Monday, December 2, 2013

Hamburg, Meeting Julius and Pöln--the next day!


We headed for the cheese farm... just down the road from Uschi and Reiner's and look what we found.  John Deere is apparently big in Germany, too!


 The weather however looked a bit ominous
but beautiful against the green foder growing.

 Fall or what?  

                                                 

After our 45 min. drive to Hamburg... 
we found the cutest thing waiting for us....JULIUS!!



He seemed to like us, too! 

Especially when he saw his oma and opa!!
( gramma and grandpa)

Kirsten, Mommy and Baby!   What a great mommy! 

Ok.. so Julius has an extra gramma from America..
where they play baseball!  So cute in his baseball cap!! 
 Oma in all of her glory.

 And Julius loving all the attention!

Then suddenly there appeared a birthday cake....
Absolutely delicious.  
We especially liked the blue icing.... It stayed with us.
Thanks for a very sweet cake and look at that
adorable baby!

Opa helping Julius get to sleep.  

Looks like the counting sheep thing works!

Then we were off to the mall!  A mall.. a big mall..
Hadn't seen one of these lately.

Even Bath and Body!
Uschi enjoying the fragances.

For dinner we came back to a restaurant with great schnitzel.

This menu however was in a most unusual place.
Before we ate i had to go to the bathroom so i went
into the stall and low and behold...
Reading material on the door right ahead of me.  Ha!!!
Simply couldn't resist the picture. 

 Back in Dersau, Molly was settled in 
and wondering why we were gone so long. 

Again.... their sweet little house.
From this direction looks like a storybook cottage!
It is now the next day and we are ready to go on
an adventure on Lake Pöln! 
A REAL postbox on the gate!

Ready to walk with little Julius to the boat. 

 The dairy farm next door..  No more horses but cows galore! 

Still blooming even in the fall! 


On the way to the lake... a camper/ RV park.


Then we arrived at the lake.

Strolling along....

 Hangin' out!

Sven showing me which one was his boat.


Then the boat showed up and off we went! 
The sun, the waves of the water and the
German flag and...
my dearest friends!


Uschi reflecting on how good this move was for them. 




The only sailboat on the lake!
 Checkin' on babycakes!

Just great fun to watch Julius...
because he reponds like this!!!  

 So serene!

And then Pöln appeared!
This was the church we saw yesterday downtown.  

 And this Schlöss is quite a backdrop.



Just totally enjoying the great trip and the sun was perfect. 

Half way around the lake we docked 
and took off for a walk... 

Our one little sail boat still providing great pictures! 


Yes, Graffiti still reigns in Deutschland!

The market in Germany is a little different that the
markets in Rwanda.

The church on the inside!

 The Front!


After our brief tour, we headed to the
little Turkish restaurant to have a delicious Dönner!

On our way back to the boat,
the rain started moving in! 

 At the dock, waiting for the boat...
enjoying the weather made for ducks. 

We got on the boat as it was starting to raina little harder....
and discovered these swans turning tail to the weather, too! 

But Julius enjoyed the whole trip!  
It was a great boat ride and walk in Pöln, too!

Got back to Uschi and Reiner's just in time for coffee trinken

and a little snooze for Julius!

Just love this porch!!!!  This is one half ...

and this the whole.  So cozy!!

This is looking from the porch into
the dining room and living room...and the cat's tree house! 

 Julius woke up and here he is was Daddy Sven.....
in matching outfits!!!

What a terrific couple of days and what
joy it is to be with such dear friends that
are really family!

I love you all!
margie

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