Here is the train station waiting to go to Berlin. We decided to back pack it for the 4 days in Germany. Which might come as a shock to several of you as I usually have 3 suitcases for a weekend trip! What should have been a 7 hr trip took over 12 hrs due to train cancellations because of the snow. we got to Aunt Lydia's at 9 pm. (She is in picture below). She is Mike's aunt who lived behind the Berlin Wall. She speaks a very few English words and we speak even fewer German words. Had a great visit with her for 1 1/2 hrs. She was teasing Mike and we shared pictures. This is the first time Mike has met his aunt.The last picture is Mike standing in some caves in Luxemborg that were craved out of the stoneto hold 35,000 people from the enemies. We made it back to Marvin and Jan's (hence the blog update) Going to see Belgium with them tomorrow. Good night as it is now 11:00 pm here.
Aunt Lydia looks really well, crikey, the eternal youth gene must have skipped a generation. Did you not get to see her son Gunter? What is all this talk of travelling light? Backpacking indeed, how on earth are you going to manage to carry all the bottles of sarsparilla to England? I think you are doing really well! Finding where Lydia lives is a feat in itself, well done.
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