Catching Up

What a whirl.  The day after Thanksgiving, Sir and I had a treat.  My Uncle Jack, (my mom's brother) who has lived in California all of my life, is a world traveler.  He and Yvonne spent last New Year's eve in Buenos Aires, they've been to Turkey, and China, and, well, everywhere.  They have no idea that they're 85 years old, and they hop onto a plane, bus or boat and just go, go, go.  It was my good fortune that they chose a Rhein River cruise for one of their adventures this year, and they had an afternoon stop in Heidelberg.

We ventured to the Palmbrau Gasse, a cozy, timbered cafe just beside the mammoth Church of the Holy Ghost downtown.  There was a huge group from their tour, but there was room for us to have a table with Uncle Jack, Yvonne, her son Glenn and his wife Jill.  I hadn't seen any of them in many years, and Sir had never met them, so we had plenty to talk about, including Uncle Jack's years in the navy during WWII and Yvonne's adventures living between Europe and New York as a child.  The restaurant owner was so kind to us, and actually gave Pete and me the gift of including us in the group and paying for our lunch!

And there you go.  First family visitors to Germany.  Come on, Mom, Dad and the rest of you - it's catch-up time!!