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So planning in earnst, another mini-trip to his birthplace


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Part of our European trip will include the area where dearie was born and where his family roots still are/have been in southern Germany, not far from French border.  (In France, it is the region of Alsace....German influences in cuisine, some dresswear, etc.)

This is the area where he will take us.  I've met some relatives on another earlier trip. Dearie was born when the bombs were being dropped. WWII.  His mother had to get up after birth and go to another room for safety in hospital. Photo of area.  2nd photo is his cousin's vineyard (in family since 1700's) .  He had walked the vineyard paths with his mother when she was alive over 25 yrs. ago.  She brought food over from another family location by walking 3 km. through the woods, etc. to the restaurant-inn where the French soldiers occupied the place for a month.  By feeding them, it was survival for the family.

 

 

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5 hours ago, smudge said:

His mother sounds like a strong woman. Be sure to share a few pics from the trip please. :)

By coincidence, we will be near the port in Italy, where dearie had boarded the ship with his family to get to CAnada (Halifax, Pier 22. It is now a large national museum for CAnadian immigrants crossing the Atlantic from late 1800's to mid 1950's. )

His area of Germany is the famous area for German wines, lots of well preserved medieval, Rennaissance/baroque architecture/art....in addition to the plainer Lutheran stuff.

 

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