It is rainy, cold, windy and overcast. Christina is in town with some new friends. Steve is at work. The cats and I are listening to music on my computer with iTunes that Christina got working for me and I'm making peanut butter cups candies.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
TURNFEST
The Turnfest is a gymnastic and dance festival here in Mannheim that lasts for a week. The town is loaded with international students doing performances at the Wasserturm and at the SAP arena. Looks like they have every form of dance, jump ropes, gymnastics, using ropes, big wheels, and other props.
The Turnfest is a gymnastic and dance festival here in Mannheim that lasts for a week. The town is loaded with international students doing performances at the Wasserturm and at the SAP arena. Looks like they have every form of dance, jump ropes, gymnastics, using ropes, big wheels, and other props.
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| The Wasserturn tower is covered with a big Turnfest banner and the fountain is covered with a big outdoor stage. |
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| Pretty hair |
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| Resting a bit on chairs provided near the food booths |
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| The Wasserturm Bunnies are suppose to stay behind the blue ribbons, and it seemed to me they did, I didn't see any of them go beyond it. |
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| Returning on the crowded tram, standing room only to start out with. |
Our church planned an outing to a castle and Renaissance festival but it was too rainy so we had a game playing social in the church instead.
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| Christina and Elder Gren waiting in the church hallway before we decided it was too rainy to go to the castle. |
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| Elder Ellsworth |
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| Sister Smith, Marcus, Day-Ji, Elder Ellsworth, Sister Moon, Christina the VERY LONG game |
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| Elder Gren joins game |
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| Steve and Bishop Broo playing GO |
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| Finish with PIZZA |
CHRISTINA IS VISITING
Christina came to Germany for a 3 week visit. John gave her the plane ticket as a birthday present and she arrived here on Mother's Day. What a great family I have. The weather has not been very nice, rain, cold, fog, overcast, but ONE day was pretty and we made it out to Heidelberg.
Christina came to Germany for a 3 week visit. John gave her the plane ticket as a birthday present and she arrived here on Mother's Day. What a great family I have. The weather has not been very nice, rain, cold, fog, overcast, but ONE day was pretty and we made it out to Heidelberg.
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| On a empty tram. |
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| Christina likes to climb trees. |
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| Pretty Girl, Pretty Day, Pretty tree, Pretty Heidelberg in Spring time, ziemlich Frühling. |
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| Castle on the hill |
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| Up the steep cobblestone path to the Castle |
Thursday, May 16, 2013
MUSIC PROGRAM
On May 7th, Robyn Watson invited us to the school music program at her school. We enjoyed it so much. Robyn (age 12?) and another friend of ours, Christian Siebert (age 17?), where in the programs. Both these families are members of our church. The school has grades 7 - 12. This music program had a good number of kids but also had a good number of faculty joining in. I think if a teacher knew how to play an instrument, they where in the program, and they where not just music teachers, even the vice principal played the trombone I think. The music was some orchestra, chorus, brass jazz band, piano, soloist singers, african drums, oldies but goodies many from the U.S. So a wide variety.
On May 7th, Robyn Watson invited us to the school music program at her school. We enjoyed it so much. Robyn (age 12?) and another friend of ours, Christian Siebert (age 17?), where in the programs. Both these families are members of our church. The school has grades 7 - 12. This music program had a good number of kids but also had a good number of faculty joining in. I think if a teacher knew how to play an instrument, they where in the program, and they where not just music teachers, even the vice principal played the trombone I think. The music was some orchestra, chorus, brass jazz band, piano, soloist singers, african drums, oldies but goodies many from the U.S. So a wide variety.
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| Robyn in the chorus |
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| Robyn playing a drum |
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| Christian singing, he also plays the piano at our church and can play the bass guitar |
Friday, May 10, 2013
BIKE RIDE ALONG THE RHINE
Steve and I rode about 22 miles yesterday because it was another German holiday so everything was closed and he didn't have to work. We rode a short distance up along the Rhine river north of Mannheim. We took a short cut home through Kafertal Park because the wind was pretty strong if we went back the same way. Out a ways from a city, we saw a lot of old guys and their old tractors meeting up at a restaurant for lunch. Their tractors where real show cases of antiques, all fixed up.
Steve and I rode about 22 miles yesterday because it was another German holiday so everything was closed and he didn't have to work. We rode a short distance up along the Rhine river north of Mannheim. We took a short cut home through Kafertal Park because the wind was pretty strong if we went back the same way. Out a ways from a city, we saw a lot of old guys and their old tractors meeting up at a restaurant for lunch. Their tractors where real show cases of antiques, all fixed up.
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| We had planned to take this ferry across the river but for some reason, maybe the holiday, it wasn't going. So we rode a different way and found a bridge, only about 6 km off of the route we had planned. |
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| Our break on the way back in Kafertal Wald park. |
BIKE RIDE TO WEINHEIM with Steve
This time Steve was off work and it was pretty good weather so we rode out to Weinheim again and he got to see the gardens.
This time Steve was off work and it was pretty good weather so we rode out to Weinheim again and he got to see the gardens.
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| Dog wood trees blooming behind Steve |
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| The tree behind Steve is a Myrtle tree planted in 1879. They must cover it at times of the year to protect it. |
Friday, May 3, 2013
MAIMARKT
MaiMarkt has been going for 400 years in Mannheim, once a year, for one week. I am sure it has gone through many changes over the years. This is a little like our county fairs, but it only lasts one week. The tram workers are on strike so we rode our bikes to it along with about a thousand other bike riders. Most of the fair is vendors selling everything from tractors to small buildings and building materials, to artwork and scuba gear. You see the usual magic shredders, cleaning gadgets, and latest cooking pans, a lot of sewing machines. Especially popular here are the super computerized embroidery sewing machines. Cars, bikes, scooters, for sale and demonstrations. There are a lot of wine and drinking and food booth options. We had some good sweet & sour Asian food and ice cream for desert. There are some farm animals to look at but not as many as we would have at a county fair. I thought these goats where the most unusual with the big horns and half being white and half black and their hair goes all the way to the ground when they stand up. I don't think they can even see out through all their hair.
MaiMarkt has been going for 400 years in Mannheim, once a year, for one week. I am sure it has gone through many changes over the years. This is a little like our county fairs, but it only lasts one week. The tram workers are on strike so we rode our bikes to it along with about a thousand other bike riders. Most of the fair is vendors selling everything from tractors to small buildings and building materials, to artwork and scuba gear. You see the usual magic shredders, cleaning gadgets, and latest cooking pans, a lot of sewing machines. Especially popular here are the super computerized embroidery sewing machines. Cars, bikes, scooters, for sale and demonstrations. There are a lot of wine and drinking and food booth options. We had some good sweet & sour Asian food and ice cream for desert. There are some farm animals to look at but not as many as we would have at a county fair. I thought these goats where the most unusual with the big horns and half being white and half black and their hair goes all the way to the ground when they stand up. I don't think they can even see out through all their hair.
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