later we landed at the Atlanta International Airport! It was bittersweet! We all had such a great time. Friendship were made. And it was an experience none of us will ever forget!
I know I have left out a lot but I just wanted to share w/ you as much as I could about our trip. I have post pictures on Facebook if your interested. Again, thank you for the prayers!
Melissa
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| Town Square |
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| Loved sitting outside a small Cafe in the Town Square sipping on a cappichino! |
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| These Schnezballen (Spelling???) were every where in the town. Reminded me of pie crust covered in chocolate, powdered sugar, etc...not a favorite though |
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| You could take a tour through the town with the Night Watchman |
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| neat looking jeep |
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| Had no idea what this said or what it was for, but there was a monkey statue on top of the roof. |
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| An interesting car that the Guest Pastor at the church we sang at drove |
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| Time to walk the "Wall" |
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| While walking the Wall we came across different rooms, some empty some w/ stuff in it like this one w/ the cannon. |
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| While Hanna Beth & I were walking around the wall we came across this room that was dark & I heard childrens voices so I said to Hanna Beth "Lets scare them" so against the wall on the left side of the picture is were we stood and waited for the kids to pass. As soon as they came through the opening Hanna Beth said "Hey there" or something like that. I was going to yell something much more dramatic but what she did was enough b/c we scared the little boy & girl pretty good!! LOL |
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| In the Town Square you would see musicians playing. It was almost like being in a movie. Those moments where you say "That only happens in the movies"....well not here. It was for real and it was Great!!! |
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| Christmas is one of my most favorite times of the year! I love Christmas Stores and Rothenburg has many " Christkindlmarkt"stores that are opened year round. |
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| On our adventures, we decided to go down a little alleyway off the normal path. This area was marked off due too construction, but we could resist the sights. We are actually stand on the ledge of part of the Wall... we just had to be careful not to fall off!! |
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| I wanted so bad to find "windows" big enough to stick our heads through for a neat picture. Finally on our second time, to finish the walk around, we found a couple of windows to peep our heads through :) |
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| This sign confused us because on the other side it had the same pictures but without the big red line through it |
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| A nice stroll on the cobble stone streets of Rothenburg! |
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| Entrance/Exit to and from the garden area |
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| Another great view! You can actually see the part of the wall behind us where we took the picture of us standing on the ledge of the wall |
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| In Paris we passed by a photo shoot& here in the gardens we came across another one. |
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| Hannah Beth and I decided to go to the top! |
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| There were lots of stairs to climb and the area kept getting smaller & smaller the closer you got to the top! |
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| tiny window in the room that held 4 adults. You had to wait for the other people to come down before we could go up. You had to climb a little ladder through a small opening to get outside where you could walk around the top. It too was a small area |
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| A top view of the church we sang in |
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| But once you got to the top..... |
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| the views were amazing!! |
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| I was sick a lot of the time, but near the end I was able to sing w/ the choir! It was pretty cool!! Im on the left, 2nd row, 2nd to the end |
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| Beautiful Organ! |
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| The final concert |
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| This was probably Zachery's favorite place to play |
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| It was our last night there and we had to be ready to go by 4am but after the concert the Germans came back to the hotel and we stayed up until midnight or so(some kids even later) socializing & making new friends! |
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| One Proud Momma!! |
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| After a long night & long ride to Frankfurt we made it to the hotel. The man in the yellow shirt is Hans. He owned the bus and was one of our drivers |
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| This is Will. Hans was training him to drive a bus. He was Awesome!! |
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| Can't leave without one last game of Phase 10 |
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| Dr.Brasier playing Words with Friend to pass the time |
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| WE finally made it to Atlanta! Bittersweet for all of us!! |
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| We spent our 17th anniversary apart. We have a St.Benard and Kris has wanted one of these barrels for Bear so while we were in Zermat I got him a hand made barrel. It was the only one in town! It was so much fun going back and looking at all the pictures! Brought back a lot of great memories & experiences that I, we, will never forget!! Hope you enjoyed reading & looking at the pictures as much as I did!! |
