Fabian's German Field trip and Majorca Spain trip

could be hawaii but no waves
night field trip to look at the stars Taken by aliens and returned


Ocean's 18 - Fabian
to be young again
the new drink
sanria in a bucket
it's a tobacco pipe
the day after

Life in Hamburg - Food, Jägermeister, Family

Jägermeister Family

somehow Fabian, Uncle Rolf, and I finished off a large Jagermeister bottle by ourselves during a dessert break, that turned into a serious drinking session. because of the hearty meal of sausage, heavy bread, and cheese, shown below, i managed not to puke in the woods and embaress myself on the short walk home. today i can drink it so, unlike tequila, so apparently it really must be medicinal like my family tells me.

stadtpark

the park next to the neighborhood is beautiful. it is 3 miles around the lake and you see people 77 years old riding bicycles, walking, etc. everyone looks so healthy. the two pics above are examples of the park. why can't our parks be like this...it is clean, no garbage on the floor, dogs walk without leashes and actually are very well behaved... maybe its because people respect nature here, maybe its a social system and/or maybe the "tragedy of the commons" applies here.

Tante Ingrid (75 years old - and still going strong) and Kiki
Snoop Doggy Dog

hearty german snack - Dinner for me
people like flowers here. that is another nice thing about germany. flowers are cheap and everyone grows them in their yard. my aunts house has 7 flower vases all over. this is a picture of a house of a summer house, about 700 square feet.

german playground



aunt's house in germany

its not cold yet

Mafiosi Herta

i think the cigarettes had alcohol in them, either that, or she snuck in a shot of jager

Uncle Rolf - school's out

common german soup - yes those are sasauges

The Bachelor - Fabian

The Plane Ride from Hell

I had the unfortunate experience of sitting next to a girl who thought she was Lola, from the movie "Run, Lola Run!"

Unfortunately she was on the plane in another row. i say unfortunate because the stewardess from hell thought they were being nice and moved her a way from the strict german couple she was sitting next to. in any case she ended up with her freakin laptop on my stuff, her weirdo notes and books on the seat next to me, and both lights shinning to me.....blah blah blah. that wouln't have been so bad because in airlane warfare i should have just taken over the window seat and draped my legs over the seat and just gone to sleep. but i like the aisle and usually it is a choice seat because u dont have to climb over someoneone. well, lola as i call her freakin was on speed or something and climbed over me about 5 times, in her hippy, stinky, weaverville outfit, and worked feaverishly all night. then she put her weirdo camping bag near the safety stuff so the stweardess freaked out and woke me up and asked me if it was mine.el lola freak then wanted tp get out so she could go put the bag away, but at that time, where u going to put it ??? the plane was full andbags have shifted. i had taken two valium because turbulence was BAD and the plane was shaking all over the place. I gave up on sleeping and just dealt with it. When we landed, el freako, decieded she wanted to go out the service way exit and wanted out again. i finally just asked her, can you just wait until the line is going? there's noplace to go anway, but she pointed out the service exit so I just got up again. as we were walking down the gangway, she asked me - is this your first time to germany? i finally had it and said, look, if ur going to travel again don't climb over someone 20 times because its really rude. she was like i had no idea.so i am thinking what freaking planet was I or she on???? i thought she might have come from hawaii specifically from weaverville. werdo.

FYI - and by the way because the keyboard is wirder here than in canada the words are definetly going to come out backwards.

Supermarkets

It's Sam !!!!!!!!
Beer with history
Dessert
Sushi Taxi - apparently the name is because they deliver sushi

Chat Miso and her teddy dog
Mitch's domicile
produce - boring frommage....
exciting frommage

The price of food here is pretty good. Produce, vegetables, and fruits are a way of life here. Right now the US dollar to the Canadian dollar is 1.00 to .90 cents.We went to the supermarket and the food is basically the same. with the exception of the boring frommage that mitch told me to get away from. Apparently there is boring cheese and good cheese. We saw a bunch of beer that was named after the history of Quebec, which was pretty cool. There was also a beer that Mitch said had Sam's pic on it.

We went shopping in Quebec. There were very nice shops - Tristan and America - all around clothing, Parasuco -famous jeans where the belt buckle rack was apporximately 230 US dollars, Simmons a department store. The winter clothing apparel was really nice of course.

The only thing that really sucked was the tax here. Apparently they have a federal tax and a provincial tax - that at one time you could get back if you were a tourist. But it is something like 14 percent. In the end of the tax year you also have to pay more taxes. So even though health care and schooling is subsidized by the government, you basically get half of what you make. Food in grocery stores is tax free but everything else is not.

Cap-Sante Canada

Trees turning color
river bed of the Saint Laurent River
Mitch's Grandpere
old folks home that was a hotel
Old historic house from 1900's

jolies fleurs

house with erosion issues

Church 1800's

Cap-Sante is a very beautiful old canadian town, approximately 30 minutes outside of Quebec, and is comprised of several old houses dating back to the late 1800's to the early 1900's. Like most towns in this era the church is the focal point of the town, and is very beautiful too. Mitch (Michelles) says that not many people go to church anymore so the chruches have a hard time paying for upkeep. in this case the church door was locked. Micth also said the pews are straight 90 degree angles and were very uncomfortable - I guess thats the throwback to the 1800's when they wanted you to stay awake during sermons....

Like any area that has lots of room, and hasn't been developed there is a quaintness and charming feel to the houses.

Quebecois

Cat and Mitch Me and Sarah
at Cosmos
Miso Mitch's sweatheart chat
late night activities can you say rumplemints?
Mitch just picked me up at the airport and we went to meet Cat and Sarah. It was a surprise for them because they had no idea I would be there. It was fun and the food at the restaurant was very good, big portions, and the atmosphere lively. So farùwe have had quite a bit of fun!!!!!!

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Lake HoptacongYacht Club

Captain Olivia
Captians Charlie and Georgia

Chalie - MostImproved Award
Awards Ceremony Labor Day

"The Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club is a private club located in northwestern New Jersey, on the state's largest lake. The club was founded in 1905, and our current clubhouse dates to 1910. The clubhouse was built in the Adirondack style, using local logs, and was recently placed on the National and New Jersey registers of historic places. "

Who knew that this place had so much history? I spentmost of the day sleeping in and recovering fromyester days activities. I had also swum in the lake and was not sure if I got something from the water. think not clear and sewaweed puling at your leg.....

If things look weird on the site its because i am in Canada and the keyboard is funky.

The cousins are cute so I am going to post more pics here. But all I have to say is Olivia, Georgia, Charlie and Stella are going to be fierce competitors with the yacht club .....