Germany - November, 1992
Nothing fancy. The pictures are pretty much in the same order as they are in the album. Some were tossed loose in between the pages, and a few of them were added some time after the album was finished. Erika and Lydia sent update pictures after the vis
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Aunt Gretel called me to say that for $100 more she could take another person and was I interested in going to Germany with her
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I said yes, and got to spend three weeks reliving some old memories.
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top: Glashütten inside of church in 1995 bottom: sent in 1994, alle "Bauerskinder" from left: Hans, Johannna, Anni, Al
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some superficial notes about each day of trip, part 1
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more superficial notes about trip, part 2
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Mein Thal, Ich denk' from Hertenacker 'runter.
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Aunt Lina's garden
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The house where Aunt Lina lived all her life. She had three children that lived, all daughters. One, Helga, married, and Lydia
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This is the garage. I stayed in the upstairs apartment which was Erika's. She graciously moved into the main house with Lydia
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Took a walk up an old path up past Palme's all the way up and a little past Die Alte Antel. Weather drizzly and overcast but to
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Stopped to see Frau Repka (Palme's niece) and passed on the hello from Brigitte as requested.
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Elfriede Goldfuß in the brown striped sweater, a school friend my age. Her daughter is in the white sweater and she has a child.
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Just a few days, maybe a week, before we came, a tornado came through and took most of the Eichele away. This is the view up th
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Aunt Lina on left, me on right
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On the right, Karolina and Aunt Lina
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This is Günter. He is Helga's child.
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Aunt Lina's birthday. Aunt Gretel is wearing a blue dress and I'm in blue jeans.
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Top: two sisters, Lina and Gretel. Center: Lina, Erika, Lydia, Gretel, Frau Stenglein Bottom: Gretel and Lina
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Presents and visitors who came to serenade the birthday "girl"
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Top: Der Glashüttner Posaunen Chor came and played to honor Lina Bottom: Erika in the kitchen. The kitchen is unbelievably sma
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Lina, Gretel
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Lydia, Erika
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house and garage again
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Left: Die Eule an der Kirchgasse. Supposedly Richard Wagner drank his Bier there. Well, probably at least once! :o) Right: K
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With Erika at the Eremitage
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Below: the grotto at the eremitage
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Visiting with Johanna and Anni Bauer. Anni was my age and we were in the same class in school. Johanna was older and I always
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Short version: A monk stopped to drink from a spring and was cured from some dreadful disease and later erected a chapel here -
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The chapel and spring
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Manfred Yanka and his wife Gisela. There's a long story about why I was always infatuated with Spanish music and language here.
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An evening of "As You Like It" for the benefit of "the greening of Bayreuth".
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Lydia's birthday
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It's safe to keep potted plants on the steps as the steps are marble.
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Glashütten grüßt Amerika. An evening dinner party at Opel's includes "Das Lätzchenlied".
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"Das Glashüttner Lied"
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Opel's, now a fine restaurant, when I was a child was a barn where the farm animals were kept. The bowed ceiling is original to
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A big fuss was made over this piece and some others by my family over the years. I just had to take some pictures. Maybe some day I'll fill in background, and maybe not.
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... and maybe I won't. Although I'm a firm believer that the past should not be whitewashed, I also am a firm believer that som
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The middle picture on the right, Der Altenhimmel they way I thought I remembered it. :o)
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Top: Karin and her mom Middle: Karin Stenglein a school friend my age
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Bottom: We visited this woman in the red sweater who was some kind of relative. The picture doesn't do her justice at all. Sh
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Part 1 - Saying our last goodbyes at the airport. These pictures were sent after we came back. They're badly out of order.
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Part 2 - description of last set of pics
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Karolina, Gretel, Lina, Frau Stenglein...
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Glasshüttener Bitters. Yum.
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Bottom: Frieder, Karolina, Georg - Frieder and Georg are brothers to Oma and my Uncles.
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Top: Frieder Middle: Babette, his wife, Bottom: a close-up of the picture on the wall behind Frieder, a painting of the old mill
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Frieder and Georg and their niece, Karolina
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