was ready, I still feel like something is missing from our home. Their flight got delayed. They haven't even left Stuttgart as I sit here writing this. Their flight was supposed to leave at 11:00 a.m., last report it was delayed until 4:30 p.m. We found this out this morning, just as we were leaving to drop the kids off at daycare and take Mom and Dad to the airport.
I have been feeling ill all day, thinking of the fact that the mother and father that I love dearly are sitting five miles away, killing a day in the airport all because I am an a$#hole. I wasn't in the best of moods this morning. Sorry Mom. Sorry Dad. I hope that you still had a good time in Germany.
We accomplished a great deal in a short space of time, though. We saw Tubingen. We ate at a real German restaurant with real German food. Dad drank a lot of various German beers. I gave Mom a pedicure. We watched a lot of movies and the entire series of Band of Brothers. We attended a Memorial Day service and travelled to Freiburg to meet with a relation we didn't know we had up until a few weeks ago. We rented an enormous VW van and drove to Luxembourg and Belgium. We ate at a couple of McDonald's. We visited one castle, one cathedral and spent two days in Garmisch.
The weather in Garmisch was awful. I know that I have no control over the weather, but I still felt terrible that the mountains were all but obscured by fog. I go on and on about how beautiful Garmisch is, but so far, I haven't really been able to prove it to our visitors. I think Donna had bad weather for her visit, too. I was so disappointed because I wanted to show Mom and Dad how breathtaking the Alps are...no dice. We did manage to walk into downtown Garmisch, have a little snack at a German bakery and poke around in some stores. And we had a little picnic on the shores of Eibsee, but my disgust with the weather just clouded my mood. I'm sure that Mom and Dad will say that it was still beautiful.
Anyway, now they're gone and the house that was busy and bustling for 14 days feels empty and quiet. I was ready for empty and quiet and yet, I wish that we could have another day or two.
Safe travels Mom and Dad. We'll see you soon.
Auf Wiedersehen.
I have been feeling ill all day, thinking of the fact that the mother and father that I love dearly are sitting five miles away, killing a day in the airport all because I am an a$#hole. I wasn't in the best of moods this morning. Sorry Mom. Sorry Dad. I hope that you still had a good time in Germany.
We accomplished a great deal in a short space of time, though. We saw Tubingen. We ate at a real German restaurant with real German food. Dad drank a lot of various German beers. I gave Mom a pedicure. We watched a lot of movies and the entire series of Band of Brothers. We attended a Memorial Day service and travelled to Freiburg to meet with a relation we didn't know we had up until a few weeks ago. We rented an enormous VW van and drove to Luxembourg and Belgium. We ate at a couple of McDonald's. We visited one castle, one cathedral and spent two days in Garmisch.
The weather in Garmisch was awful. I know that I have no control over the weather, but I still felt terrible that the mountains were all but obscured by fog. I go on and on about how beautiful Garmisch is, but so far, I haven't really been able to prove it to our visitors. I think Donna had bad weather for her visit, too. I was so disappointed because I wanted to show Mom and Dad how breathtaking the Alps are...no dice. We did manage to walk into downtown Garmisch, have a little snack at a German bakery and poke around in some stores. And we had a little picnic on the shores of Eibsee, but my disgust with the weather just clouded my mood. I'm sure that Mom and Dad will say that it was still beautiful.
Anyway, now they're gone and the house that was busy and bustling for 14 days feels empty and quiet. I was ready for empty and quiet and yet, I wish that we could have another day or two.
Safe travels Mom and Dad. We'll see you soon.
Auf Wiedersehen.
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We had a good time and saw more of central Europe than I expected to see. It is too bad that we can't control the weather but what can you do? Garmisch was nice and we did get uptown without getting wet and the time in the pool was fun and the lake was beautiful. I hope that Annika will get over us taking over her room for a couple of weeks. I was glad to get back to my own house. I know now why Fritz always said he would be happy never to leave home again. The older I get the more I identify with that statement. Thanks for putting up with us and dragging us around.