We have moved to the state of Bavaria (West Germany in former times). Our first city stop is Schweinfurt, where we are being hosted by the Schweinfurt-Peterstirn Rotary Club.
We attended Distrikt 7390's Conference on Samstag (Saturday). Rotary International's theme for 2008-09 is Macht Träume wahr (Make dreams real). We had the opportunity to introduce ourselves to the 300+ attendees (in German!) with the other two GSE teams from the Distrikt. The team who visited our district in Pennsylvania gave a presentation about their experiences in South Central PA and showed photos of their time in the area. During lunch, we set up a table with tastes from PA: Snyder's pretzels, Herlocher's mustard, and Hershey's chocolate. This also gave us the chance to meet and greet RC members from around the Distrikt in areas we did not have the chance to visit. During the conference, we also saw friends we've made along the way on our trip from Arnstadt, Erfurt, Gera, Jena, and Weimar. "Now this is something really special..." We said goodbye to the German GSE team who we first met in PA. Thank you Distrikt 7390 for sponsoring the team to PA; we had many good times together. It's good to have friends across the Atlantic.
After the conference, we visited Kunsthalle, a former bath house turned into a modern art museum. Next, we were off for a city tour with Fritz before a wünderbar dinner hosted by RC Freund, Barbara. Das Essen war ausgezeichnet!
Sonntag (Sunday) was an adventure filled day. We enjoyed a fahrrad (bike) ride of the surrounding area with Jürgen. We had a personal tour of the 829-year-old village of Königsberg with a former mayor, who told great stories! We learned the discovery of America was assisted by Regiomontanus, son of Königsberg. Columbus positioned his ships based on tables developed by Regiomontanus.
Dinner featured spargelessen at the Weinstall Castell, a vineyard located in the hilltop village of Castell.
While our time in Schweinfurt was limited, we enjoyed the new friends made and the opportunity to explore the region. Vielen Dank!
°tina and kevin:)
P.S. Zum Geburstag Viel Glück Will! (Happy birthday, Will!)
We attended Distrikt 7390's Conference on Samstag (Saturday). Rotary International's theme for 2008-09 is Macht Träume wahr (Make dreams real). We had the opportunity to introduce ourselves to the 300+ attendees (in German!) with the other two GSE teams from the Distrikt. The team who visited our district in Pennsylvania gave a presentation about their experiences in South Central PA and showed photos of their time in the area. During lunch, we set up a table with tastes from PA: Snyder's pretzels, Herlocher's mustard, and Hershey's chocolate. This also gave us the chance to meet and greet RC members from around the Distrikt in areas we did not have the chance to visit. During the conference, we also saw friends we've made along the way on our trip from Arnstadt, Erfurt, Gera, Jena, and Weimar. "Now this is something really special..." We said goodbye to the German GSE team who we first met in PA. Thank you Distrikt 7390 for sponsoring the team to PA; we had many good times together. It's good to have friends across the Atlantic.
After the conference, we visited Kunsthalle, a former bath house turned into a modern art museum. Next, we were off for a city tour with Fritz before a wünderbar dinner hosted by RC Freund, Barbara. Das Essen war ausgezeichnet!
Sonntag (Sunday) was an adventure filled day. We enjoyed a fahrrad (bike) ride of the surrounding area with Jürgen. We had a personal tour of the 829-year-old village of Königsberg with a former mayor, who told great stories! We learned the discovery of America was assisted by Regiomontanus, son of Königsberg. Columbus positioned his ships based on tables developed by Regiomontanus.
Dinner featured spargelessen at the Weinstall Castell, a vineyard located in the hilltop village of Castell.
While our time in Schweinfurt was limited, we enjoyed the new friends made and the opportunity to explore the region. Vielen Dank!
°tina and kevin:)
P.S. Zum Geburstag Viel Glück Will! (Happy birthday, Will!)
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