Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story. Bettyrae Dickhart ----- Original Message ----- From: <lumby@air.on.ca> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 2:14 PM Subject: Fwd: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] NO MAIL > Hello Listers. > > I am a prodigal son, who booked off on the 25th of April, just before my > wife Sonja, (B. 22-7-40, Burstadt, Worms, raised in Heilbronn/Sontheim, > Emigrated to Canada in 1959, and married me on 23-4-1963) and I left > Toronto for Stuttgart via Frankfurt. > > The highlight of our trip took place on May 1st, when we were included in a > group of persons from the Heilbronn/Schozach area,who went on the > traditional May 1st "Wanderung". It began at noon , when we partook of a > "feast" of Beer and Schnaps, and Bayerische Weisswurst with sweet Mustard. > We then took off by foot through the vineyards always up hill, naturally, > and found our way to a secluded spot in a Wald, where we told stories, and > generally had a good time. An hour later we wandered back to where we had > come from, where we had another feast later that evening at our host's of > hot leberkaese with a spiegeleier on top, with the appropriate wines. > > Needless to say our host did himself well.. > > Four days later, Sonja and I took off in a rented car to the Black Forest, > a trip we have taken for the last four years. > > South from Freudenstadt, through the Wolfach Valley, south from > OberWolfachand, and Wolfach along Hwy 33, to the very winding road over the > pass direction ELZACH. At the top of the pass, at the Gasthaus, we stopped > and picked up our traditional two bottles of Blueberry Wine. From there we > went though the southern Schwartzwald and St. Georgen, to the source of the > Danube, and along the Danube to where half of the flow disappears into the > ground and ends up in the Ostsee, (Baltic Sea) and the above ground flow > ends up in the Black Sea. > > We stayed overnight in a small hotel in a small village just before we came > to Sigmaringen. The thing I remember about this place was the excellent > food, and the Church bell that struck every 15 minutes and on the hour, > throughout the night I think it was just outside our window, and the > Electrified train that went roaring through (just outside our window) every > half hour. > > > The next day, we entered Bavaria and went through some of the nicest and > most beautiful countryside we have ever seen. This was the foothills of > the Karwendel Gebirge and the Bavarian Alps. We stayed overnight on the > Kochelsee, at the same hotel that we stayed at 35 years ago when we had > three young daughters, two of whom were born in Munich, Germany. This was > completely by chance, not by design. We became aware of this , because > after all those years, we recognized the place where we had seen a flotilla > of about 9 swans, in battle array, approaching us on the beach. I fed one > of them and received a very painful nip on my finger. > > From there we travelled to the small village of Au in Bavaria, just south > of Bad Aibling on the Autobahn from Munich to Salzburg. where my wife has > cousins and an Aunt. (Wow, does she have cousins and Aunts in Germany, and > every time we visit one of them, out comes the Conditerei-every one comes > out with four very rich wonderful conditerei which must be eaten, as well > at the end, a full German meal with all the trimmings.) > > After three days, we travelled back to the Heilbronn/Stuttgart area, and > ended up for four days before we returned to Canda on the 23 May, helping > an old and dear friend of my wife's, whose husband had died four your > previously, move from the family home into a condominium, in Flein, just > outside of Heilbronn. > > One of the most moving parts of my visit was a walk we took in the > evening, just before we left to come home, from the new apartment in Flein > across the fields, to Sontheim, a suburb of Heilbronn, where they had grown > up: and hear them talking about the old places and the adventures they had > and reminisce about the old days. > > There, you were all mentioning the lack of activity on this list. You have > it now. > > Ralf Aldrich > > >Resent-Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 13:49:47 -0600 > >X-Original-Sender: zulauf@wondernet.de Sat Jun 9 13:49:47 2001 > >X-Sent: 9 Jun 2001 19:49:41 GMT > >Reply-To: "Heinz L. Zulauf" <zulauf@bigfoot.de> > >From: "Heinz L. Zulauf" <zulauf@wondernet.de> > >Old-To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > >Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] NO MAIL > >Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 21:50:49 +0200 > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 > >To: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com > >Resent-From: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com > >X-Mailing-List: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4295 > >X-Loop: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com > >Resent-Sender: GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > >Zu Hause, am Computer :) > >_________________________ > >Heinz L. Zulauf > >Flotowstrasse 9 > >D-64287 Darmstadt > >Germany > >zulauf@bigfoot.de > >_______________________ > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <Newtross@aol.com> > >To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:37 PM > >Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] NO MAIL > > > > > >> Heinz, wo bist Du ?? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >> Complaints: > >> Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > >> > >> ============================== > >> Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >> > >> > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > >GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the > message and send. > > > >============================== > >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word UNSUBSCRIBE and send. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >