Here in Almersbach

We arrived from our flight from Palma de Mallorca Sunday evening in Stuttgart. We took the train to Bachnang and then a taxi to Lili and Dieter's house and arrived there at 12:30 in the morning. They opened a bottle of bubbly and we stayed up until 2:30 celebrating. It was nice to arrive in some loving arms after our long trip south.
These people are lovely. They, as all of our other relatives have done here in Europe, have treated us as their own children and have accepted us into their lives as if we have only been gone for a few days. Gerhard has had a wonderful time talking, you all know how much he loves to do that. His german language is spectacular now and he and his relatives have come to know each other well through sharing. A time like this will never come again for several of these people by the time we are able to ever get back here. The world moves quickly and claims all of us and several of these loved ones are older and suffer from the world's illnesses. We share and love each other well with all of this kept in mind.
We leave already tomorrow to take the train to Karlsruhe for a few days, then Stuttgart for two days and then off by train to Paris for 6 days on our own before our 14-day bus trip starts for France.
We are well, no sicknesses as of yet, and are feeling quite alive. We miss you all and hope that the winter is treating you as well as it is treating us.
Love J and G xoxo