Departure Day

Rise and shine! We stayed up late last night packing not only my parents’ bags, but I sent home a lot of things as well. We made it to the bus stop with all of our bags and headed to the airport in between Cologne and Bonn. We sat and had juice and coffee in the airport and reminisced about all that had occurred on their ten-day visit with me. Here’s a few things they learned:
1. Betsy is a great tour guide!









2. Germans are more fit than Americans – all that bike riding and walking to buses and trains!









3. We can exist with ice in the summer.
4. Flower boxes on the front of stores and homes are so inviting!









5. Germans know how to recycle and have much less waste than Americans!
6. The devastation in Germany during World War II was much more widespread than we thought!
7. Walking the streets of Munich showed much history, but there are no reminders anywhere of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party.
8. Schnitzel is so good! Love that spätzle (thick noodles)!
9. A giant pretzel curbs hunger!









10. Radler is “lecker” (yummy). It’s beer and lemonade!
11. Traveling in Europe gives you the chance to hear so many different languages!
12. You can find an old church on every other street in Germany!
13. Using “euros” is relatively simple.
14. Mom is the current gin rummy champ…we played so many games on the trains!
15. Hats off to the very clean rest rooms all over Germany. Sometimes you have to pay, but it’s worth it! (Mom kept spending her souvenir money on restrooms!)
16. Sausage in Germany is much different than sausage in the U.S.A. Where’s the brats?












17. Can’t beat the wonderful gelato! One scoop for 60 euros….lecker!









18. Haribo’s is the most wonderful candy store in the world!









19. Useful words/phrases: danka, bitte, sprechen sie English?
20. What a great experience for my parents! My mom and dad say they just might do Europe again!