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BILL BLOG Thursday April 25, 2024 Thursday morning and we’re saying goodbye to Wiesbaden, Germany.   YESTERDAY On our last full day here our daughter Heather took us into Wiesbaden for breakfast at garden-flower kind of place.   A big store with lots of flowers and gardening stuff and more.   For breakfast we took a long escalator up to the second floor where the bright and airy restaurant sat. Might be the best scrambled eggs I’ve had anywhere in a long time. And the coffee over here has been “off the hook” great everywhere we’ve sipped some. Truly a great final German breakfast here with our daughter while her husband was off flying for the day again.     After breakfast, on the way home, we stopped at a Farmer’s Market. A real farmers market that grows and stocks food almost entirely from the large farm it’s attached to.   The fruit and veggie section was impressive.   And you could pick from a variety of eggs laid by the various f

BILL BLOG Wednesday April 24, 2024   It’s Wednesday morning and it’s our last day in Germany.   YESTERDAY It was a plane, train, and automobile kind of day here yesterday. Our daughter drove us to the train station in Wiesbaden.   And we took a train ride into Frankfurt to spend the day.   The train stations are clean and beautiful, and they’re busy. Gas is like 8 bucks a gallon here, parking spaces are tiny because most folk drive small cars…also to save gas I’m sure. And there are lots of folks on bicycles. We had maybe 8 or more stops before we arrived at our “get off” stop in Frankfurt.   Frankfurt is a big city. A mix of old and new. Skyscrapers and a gorgeous old town section that they rebuilt after allied bombers destroyed it in World War II. They built the old town back to look as much like the original looked. And to say they did a great job would not describe it.   Busy, bustling, lots of shops and outdoor cafes.   Bridge

BILL BLOG Tuesday April 23, 2024   Tuesday morning and sun is about to come up in Germany.   YESTERDAY We had a VERY lazy day yesterday here in Germany and one that was needed after a long day on Sunday traveling to the south of this country and back My son in law Casey had to fly yesterday and was gone the entire day, so my daughter Heather and my wife Kathy and I made a little grocery-Starbucks run and just settled in for the day which was cool and a bit rainy again.   My daughter did make this yesterday at the house. How cool is that?   I have no idea where her love of sewing came from but it’s another skill set in her bag and she’s good at it.   I got a good Germany nap, and then watched 3 more episodes of “ Masters Of The Air ” on Apple+ that’s really great. If you like war movies, and World War II history, and the B-17 Flying Fortress…you’ll love it as well.   A late dinner when Casey got home and then an early bed. Easy Monday in G

BILL BLOG Monday April 22, 2024 It’s Monday morning here in Wiesbaden, Germany.   THE WEEKEND Friday we had a very laid back and lazy rainy day here in Germany. So we made a Starbucks run…oh yea…they have them here too.   And then we just kind of chilled with our daughter and son in law. Chili over rice for dinner and then our kids showed us the first three episodes of the first season of Ted Lasso on Apple+. I’m hooked. I’ve heard nothing but good things about this series starring Jason Sudekis and it did not disappoint. We’ll be watching more episodes while we’re here.   SATURDAY We made an hour trip or so to see one of the many castles in Germany. The castles are spaced out here about like Cracker Barrels are in the states. Plenty of them. We picked the Braunfels castle in Braunfels, Germany.   We signed up for the tour…but first we grabbed some great kaffee as they say here in the souvenir shop.   And we also borrowed a book with pi