QUICK NOTE FROM AN INTERNET CAFE IN BERLIN -- ON A GERMAN KEYBOARD -- WHICH IS A TOTALLY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE WHILE I TRY TO TYPE THIS QUICK ON KEYS WHERE SOME OF THE LETTERS ARE IN A DIFFERENT SPOT THAN I AM USED TO. IN FACT THIS IS ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE I DON´T HOW TO GET THE CAPS LOCK OFF... (SO MUCH FUN!)
SO HERE WE ARE IN BERLIN, GERMANY! WE ARE HAVING A FABULOUS TIME! WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO GO ON A LITTLE SELF-TOUR AROUND THE CITY ON A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS THAT WE WILL HOP ON AND OFF OF AT OUR WHIM! WE SAW A PORTION OF THE BERLIN WALL YESTERDAY, VISITED THE JEWISH MUSEUM, AND CELEBRATED ELI'S 13TH BIRTHDAY BY VISITING KNUT THE POLAR BEAR A VISIT AT THE BERLIN ZOO. SO SO SO FUN!
LATER TODAY WE HEAD FOR POLAND WHERE WE´LL STAY AT THE ELIM CHRISTIAN CENTER AND PERHAPS DRIVE FURTHER INTO POLAND THE NEXT DAY TO VISIT AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP. (NOT FUN, BUT VERY MUCH A SOBERING EXPERIENCE.)
PERHAPS WE´LL MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH PRAGUE THE NEXT DAY, THEN THROUGH NURNBERG WHERE WE´LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NURNBERG TRIALS AND MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GERMANY IN NURNBERG. THEN MAYBE WE´LL HEAD TO THE PLAYMOBIL FACTORY AND FUNPARK. BUT THEN AGAIN, WE´RE ON A ROAD TRIP AND SOMETIMES WE REACH A FORK IN THE ROAD AND SOMETHING ELSE MORE PRESSING COMES UP IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION... SMILE. (THIS FREE-SPIRITED KIND OF WANDERING DOES WONDERS FOR MY SOUL... MY GENTLE, LOVING HUSBAND -- LONGSUFFERING THAT HE IS -- ACCOMODATES THIS KIND OF JOURNEY FOR A TIME. IN RETURN, I TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FEW DEFINITE PLANS THAT WE ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON SO AS NOT TO COMPLETELY UNRAVEL HIS EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING! I KNOW MANY OF YOU WHO SYMPATHIZE WITH LEROY! I KNOW BECAUSE YOU´VE EMAILED ME ALL KINDS OF HELPFUL TIPS ON HOW TO BETTER MY MARRIAGE WHILE TRAVELING! SMILE. FOR INSTANCE, THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES FOR THE TIP ON HAVING BEEF JERKEY ON HAND, PENNY!)
BUT WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE ARE THINKING OF YOU AND MISSING YOU AND WISH THAT YOU WERE HERE WITH US TO EXPERIENCE ALL OF THIS AMAZING HISTORY AND LEARNING AND LAUGHTER WITH US.
SHARON FOR THE WHOLE OLSON CREW!
Hi Sharon,
ReplyDeleteA while back you mentioned how you learned about all the fashion names from the styling gals that came to my house for coffee. Well, I had a coffee get-together yesterday and you were missed! I have a picture to send you but don't have your email address and couldn't find it on the blog. I will try to track it down from someone else and send it to you.
Your pictures and stories are wonderful!
Peggy Beck