You just can't go back.

Twenty five years ago Jim and I spent one night and part of a day in Idar-Obarstein, Germany. It was a quaint town, with curving streets, flowered window boxes and great memories. Yesterday, we drove there again. The first picture is of Jim in front of the hotel where we stayed years ago. The second picture is of the same streets, today. So much for the memories. It is now a very large, commerical area. We ate lunch at a cafe and walked around some. We were very disappointed--just can't go back and expect things to be the same. We used Fifi to get us back to Greimersburg. But who knew that their are two towns called Morbach about 40 km from Idar-Oberstein? We used Morbach as a reference point for Fifi. Well, one Morbach goes SE and one goes NW. We didn't realize there were two until we had gone 80 km out of our way. Took us twice as long to get back. And then the charger for Fifi died and so did she! We kind of winged from where we were. That Fifi. The bonus of the day is shown in the third picture. We went to the local pub again for dinner--Jens had prepared a special meal for us and it was fantastic. Filet Mignion, fried potatoes and a whole head of fresh cauliflower. We had ordered it a couple nights before. Yum, yum. He's preparing the meal for us on Friday--a surprise dinner--all German food. Can't wait!!

Today is a lazy day. We took a 4 km walk to Landkern. They have a lovely catholic church--we sat inside and said our prayers. Peaceful. We walked around town, Jim looking at new houses being built. I found the hairdresser and have an appointment for tomorrow for a cut. It hasn't been cut since Mary Sue did it in April--I'm a wee bit shaggy. On the way back from the walk, we passed a farm with 3 horses. I started talking to them and they came right over to the fence. Very sweet horses. One in particular, gave me lots of attention. The picture is for my grandaughter, Erika, who loves horses and is quite an equestrian. The horse gummed my hand and arm for quite some time. Great!!Obviously, that is the second to last pic and the last one is just of some wild flowers along the way.

Tonight, I'm going to look for apartments around Brugge, Belgium on the internet. We really like this apartment thing. It's cheaper than hotels and we can spread out!!