Greetings from Germany! We have enjoyed our stopover in Oldenburg, Germany. We are staying in the home of Helga Bernhoft. She was Susan's "Mom" when Susan was an exchange student for a summer in high school. Her "Dad", Hans-Dieter Bernhoft passed away about a year ago. We've also been visiting with Birgit, Susan's exchange "sister". Susan has made regular visits to Germany ever since being an exchange student. For me, this is my third trip to visit the Bernhofts. We also visited with some of my relatives while here. My Cordes ancestors emigrated from this area around 1860. We met many of them during a visit in 2002 and had dinner with some of them again on this trip. "Cordes" is a typical family name in these parts. Notice the heating, plumbing, and electric van that we took a picture of. We came across it in downtown Oldenburg. Tomorrow we head home. We miss the Kenya people and weather and we're sure to miss our German friends and food. We hope you've been enjoying the blog and we look forward to catching up on our return.
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