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| Ceiling detail, Eberbach Monastery |
I'm back after ten days of being a tour guide for Tall Guy's parents and sister. During the visit, we hooked Tall Guy's dad on Thai food, his mom on Cucko clocks, and turned his sister into a German wine and sausage addict.
The weather cooperated (warm, sunny days!), so we were able to do a lot of touring around: We went to Rudesheim, Wurzburg, Heidelburg, Eltville, Eberbach, Mainz, and Frankfurt.
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| A beautiful rose in Eltville |
The highlight of the trip, however, was our Saturday trip to visit Tall Guy's Chilean-Spanish great aunt and her family.
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| Cologne Cathedral |
On the way to their house, we stopped in Cologne to check out the cathedral. It's huge and reminiscent of the Catedral de Toledo in Spain. While we were there, a choir was singing "I, the Lord of Sea and Sky" in English!
We arrived at TG's aunt's around 2:30, just in time for lunch according to the Spanish timetable. Miguel and his mother had visited them before, but for his dad, sister and I, everyone was new. I think everyone's favourite person was Cute Baby, Miguel's second cousin's son (what a web of people!).
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| Everyone |
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| Cute Baby goes for the ice cream |
We had a very hearty lunch that ended, of course, with coffee and a fabulous cake, after which I spent some time trying my German out on Cute Baby. He is Chilean-Polish, and lives in Germany, so I figured one more accent wouldn't hurt. I told him a GREAT story - ein fisch, zwai fisch, rot fisch, blau fisch, and I'm pretty sure he understood me. He smiled a lot, anyway...
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| Cute Baby smiling after my story |
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