And the travel goes on...
2023年6月29日, ドイツ ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Leaving Wiefelstede and Oldenburg to Bruchmühlen, meeting Sarah's parents, enjoying a nice afternoon in the garden (and meeting the friendly cat Fluffy) farewelling Simon and taking the train toもっと詳しく
Rhine river boat cruise
2023年6月30日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
From Bonn to Linz a little Rhine town with Elke and Richard, exploring the town, dinner at the Spanish garden and playing in the village market place.
La Kölsche Vita
2023年7月1日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Enjoying the best of Cologne Life... The Cathedral (including the treasure chamber and tower) , the chocolate museum, a döner in the South quarter of the town and a Cologne brewery...
Visit to Andreas' dad
2023年7月1日, ドイツ ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
In Köln Ehrenfeld
Moving on South
2023年7月2日, ドイツ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Busy days and only little time spending within WiFi reach... We left Cologne on Sunday travelling South to my old friend (flatmate from my time in Mainz) Annette and her partner Marcel in Muenchweilerもっと詳しく
A day with my oldest school friend...
2023年7月4日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
... Andrea and her family in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. Breakfast at Palace Schönbusch, exploring the Pompejanum and enjoying the company of the whole family, twins and Roland.
... and further South
2023年7月4日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
And from Annette we travelled to my mother Helga to Rodenbach, close to Hanau. She showed me the historical walkway through the village in the evening.
Rhineland romanticism....
2023年7月5日, ドイツ ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
... existed in painting and poetry. We had a fabulous day in Rüdesheim, the epicentre of the Rhine tourism and walked, took the gondola the lift and the boat around the Germania monument on top ofもっと詳しく
Pilgrim places
2023年7月5日, ドイツ ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We started the Rhine tour at the Abbey of St. Hildegard of Bingen, beautifully placed on the hill in the vineyards. A great place to retreat and enjoy. 50 Benedictine sisters still live there andもっと詳しく
A castle in the forest
2023年7月7日, ドイツ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Mespelbrunn in the forest region Spessart... A beautiful little spot... And more toe treatment for Elijah...but he got his phone back 😊 . It was found on the train .
Suprise for my mum
2023年7月7日, ドイツ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Unexpected an as a great surprise...my mother revieved a special service award for her long service in the community council and history society from the federal state Hessen..so special to be presentもっと詳しく
7 Musketeers
2023年7月8日, ドイツ ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
We travelled further South into the region where we last lived before coming to NZ, close to Heidelberg and Beate, a former colleague from the Freiburg Diocese and her family. They treated us to anもっと詳しく
Pilgrimage sound and people
2023年7月9日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 35 °C
Attending church in the morning was a special moment, as it brought back many memories from our joint working and faith experiences in sound (the chosen music) and people, Fr. Bernhard a colleagueもっと詳しく
Home ground
2023年7月9日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
We travelled on to Heiligkreuzsteinach, the village we lived before coming to NZ. Petra, Arvid and Marc live now in the neighbour village. Petra took us around our old home space, the street, theもっと詳しく
Heidelbergers...
2023年7月10日, ドイツ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Elijah and Benjamin are born in Heidelberg. And interestingly Elijah reflected on his mihi this day seeing his mountain and river. Heidelberg is a must see for every tourist to Germany (as the Cologneもっと詳しく
Another surprise
2023年7月11日, ドイツ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
My dad and Brigitte decided to marry (again) in the church, after 30 years of being married already. The ceremony was held at the "heavens tent" at the garden show in Fulda, beautifully led by theもっと詳しく
Starting our journey back...
2023年7月12日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Frankfurt Airport
2023年7月12日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Singapore Airport
2023年7月13日, シンガポール ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Mit Besuch des tollen Macha Kaffee shops, ab jetzt geht es mit Air NZ weiter und ca. 30 deutschen AustauschschülerInnen die am Montag in NZ anfangen ... Bisschen wie Schulausflug
Auckland Airport
2023年7月14日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We are about to start the last leg of our travel, AKL to Chch after a bit of running to get the guitar properly checked in. Benjamin turned 13 between Singapore and Auckland and "celebrated" overもっと詳しく
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