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Some edited photos now up on my DeviantArt account:
We hope to visit his uncle there again under better circumstances. In Germany, Herr made it a point to light candles for his aunt at some of the churches we visited. The least we could do.
Germany was great! I love their recycling, which is mandatory or else you are fined (that's how it should be!), and it's still rolling hills with lots of forests and small towns nestled at the foot of each hill. Of course, Herr's favorite is the public transportation, but we drove most places (my brother rented a six seat Mercedes). Taxes are already calculated into prices (thank you!), food is healthy (even McDonalds and its McDonalds Cafe, weird…), ice cream is AWESOME… a good deal of the population could speak some English too, but Herr helped a lot with his German. 🙂
We both don't feel good today (I was dehydrated and terribly bloated from airplane food, ick), so we'll see how far we get. Lots of cleaning to do, unpacking, groceries, pictures… I'll post a link when I get up some photos (a few need touching up because of a lot of sunlight and odd visibility problems…). Off to get more apple cider.
Saturday was fun. Up the Gateway Arch and to the Missouri Botanical Gardens that was hosting a Chinese Culture festival. We met up with Hoyt's grand-aunt and shared our wedding/honeymoon albums, then burnt to a nice crisp walking around the gardens and watching a Chinese parade. We hightailed it to Columbia to visit a good friend staying up very late sharing our pictures again. Sunday we walked around the Mizzou campus and enjoyed an organic restaurant, bookstore, and custard shop. After watching Drop Dead Gorgeous, we drove back, slightly pinker than when we left and feeling pretty good and tired.
A few pictures from the trip, but still on the camera for now…