In the Trees


         I loathe blogs when I look at them ...they look hasty, like someone babbling. 
              Paul Theroux 


            Trust me...and Carolin....this blog is anything BUT hasty.
            Sie können uns vertrauen, dieser Blog ist nicht einfach nur daher gebrabbelt.


A day in the sunshine and in a shady woods ......Lena
Ein Tag in der Sonne und in den Schatten der Bäume.

                          
This was the day of the ropes course in the trees. 
Heute waren wir im Kletterpark am Freischütz in Schwerte.

This ropes course was TOTALLY unlike the ones that our Confirmation Classes do each year, it was was great fun. I really think we should put this in the Confirmation budget....do you suppose $15,000 would do it to cover flights to Germany?

 Anscheinend hat sich dieser Kletterwald komplett von denen, die Bob mit seinen Konfirmanden besucht, unterschieden. Alle hatten eine Menge Spaß!
Die Amerikaner sind der festen Überzeugung in Zukunft diesen Park für die Konfifahrten einzuplanen. Das Budget wird schon besprochen. 😉

                            

Though Amber and Meinke got some time at the marina. 

               
                   
Lo launches off the tree


                                 

Trevor, James, Sarah, Grace


                                   Sharon



Lo and Fred prepare

                            

Andreas, Simon, Chad


Christie

                           
Michael, Gracie, Carolin

                                               

        Sarah, Lisa, Michael, Simon, Nils

                         
                                  
             Carolin, Emma


James

                                        Ellie

Our German hosts have been very kind and attentive to a bunch of jet-lagged travelers and it has been appreciated so much.
Wir Deutschen haben schon eine Menge Lob und Dank für unsere Geduld mit unseren mehr oder weniger gejetlagden Austauschschülern bekommen. 
(We just try our best to at least touch the amout of kindess we experienced last year.)

I am staying with Rev. Frank and wife Birgit and one son, Felix has been here also. So far we have sampled the local liquid culture (if you catch my drift), been to the Marina, walked the town and fields surrounding Bergkamen. 

On Monday night we solved the U.S. Healthcare dilemma and on Tuesday night we discussed the life of Martin Luther and the Reformation.
Tonight we will work on universal world peace and the existential nature of humans....or just discuss German soccer and the favored local teams & sample more chocolate Buckeyes (which I brought) and decaf latte's.

Bob wohnt bei Pfarrer Frank Hielscher und seiner Familie in Bergkamen.
Bis jetzt wurde schon das Dilemma der amerikanischen Krankenversicherungen gelöst und das Leben von Martin Luther, sowie die Reformation diskutiert. Heute geht es dann um den Weltfrieden oder vielleicht auch nur um die generelle Existenz der Menschen, welches ja bekanntlich beides sehr entspannte und einfache Gesprächsthemen sind. 
Naja, vielleicht geht es auch einfach nur um Fußball, koffeinfreie Kaffees oder amerikanische Schokolade, die Bob mitgebracht hat.
Wir werden es sicherlich herausfinden!


Peace,   Bob & Caro












Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 19, 2017 at 5:54 AM

    Great pics, Bob! Please ask Sharon to make that one her profile picture!

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  2. amos_mooseJuly 19, 2017 at 7:29 AM

    I better get going now in the paperwork for that ropes course in the fall ;-)

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