Called To Serve

And the Winner Goes To?

2009-10-31T03:22:00.000-07:00

Carol, the judge, declared them all winners. These are our pumkins out front of the church entrance during the Halloween party. My pumpkin is the tree, Sister Moser's is the word Doch. She started out to do BOO and made a mistake so she turned it into the German word for After All, or are you sure, or yes, that is so. The tiny one on top is Elder Craghead's. It took him an hour to decide what to carve, and hour to think about it, and half an hour to stencil it and about 30 mintues to carve it We were really teasing him. Told him he ought to be a doctor and he said he has been thinking about it. The bottom left pumpkin is Elder Sessions' and it is a bat. Elder Pinnau's is the hands and Elder Halvorsen's is the face. The kids loved the pumpkins. They are now outside our center lit up at night for a few more days.

Elder Pinnau

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Don't let him get his hands on a knife. He is getting ready to carve his pumpkin as part of the District's pumpkin carving contest. This is the kitchen in the church. Elder Pinnau goes home next week.

German Food Preparation

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Here is our Bishop Herr, red shirt, and Brother Hack, our Landlord with his son Christoph and his wife (back turned) getting ready to serve crepes ala chocolate, or plain and waffles. This was at the Halloween party. Bishop Herr is over the buildings for the Church in southern Germany. He is a wonderful man.

Halloween Costumes

2009-10-31T03:13:00.000-07:00

We decided to get dressed up for the combined American and German Wards Halloween party and trunk or treat activity. No suit coat for me and a casual sweater for my beautiful wife.

Games, games, games

2009-10-31T03:10:00.000-07:00

These are some of our youth and investigators getting ready to play spoons. It seems this is a pretty popular game at the center. The pictures on the wall are the pictures of those who come to the center.

Stake Dance

2009-10-31T03:07:00.000-07:00

This is Klementina, one of our YSA, dancing up a storm. This was at the Stake Ball in Darmstadt. The leaders were disappointed that only 300 came. Last year they had 400. Not since BYU have I ever seen a Stake Dance with that many in attendance. It was for ages 14 and up. Everyone had a great time Even some of our 80 year old membes were dancing. There was a live band. We even danced 3-4 times. Out of practice.

Luau Dinner

2009-10-31T02:21:00.000-07:00

Everyone enjoying the Luau. We had 26 youth in attendance. You see pictures of the Chinese investigators. In the background the girl with the red hair is German and the young man next to her is an American. These two were taking the lessons but decided to stop them. The Chinese have come several more times to family home evening and Institute.

Luau Sisters

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These are the sisters who put on the Luau for the youth. Sammy, Sister Woods and Sister Togisala. Sister Woods is from Albania. They also demonstrated the Hula and taught the youth how to do the Luau. They taught the sisters, then the young men then had them dance together.

Young Adults at Temple

2009-10-31T02:12:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of our youth after the young adult baptismal session at the Frankfurt Temple. They were just getting ready to go to Darmstadt for the new year for Institute. Everyone who took pictures this day all said their pictures were took dark. I don't think anyone thought the sun would affect the picture the way it did. They will be closing the temple next summer to relocate the baptismal font. If someone is not careful and opens the curtains surrounding the baptismal font one can see the members leaving the Celestial room. There is a slope on the right side of the temple and the font will be built into the slope area.

The Lights are On

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A night view of the Fontain. Just moments after we took the other picture the lights came on and it was a beautiful view. The Tower in the back left is the old Water Tower. That is where we will be singing during the Chrismtas Market.

Mannheim Fountain

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This is a night viw of the Mannheim Fountain. Our youth will be singing Christmas Carol here during the Christmas Market. It is a very beautiful park.

Mannheim Palace and University

2009-10-31T02:03:00.000-07:00

The is the Palace in Mannheim. It was the main residence for the rulers. The one we posted earlier in Schwetzingen was the summer palace. This has 1,000 rooms. The center portion is a museum, very beautiful and very ornate. The wings are now the University of Mannheim. About 12,000 students attend here.

Only in Germany

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This is the bag for the Truffles we enjoyed. At the very bottom in the right hand lower corner you will see the date by which these should be eaten. In Germany they put the day, then the month and then the year. 30.02.2010. (We would put 2.30.2010)I'll bet you didn't know that February has 30 days in Germany.

Mini Lindt Chocolate Factory

2009-10-31T01:56:00.000-07:00

We went to the Lindt Chocolate Museum in Köln. They have a mini factory there where you can watch chocolate being made and formed, thn buy what you see being made. Very interesting and oh yes, very good. Lindt comes out of Switzerland. We do love the chocolate over here. I would love to take a picture of the stores and their huge chocolate displays, but it is illegal in Germany to take a picture of the inside of a store.

Stained Glass Window in Köln Dom

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One of the many beautiful stain glass windows in the Dome. Click on it to see the beauty.

Mosaic in Dome

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One of the many floor Mosaics in the Dome

Northside of Dom

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This is coming from the Train Station. It is really quite and impressive building. It was started in 1245 and then work stopped during the 1600's and was finally completed in 1880. It is very dark from all the soot and dirt from all the years. They are doing some renovation as you can see if you click on the picture to enlarge it. You see this building and some of the other buildings and you get an idea where the Saints got images for the early Temples in Utah and the Assembly hall in Salt Lake, as well as the tabernacles in Brigham City and Logan.

Köln Dom

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This is looking at the Dom from the East side. We were heading back to catch the train back to Heidelberg.

Cologne Train Station

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Sister Miller, Elder Miller and Carol waiting for our train from Cologne back to Heidelberg.

ICE Train to Köln (Cologne)

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This is Elder and Sister Miller and myself debarking from the train in Cologne, Germany. We took our preparation day to take the train to see the Cathedral in Cologne Germany. The ride was very smooth, but never came close to approaching the advertised speed of 300 Kilometers an hour, which is 186 miles an hour. It was more like 100 mph. Too many stops to get up speed. Still we had reserved seats and it was sure different than the train ride I took from Berlin to the Swiss Temple in 1963. Through East Germany we thought the train would derail. We could look out the window to see how wavy the rails were. We thought the Communists had been drunk when they laid down the rails. This time we never heard the clickety clack as you went over the rail connections, just a smooth straight ride. They are welded and ground smooth. Without the rails system and street cars Germany would come to a complete standstill. For about $4,000 dollars per person a year one can have unlimited rides all over Europe. If you want a sleeping car you pay an additional $30.

Manauelle's Farewell Party

2009-09-22T09:44:00.000-07:00

Party held at Stephen Heckman's place. 5 Americans and 9 Germans. They had a great time all enjoying the last time with Manuelle. She is the life of the party. We will miss her.

Missionaries

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Current German Frankfurt missionaries and the future sister Missionary.

Manuelle and Parents

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This is Manuelle's stepfather and her mother. Her mother just arrived from Cameroon 20 minutes before Manuelle talked in sacrament meeting.

Young Men and Manuelle

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From left to right: Back row- Member of Bishopric, Leif, Manuelle, Daniel, Frank, Benjamin, Stephen; Kneeling Teo and Mathias.

Cute Sisters

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Left to right: Klementina (just returned from Berlin, Mission), Madelin (getting ready to go on a mission), Manuelle (entering the MTC this Friday for Birmingham England), Jill (returned missionary to Greece), Carolin and Ion

Missionary Farewell

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Manuelle, in the blue, is going to Birmingham England this Friday. This is in front of the Mannheim Ward Building.

Automatic Musical Instrument

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This is in a Musical Museum in the Palace in Bruchsal Germany. They had dozens of them, old type phonographs, caliopy, instruments that played the piano and one that had violins inside and it played the violins.

German War Memorial

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This is above Rudesheim on the Rhine River. The top statute is facing France and saying we will never let you invade us again. It is quite impressive to see and view. It is scheduled to be cleaned this coming year.

Typical Beautiful Palace on the Rhine

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This beautiful palace is on the Rhine River just downstream from Mains. I believe it is in the town of Eltville.

Camping on the Neckar

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These are the typical camping sites on the Neckar River.

Gondola Ride

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This is riding down from the Memorial back to Rudesheim. Below are the mountainside vineyards.

Our Youth

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These are the youth from Darmstadt and Heidelberg. They are a fun bunch of youth and wonderful to be around. They are upbeat and have a great sense of humor. The young sister on the far right in the green shirt is from Cameroon and will be entering the MTC in England this month. She is going to the Birmingham, England Mission. We will miss her. The young man next to her in the green shirt just returned from the Berlin Mission. The young man in the white shirt next to the post, just above these two, recently returned from the Ogden, Utah Mission. The young lady on the far right in the black jacket put this all together. She is 18 and a recent convert. Her English is absolutely wonderful. If you did not know you would think she is American.

Don't Pinch your Finger

2009-08-31T04:55:00.000-07:00

This tanker barge probably only has 15 feet (from front to back) space in the lock and about 6-8 inches on each side. It is a tight fit. It takes the tanker about 5 minutes to inch its way into the lock.

An Old House

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This was a typical old House in Hirschhorn on the Neckar. We were coming back down from he Castle.

Starting to Fill the Lock

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The little boat in front of us had plastic pipes to form an arch and a plastic sheet spread over the top to protect them from the rain and sun. They have to wait until another ship comes before the are able to go into the locks and continue their journey.

A Bridge on the Neckar River

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ON of the shots on the Neckar River. You can see another Cruise Ship. On the Rhine they have ships about 300-400 feet long with cabins for overnights or cruises taking a week to cruise the Rhine River.

Locks being Filled

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Here we are on the Neckar River and the locks are being filled so we can go upstream. This was a river cruise on our 42 Anniversary.

Having Fun with Jacob

2009-08-31T04:44:00.000-07:00

The girls are really making Jacob work for his life during the Maze Game. They were giggling and laughin and Jacob was laughing like crazy. They were going to have him crawl under a table. It was a fun night.

The Good and the Evil

2009-08-31T04:42:00.000-07:00

Here is Carol, blindfolded listening to the Holy Ghost and all the evil voices telling her how to go through the maze to get to her goal. This was a family home evening activity.

Funny Statues In Bad Homborg

2009-08-31T04:37:00.000-07:00

These are statues of animals all carrying their loads. These are in the gardens surrounding the Palace in Bad Homborg near Frankfurt. We were coming back from the temple and stopped to tour this castle. They won't let you take pictures of the inside.

Schwetzingen Palace Gardens

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These are trees which have been shapped to form these beautiful arches. This was the hunting palace for the Kings and Queens.

Cable

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Here is a shot of the cable in the Mountain Train tunnels. You can see how steep it is. Anywhere from 21% - 48% grade.

Königstuhl Elevation Chart

2009-08-31T04:27:00.000-07:00

Here you can see how high we are above Sea Level. We took one car up to Molkenkür and then transferred to the Funicular Train for the rest of the trip. By clicking on the picture you can also see the elevevation above Sea Level, around 1700 ft.

Funicular Railroad

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This is the cable rail car takng us up to König Stuhl above Heidelberg. The car coming towards us is comng down. We are at he split for passing. The cable pulling us up (and letting the other car come down) is about the thickness of my forearm where it meets the wrist. Very slow and methodical. König Stuhl is about 1700 feet above See Level.

Waiting for Tao

2009-08-12T00:25:00.000-07:00

This is Bishop Tillet of the American ward entertaining some of the members while we wait for the Sister Missionaries to arrive for the baptism. The girl in the front row with the white skirt is a member from Albania. Her husband has the red tie. The Hoopers are in the back. Sister Tillet is in the back next to their daughter in the red blouse. The sister in front is one of the Relief Society Presidency there to welcome Tao. She gave a very wonderful presentation to Tao welcoming her into the Relief Society. This is in the Relief Society Room.

In front of the Baptismal Font

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This is Elder Sessions from Pleasantview Utah, Elder Squires from Meridian, Idaho (parents moved from Buena Vista, Virginnia after he left), Tao, Elder Hewitt from England, Carol and Me in front of the baptismal font.

Kicking Back

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This is Elder Squires (left) and Elder Hewitt waiting in the Center for Tao to arrive for her baptism. Elder Hewitt is currenty serving in Dusseldorf and was given permission to come back for the baptism. The office is on the left, the library and video library is behind them and the computer lab is to the right. Carol's afghan she crocheted is on the back of the couch between them.

Tao's Baptism

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This is Elder Squires from Idaho via Virginnia (going home 12/August) Elder Hewitt from England and Tao Wang waiting for her baptism to start. Tao is here working on her doctorate in Biochemistry. She is from a town 100 miles outside of Bejing. She is a special spirit. She will be one of the many who go back to China and will part of the conversion story of many people through her actions. They are standing just inside the entrance to the Center for Young Adults. This is Elder Squires second baptism. He confirmed Tao the next day. She will attend the American Military ward.

I know it is in there somewhere

2009-08-12T00:02:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of the bike rack at the Hauptbahnhof (Main Train Station) in Heidelberg. There are probably 1000-2000 bikes. Yes I said 1000-2000 bikes. This is the same picture every day of the year. Trying to find your bike in the middle is absolutely impossible. There is no way to get to it because the bikes are jammed so close together. One of our YSA put his bike there last year when he went to Stuttgart to visit his parents and when he got back he had no idea where his bike was. It is probably still there. There is another area further to the right and it has about 300 bikes, but is far better organized and one can get to the bike. They also have lockers you can put your bike it. Because Heidelberg City is basically a flat area you see thousands of people riding their bikes. Yesterday a 73 year old woman rode her bike from Waldorf (8 miles to the south) to say goodbye to one of the missionaries who is going home today. It is not uncommon seeing women and men in their 70's or 80's tooling down the street on a bike. You also get to see women in skirts and dresses and high heels riding along on their bikes, as well as men in suits and an occasional tuxedo.

I think I see it

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Can you find your bike in this sea of bikes?

Another Angle

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More and more bikes.

University of Heidelberg Library

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This is the library at the University, which is the oldest University in Germany. It is considered the Harvard of Germany. All of their doctoral degrees are in English as is most of their master's degrees. One of our youth had perfect grades, which would be equivalent to a 4.0 and he was sweating whether he would be admitted to study medicine. He was successful. Even thugh the University or Uni is old this library was built in the beginning of he 20th century. It is a very International Student population. Our missionaries have taught students from this university from the Ukraine, Spain, China, the USA, Estonia. Pakistan, Sierre Leone. Georgia, Taiwan and Turkey.

St Michail's Burg

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This is in Mettlach and is an old fortress from the early 1th century. It was up a 2 mile 30% incline. Got a work out with the legs.

St. Linius Church

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This is in Mettlach, Germany in the Saarland, next to France. We were here visiting the outlet store for Villaroyal & Boch fine china. The factory is not too far away and was a former Abbey. The China is very wonderful. Would have loved to bring home a set, but could not figure out a way to get a complete set of 12 home.

Panoramic Views of Trier

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This is the first of 6 panoramic views of Trier, going from left to right (North to South) looking out across Trier. The pictures were taken from atop the Markusberg. The Mosel River winds through the countryside. It is a very beautiful river. Trier was founded in 2050 BC, 1,300 years before Rome. It is the oldest city in Germany, which can be documented. The architecture is amazing. We simply did not have enough time to see all of it. It will require another visit. One of the churches, The St. Peter's Dom or Trier Dom contains what is claimed to be the robe Christ wore during his terrible ordeal before Crucifixion. Helen, the mother of Constantine brought it to Trier in the 4th Century. She also brought one of the nails claimed to be used to crucify Christ. They are not on display very often. The last time being in 1996. There is also a Church called St. Mathias which is supposed to have some of the skeletal remains of Matthias, the apostle who was called to replace Judas Iscariot. Trier was one of the residences of Constantin for a short period of time.

More of Trier

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Continue beautiful view of the Valley in which Trier lies. We are about 40 miles from France and Belgium. (behind us)

3rd of 6 Panoramic Views of Trier

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If you double click you can see some of the beautiful downtown sites in Trier.

Continuing Panorama

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More of Trier.

Panoramic Views of Trier

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Continuation from left to right.

Trier Panoramic View

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Looking south towards France.

Trier Downtown Plaza

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Such beautiful and interesting architecture.

Ornate Windows

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This is some of the typical windows you see in downtown Trier. The original picture shows it as being correct, but when I download it into this blog it keeps turning it sideways.

The Steipe House

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This is a remarkable building on the Town Square. It is named after the portals at the bottom, which are called Steipe in local dialect. You see two Knights of Roland on the second floor on each side of the building. On the lower levels you will be able to see the 4 city saints, Peter, Paul, Helen the mother of Constantine and (can't remember the other person). It is truly beautiful as you will see when you double click on it to enlarge it. The orginal figures were removed during WWII and hidden away to keep them from being destroyed. The original are now in the Simeon Museum next to the Porta Nigra. These are replicas.

St Peter's Fountain

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This is in the Town Square. Peter is the Patron Saint of Trier. He is atop the fountain and on the lower level are statutes of 4 women depicting the four virtues. Knowledge, Equality, (Can't remember the other two) These are copies of the originals The originals are on display in the Simeon Museum to preserve them deterioration due to weather. Carol and Elder and Sister Miller are in front. The Millers are from Logan and serve in the Darmstadt Center.

Porta Nigra Interior

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You can still see the intricate friezes on the interior walls. most of which are still intact. Amazing stone work for that time.

Porta Nigra

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This is the remains of the Northern Gate entrance to Trier. It was built in the last part of the 2nd Century. It was originally white sandstone, but over the years has become blackened and is now called the Porta Nigra, or Black Gate. It is 36 meters wide (about 110 feet) and the west tower is 30 meters (about 93 feet) tall. Sometime after 1035 the top two floors were converted to a church. In the first part of the 1800's the church modernizations were removed. The wall which extended around the city was 6.5 Kilometers long or about 4 miles. There was so much to see and we didn't have enough time to see it all, so we were not able to get a picture what he original wall looked like.

Heidelberg Zone Ice Cream Break

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This is on P-day on Haupt Strasse, a pedestrian shopping zone.

Needed, new shoes

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Elder Squires keeps loosing the end of his shoe. He glues it back on and it comes off. He finally decided to stop trying to glue it back on. He goes home in August.

Carol and the Ponds

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These are pictures of Carol at two of the ponds in the Schwetzingen Gardens. The bottom picture is taken from the top of a grotto and rock garden plaza.

Looking down the garden trees

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Great shot to give you and idea of how expansive the gardens are.

Beautiful Sculpted Trees

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These are trees in the gardens at the Palace in Schwetzingen. They are probably 20-30 feet talk and have been forced to grow together to form arches. You see this all over the gardens.

Heidelberg Schloss Model

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This is what the Heidelberg Schloss looked like in its glory days. The back side of the model is what you see from below and looking out across from Heilige Berg.

Elevation Chart

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This shows you the elevation gain. We took the Mountain Train from the stop at the bottom, past the castle to Molkenkur, then changed to the older funicular train up to Koenig Stuhl.

Final Ascent to Koenig Stuhl

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This is the final steep grade to reach our destination of Koenig Stuhl. The final slope is about 45 degrees.

Cable Safety

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This is a picdture of the cable which pulls the funicular up the hill, It then is let out to let the cable car ride back down on the tracks.

Collision Course

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This is riding the funicular railroad from downtown old Heidelberg up to Koenig Stuhl. It looks like we have a problem, but if you click on the picture you will see the bypass rails for us to safely go on up and the other train to come down.

Our meal at Talblick

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The last item on the menu is called, "I can't decide what I want to eat." So we ordered it. It was a sampler of a steak, salmon, pork chop, chicken cutlet, sausage, tater tots, bacon and onion ring. It came with garlic potato and a deep fried cheeze ball. It also came with a large bowl of french fries, but that detracted from the scene. It was very delicious. Of course we haven't eaten since then.

Talblick Restaurant

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This islooking out the window from the Talblick (Valley View) restaurant in Wilhelmsfield. We went there for Carol's birthday after we inspected the missionaries apartment in Michelstadt. It was a beautiful view.

3 of our youth in the Center.

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This is Michael Bodmer, Frank Baader and Rachel Hansen at our family home evening and a farewell party for Rachel who has been an Au Pair in Worms. She is going back home for her sisters wedding. Michael is getting married in September.

Koenig Stuhl Mountain across from Heilige Berg

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This tower is on Koenig Stuhl mountain above old Heidelberg. It is about 569 meters tall. The tower is a radio transmitting tower.

The Heidelberg Schloss (Castle)

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This is a picture from Heilige Berg (Holy Mountain) looking out across the old town of Heidelberg with the Castle in the background. The scaffolding around the tower on the left is the framework for shoring up the tower. When done they will remove the scaffolding, but you will still not be able to enter that tower.

Beautiful Heidelberg

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This is looking down from Philosopher's Way on Heilige Berg (Holy Mountain) The bridge is where Carol posed with the Affe Statue. In the background is the Heidelberg Schloss (Palace Ruins) in the background. You can see the Heilige Geist (Holy Ghost) directly above the bridge. These type of hills are what we see daily when we drive back and forth from Nussloch to the Center. The barge going under the bridge is about 150 feet long.

Carol and the Affe

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This litle sculpture is on the side of the Neckar River next to the pedestrian bridge. We are getting ready to cross the river and walk up a path to the mountain in the background. This was on a P-Day.

Looking Down

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This is the center of the Zeil Shopping Center.

Funnel in the Department Store Zeil

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This is the front of the store and this is what the roof looks like. It appears to be a funnel coming through the building, but is part of the roof structure.

The Mimes

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This is Manuelle, Ines and Madlen with 4 mimes. The two on the end in gray stayed poised and two of them would interact with the people. This is in front of the Zeil Department Store.

Glass Roof at the Zeil Shopping Center in Frankfurt

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This is inside the 6 story very modern, very new shopping Center in downtown Frankfurt.

After a visit to the Frankfurt Temple for the Young Adult baptismal session and Institute Class we stopped by downtown Frankfurt. This roof undulates through the building. I imagine it would be rather spectacular during a heavy rainstorm with a river running through the building.

Church of the Reformation in Frankfurt

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This is a picture of Ines, Manuelle, Sister Glissmeyer and Madlen in the Church. There were such statues all over inside.

The Hunt

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Sister Eggleston and I standing next to a statute on a pond depicting the hunts which took place in the surrounding area.

Schematic of the Gardens at the Palace in Schwetzingen

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This is a metal base relief of the gardens at the Palace. The gardens cover 50 acres.

The Three Wisemen

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This is on a building in downtown Schwetzingen. Click on the picture to get the full size. Many of the houses on this street have this sculptures.

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Schwetzingen Palace

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This is Sister Eggleston (Vernal, Utah)and Sister Moser (South Jordan, Utah) and at the Schloss (Palace) in Schwetzingen. The gardens are 50 acres of beauty. Ponds, streams, small waterfalls, geese, swans, ducks, grottos, small mosques (as a place of wisdom, not a place for a Muslim to worship), small lake, sculpted trees and bushes.

Typical Neighborhood Intersection

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This is what a an intersection looks like. The dashed line on the road is in lieu of a stopsign. If you are on a street with a yellow diamond signpost you have the right of way and the person having this dashed line in their lane means they are to stop until it is clear. If you are on a road without a yellow diamond signpost you must yield to the person or your right. Because of the hedges right up to the intersection you need to slow down so you can stop if you see someone coming from your right. The normal neighborhood speed limit is 30 kilometers or 18 mph. This particular street has two cameras on it to take a picture if you exceed the posted speed limit by more than 5 mph.

World Famous Drosselsgasse in Rudesheim

2009-06-04T00:18:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of me standing on the Drosselgasse (ally) in Rudesheim. It is very picturesque with beautiful little stores and wonderful restaurants.

Hotel Castle

2009-06-04T00:14:00.000-07:00

Some of the castles are now hotels.

The Modern and the Old

2009-06-04T00:10:00.000-07:00

Here you see a picture of the modern trains, the old Cathedrals and the old Tower in the back, which is actually part of the Church.

Colorful Castle

2009-06-04T00:09:00.000-07:00

Very prett and impressive. This is the Castle Hotel Auf Schoenburg in Oberwesel on the middle Rhine River. There are large rocks in the river. According to the legend, there were 7 virgins of the castle Schonburg who fled from their suitors over the Rhine river. Here the hard-hearted ladies were supposed to have turned themselves into stone.

Decorated Tunnel Entrances

2009-06-04T00:06:00.000-07:00

The entrances to the car tunnels along the Rhine look like they are mini castles or turrets on a castle.

Castle View to Castle

2009-06-04T00:04:00.000-07:00

This is a typical view from one Castle to another across the River. Each bend in the river ha sa castle so they can see who is coming up or down the river. This is looking from the ruins of the Castle Burg Rheinfels in St. Goar. The castle in the background is across the Rhine River and is called Castle Katz in St. Goarshausen.