We arrived in Detmold, Germany in time for dinner. The arrangements were for the tour group to be hosted by serveral families for the weekend this was a little streching for some of us! There was no reason to fear, however. All of us had a very enjoyable stay.
We stayed with a couple our close to our age and it required very little time to become acquainted and by the time we left on Monday morning we had become good friends. Our langauge and culture was very similar eventhough they had only left Russia in 1988 and most of our people left there in the early 1870's. What was a much greater blessing to us was that our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ was so very much the same that we chatted for hours on Saturday and again on Sunday after a wonderful church service. The people at church were so friendly, from a young lady that I talked with to the older people in the congreagation. They appeared so real and their faith and prayers also were very encouraging to us.
Today some of us in the group had the privilage to travel with one of our drivers to his home town to meet his wife, grandfather, mother and three of his siblings. What an experience! They had prepared a very tasty lunch for us. The chicken wings were the best that we have every tasted. The singing of a few hymns and the conversations was a great blessing as well.
Punpkins, anyone? A roadside display.
Did we buy this house in Detmold? Not yet!
A Sunday afternoon stroll around downtown with our new friends.
All of the places we have visited have so many old buildings!
Still downtown....
Hard to get the ducks in a row! Not to mention the swans.
A small river as we enter the town of Höxter where our driver lives.
Also in Höxter - worth a google. We did not have time to stop so our driver just treated us with a driveby
CORVEY – UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
I apologies for the quality of the photos, many of them are taken as we drive.
Tomorrow is our last day in Germany and we will spend our final few days in the Netherlands.
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