Sunday, September 30, 2018

Greetings from Germany!

Sean and I arrived safe and sound in Hanover to meet Jo and her parents, after the train from Amsterdam. We were greeted by Jo and her dad Chris, who made us a beautiful sign. It was wonderful being on the receiving end of a welcome party!

We spent Saturday walking around the beautiful town of Celle, where Jo and her family live. From spending a few days in Amsterdam in a hotel room with just Sean (sprinkled in with visits with family and friends, both old and new), it's a nice change to be surrounded by family in a beautiful vibrant house!

Saturday we spent the day walking around the town of Celle with Jo, Audrey and Chris. We walked through the market and to the French gardens, around the castle in Celle and up the tower. There were some memories of walking the stairs up the castle tower in Segovia, though I'm sure that there were more stairs in the church tower... My legs felt like jelly after! The view from the top totally made it worth it! We had a delicious lunch at a lovely tapas restaurant followed by an amazing nap in the afternooj back at the house. Oh travel life!

Today we are headed to Potsdam to see the castle and the bridge from the movie Bridge of Spies, then off to Berlin for a couple days. Should be cool! Oh, and we spent some time on the autobahn going over 180 kilometers an hour. It was pretty darn cool!

On our way into the Celle market:

The houses in Celle are exactly how I pictured when I think of German houses! 


The oldest house in Celle:


In the French garden:


View from the top of the tower:


Driving on the autobahn:


1 comment:

Jackie Proulx said...

Some amazing photos. Great memories!