Friday, November 2 continued...
During our
Osterferien in 2013 (see the end of
this post and the first part of
this), we visited our former German
exchange student, JS, and her family in their home near
Wolfsburg. We
wanted to see them again and they graciously hosted us in lovely home.
JS is in the middle of her
Ausbildung at
Volkswagen, combining a practical
apprenticeship (paid job!) and university studies (paid for by VW!). [Come USA! We need to get with the program to create not only a trained workforce, but low student debt and the subsequent consequences to our economy! There is very little down side--JS will finish her college degree with no debt and job security if she chooses to stay at VW.] She has a sweet little apartment
in
Wolfsburg, near the
VW complex, which we stopped by to see, but she spent the weekend at her parents'
home while we were there. When we arrived on Friday, they had a lovely
lunch set out: homemade tomato soup, bread, and homemade cakes with
coffee after. Mid-afternoon they had reserved spots of us to
tour the VW plant (or a small part of it--it's HUGE!), then a very
Deutsch supper
of
Rouladen when we returned to their house. J and I stayed at a nearby
Pension while the girls stayed with JS at the house.
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| Waiting outside the VW visitors complex for the ferry that would take us to the tour start location. |
Saturday, November 3
We
slept in a little--ME slept in A LOT--then ate a rather late breakfast together at the S home. Late
morning we headed into
Wolfsburg to go shopping with JS. We met her dad
and boyfriend, L, at a nearby Italian restaurant for lunch and then
walked through the pedestrian zone to shop a little more. Nothing
exciting, just mostly being together. The evening meal was a traditional
Abendbrot.
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| Snapshots of a Bauernhof in Isenbüttel as I walked from the Pension back to the S home. |
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| On our walk through the pedestrian zone in Wolfsburg after we had been shopping, the girls found these wolf statues and had to pose for photos, of course. Notice they're only wearing sweatshirts! It is so warm! |
Sunday, November 4
We rose
early to pack up and shared a final breakfast meal with the S family before hitting the road. We had a long drive to get back to
München and traffic on the
Autobahn can be rather unpredictable. We
stopped in
Leipzig for a break and a light lunch (coffee and some bakery foods, since regular stores aren't open on Sundays) and walked through the pedestrian zone to the church where
J.S. Bach worked and is buried. Then it was back on the road with gray skies
all the way "home" to
München. I think we arrived back at the apartment
between 5 and 6 p.m. although it's all a little blurry now! I found a
spot on the street to park the rental car and then got busy unpacking,
starting the loads of laundry [many--it wasn't all washed and dried until about Friday!], and getting settled again. School
starts bright and early tomorrow morning!
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| College of music in Leipzig. |
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| It was quiet and uncrowded on this cool fall Sunday morning. |
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| The accordion player was amazing! He was playing these impossible Bach organ fugues on that little thing. Should have taken a video to post... |
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| Bach's grave (floor panel with flowers) |
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| One of two organs in the church. Would love to return for a concert! |
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