tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10580611023014195522024-03-19T01:16:48.248-07:00Staying in FrankfurtRebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-19378019808987117802017-12-10T15:05:00.002-08:002017-12-10T15:05:38.146-08:00December endings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Apparently it is assumed that with the holidays fast approaching, all Christmas luncheons and parties should be held the first week of December thereby "freeing" us all up for others things the rest of the month. Unfortunately, it also makes for one hectic and busy week but lots of fun too!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.85px;">The Legal department ate at a great German restaurant that has been serving food since the late 1700's around the time of the Revolutionary War. The same family has owned it since the late 1800's! </span></div>
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Don and Jill Roberts ( who is our volunteer volunteer coordinator for refugee projects : what they will do when she goes home to Idaho next month is scary: she is so awesome and a dear friend) with Lynn Driscoll our British barrister in the office! No really, she was a barrister in London before going to work for the church.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The next event this week took place on St. Nikolas day. The Caritas staff gave all their volunteers and staff a final thank-you for the service rendered at the Rebstok refugee camp. This is Andrea, a favorite of mine whom I will miss a lot. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> After the luncheon and thank you speeches we were asked to return to Rebstok where a photo shoot took place for Caritas that had helped sponsored the summer fest a few months ago. A state minister came and gave Caritas €6500 for having such great volunteers and doing a good job of helping the refugees integrate into German society. We were delighted when so many of the refugee families also returned and had sort of a reunion of sorts since they are all now in differing living situations. I loved the hugs and genuine warmth extended to us as volunteers and received from all these people we have come to love. Both of those boys have grown at least 6 inches this summer</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">By Friday, we weren't done yet! The senior sister missionaries along with Sisters Nelson, Johnson, and Sabin all had a little going away luncheon at one of our nearby Italian bistros for me. A final good-bye for both Randy and I will be this week at our weekly Book of Mormon class which Jill Roberts will teach. I am looking forward to the lesson as she is an amazing teacher: she and Don taught Seminary last year. She had taught for years in Idaho. You can tell.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The ward Christmas party was Saturday night : we had gone back into Frankfurt to the flea market one last time Saturday morning after we realized it was too cold for a bike ride. I found a couple of ornaments and Randy bought a watch repair kit. . Randy and I took Elfi with us to the ward party in the evening. The young women of the ward were in charge and did a great job from the the decor to the food to the entertainment. They worked so hard to make this a lovely evening. Our friend, Nicole Ludwig, who has been our contact with the Rebstok refugees and now with Krift, also came with Trisha Leimer, one of the forces with Their Story is Our Story. I was so happy she would honor us again by participating with us as she has been integral to our volunteer service with the refugees and been a friend to all of us.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;">
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Sunday we had two or three more events: lunch at our house with Elfi, then we took dinner over to Elder and Sister Wright (family history technicians). She had blown out a disk and they did microsurgery on Thursday. She came home this morning and is doing really well.</div>
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Then we finished the evening with a wonderful dinner with Kiever and Constanza and their 2 month old son Arturo, who is a doll. Lovey black hair and starting to talk back when you talk with him. What a sweetheart and they are going to be great parents. </div>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-83957491083931991422017-11-16T08:53:00.002-08:002017-11-16T08:53:22.758-08:00Göltzsch Viaduct near Chemnitz in Leipzig Stake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">When we spoke at the Leipzig Stake RS Women's conference, we drove under this bridge. It is amazing and HUGE.</span></h1>
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Göltzsch Viaduct</h1>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Göltzsch Viaduct</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (German: </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Göltzschtalbrücke</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">) is a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_bridge" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Railway bridge">railway bridge</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in Germany. It is the largest brick-built bridge in the world, and for a time it was the tallest railway bridge in the world. It spans the valley of the Göltzsch River between </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylau" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mylau">Mylau</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netzschkau" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Netzschkau">Netzschkau</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichenbach_im_Vogtland" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Reichenbach im Vogtland">Reichenbach im Vogtland</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Germany">German</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Free State of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxony" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Saxony">Saxony</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. It was built between 1846 and 1851 as part of the railway between Saxony (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwickau" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Zwickau">Zwickau</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plauen" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Plauen">Plauen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">) and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hof,_Germany" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Hof, Germany">Hof</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">). It is currently part of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig%E2%80%93Hof_railway" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Leipzig–Hof railway">Leipzig–Hof line</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, near the Netzschkau station</span></div>
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Size of the bridge compared to a car</div>
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One of the greatest challenges in constructing a railway between Saxony and Bavaria was how to bridge the Göltzsch valley. Hoping to find a financially feasible construction plan, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon-Bavarian_Railway_Company" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company">Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company</a>announced a contest on 27 January 1845 in all major German magazines with prize money of 1000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Thaler">Thalers</a>. However, none of the 81 submissions could prove by means of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_analysis" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Structural analysis">structural analysis</a> that it would be able to withstand the stresses of rail traffic on the bridge. The prize money was eventually divided among four contestants, but none of their designs were actually realized.</div>
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The chairman of the jury, professor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andreas_Schubert" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Johann Andreas Schubert">Johann Andreas Schubert</a> subsequently designed a bridge himself, making use of his recently attained knowledge of structural analysis, and letting himself be inspired by the submitted designs and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaduct" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Viaduct">viaduct</a> in Leubnitz (Werdau), which was finished in the summer of 1845,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ltzsch_Viaduct#cite_note-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></sup> making it the first bridge in the world to be subjected to a full structural analysis. It was planned to build the bridge mainly out of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Brick">bricks</a>, at the time a highly unusual choice, because of the abundance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loam" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Loam">loam</a> in the vicinity, which allowed for rapid and cost-efficient production of bricks. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Granite">Granite</a> was to be used only for certain crucial segments.</div>
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The first stone was laid on 31 May 1846. The plans were revised just once after construction began, when certain technical difficulties arose. For instance, the foundation on which the bridge was to be built turned out to be less firm than previously assumed. Chief engineer Robert Wilke solved this by replacing the arches in the middle with one great central arch, which only added to the impressiveness of this edifice.</div>
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The Göltzsch Viaduct was an extraordinarily large endeavor for its time. Each day, the nearly 20 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brickyard" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Brickyard">brickyards</a> along the railway line would produce 50,000 bricks with the unusual dimensions of 28×14×6.5 centimetres (11.0×5.5×2.6 in). The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaffolding" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Scaffolding">scaffolding</a> was custom-made for each arch, totalling 23,000 tree trunks,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eisenbahnen2_3-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ltzsch_Viaduct#cite_note-eisenbahnen2-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a></sup> although other sources even speak of 230,000 trunks.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ltzsch_Viaduct#cite_note-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a></sup> In total, 1,736 construction workers built the bridge, with 31 on-site fatalities. When the bridge was completed and inaugurated on 15 July 1851, it was world's tallest railway bridge. Today, it still holds the record for largest brick bridge in the world.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ntv_5-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ltzsch_Viaduct#cite_note-ntv-5" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></sup></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Professor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andreas_Schubert" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Johann Andreas Schubert">Johann Andreas Schubert</a> (1808–1870) – Chairman of the jury, architect, structural analyst</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chief engineer Robert Wilke (1804–1889) – Construction planner and chief <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintendent_(construction)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Superintendent (construction)">superintendent</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Engineer Ferdinand Dost (1810–1888) – Superintendent</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacist" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Pharmacist">Pharmacist</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemist" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chemist">chemist</a> Heinrich Carl – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortar_(masonry)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mortar (masonry)">Mortar</a> composition</li>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Design</th><td class="category" style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_bridge" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Arch bridge">Arch bridge</a></td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Material</th><td class="category" style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Brick">Brick</a></td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Total length</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">574 metres (1,883 ft)</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Width</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">23 metres (75 ft) at the foot<br />9 metres (30 ft) at the top</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Height</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">78 metres (256 ft)</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><abbr style="border-bottom: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Number">No.</abbr> of spans</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">98 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_(architecture)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Vault (architecture)">vaults</a> in total divided over 4 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Storey">levels</a>; the top level is composed of 29 arches, the widest arch spanning 30.9 metres (101 ft)</td></tr>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Designer</th><td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andreas_Schubert" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Johann Andreas Schubert">Johann Andreas Schubert</a></td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Construction start</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">31 May 1846</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Construction end</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">1851</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Construction cost</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">2.2 million <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Thaler">Thalers</a></td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Opened</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">15 July 1851</td></tr>
<tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color: #efefef; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">World's largest brick bridge, sporting a total of 26,021,000 bricks and a volume of 135,676 cubic metres (4,791,400 cu ft).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-16258771241270583852017-10-13T09:09:00.004-07:002017-10-13T09:15:51.471-07:00Goetheturm burned down this morning. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But today was a particularly sad day here in Frankfurt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Someone burned down the Goetheturm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Goetheturm was a huge timber structure tower built in the woods south of Frankfurt where Goethe loved to walk. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Goethe Tower</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080;" title="German language">German</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">: </span><span lang="de" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" xml:lang="de"><i>Goetheturm</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">) was a 43-metre high public </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_tower" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080;" title="Observation tower">observation tower</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> built entirely out of wood on the northern edge of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_City_Forest" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080;" title="Frankfurt City Forest">Frankfurt City Forest</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> located in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsenhausen_(Frankfurt_am_Main)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080;" title="Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt am Main)">Sachsenhausen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> (</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080;" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">). The tower was built in honour of German writer and poet </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080;" title="Johann Wolfgang von Goethe">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">In 1867, a wooden tower was first built on the site, at that time 22 metres tall. After the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080;" title="First World War">First World War</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, this first tower had become so rickety that it had to be pulled down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1931, the Goethe Tower was rebuilt with money donated by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> businessman <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gustav_Gerst&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background: none; color: #a55858; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gustav Gerst (page does not exist)">Gustav Gerst</a>. The opening ceremony took place in November 1931, shortly before the 1932 commemorations of Goethe's death one hundred years before. The city of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt</a> provided the wood for the tower - altogether more than 340m³ of pine, beech, and oak timber.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the top you <span style="text-align: left;">could see the whole city and all the way to the Taunus Mountains if the day was clear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We climbed it at least twice and enjoyed biking through the woods around its base.</span></div>
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The 4,800-square-metre Korean Garden (Koreanischer Garten) in the Grüneburg Park (Grüneburgpark) originated as part of South Korea’s presentation as the guest of honour at the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair, and was a gift to the city of Frankfurt am Main. This exotic treasure has been designed in the style of traditional Korean scholars’ gardens, which since the 16th century have served as havens for artists and intellectuals. The garden should therefore also be a refuge for resting and meditation for residents of Frankfurt.<br />
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Next to two impressive pavilions, which were made from Korean materials, there are two square ponds with round islands. Each element in the design has a serious symbolic meaning and corresponds to Far Eastern philosophies. This also relates to the selection of plants, since, for example, pines, bamboo trees and plum trees are symbols of long life.</div>
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The arrangement of the Korean Garden reflects the four seasons from a philosophical point of view. The spring garden is located right in the main entry area. Here scholars not only await the springtime reawakening of nature, but also sometimes the arrival of their guests. The summer garden, with a “morning dew pavilion” built on wooden columns, offers recuperation and relaxation with its large pond. In the Korean tradition, it is meant to be a place for the meeting between man and nature. The autumn garden is in the highest position, and allows for a comprehensive view of autumnal nature. The winter garden has a small pond and also contains the “plum arbour pavilion”, where people can meet to talk, warmed by the traditional “Ondol” floor-heating system.<br />
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In this way, this impressive gift from the Koreans to their hosts brings Frankfurt residents closer to the “Land of Morning Calm” during each season of the year.</div>
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A peaceful place to rest/In the silence one finds the strength for new thought”, this is what is written in calligraphy on a table at the water pavilion of the Chinese Garden (Chinesischer Garten) in Bethmann Park (Bethmannpark). And this exceptional place does indeed radiate a special calm and an East Asian aesthetic. Surrounded by thick walls and shielded from the hectic pace of the city, the garden has been constructed according to the model of the Shiukou Gardens in Huizhou. The buildings are in the style of simple homes from the Anhui province. Over a period of only 5 months of construction, in 1989 a 4,000-square-metre “spring flower site” was created here with 22 landscape views, a marble bridge, various pavilions, a large pond and even a waterfall. The specialists and craftsmen who created this exotic garden world also came from China, as did most of the precious materials used in its construction.</div>
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The origin of Chinese garden culture can be found in Taoism. The requirement that wise hermits go to the cities to fulfil their obligations supposedly led to the idea of transferring landscapes to gardens. In this way, the harmony of the world with a balanced relationship of the “seven parts” (earth, heaven, water, stone, buildings, animals and plants) is to be illustrated. Hence the typical defining elements such as the honorary arch, the wooden “bridge of the half boat”, the “jasper green pond”, the “water pavilion of the purified heart” and the traditional zig-zag bridge can be found in Frankfurt’s Chinese Garden. </div>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-87292047383957962602017-10-10T06:11:00.002-07:002017-10-10T06:11:15.794-07:00Open House at Nuur Mosque in Frankfurt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Senior Missionaries who were able to attend the Nuur Mosque last Tuesday had a wonderful experience. This is the mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslims in Frankfurt, who are broken off from the main Muslim religion, believing that the promised messiah has already come the second time. They believe that he came to India in the late 1800’s and lived a life of service and leadership. There were many wonders in the heavens at that time. He is pictured below.The Ahmadiyya Muslims have been persecuted, killed as heretics, and exiled because of these beliefs. </div>
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We were welcomed warmly by the Imam himself, allowed to be present for the call to prayer and the subsequent group prayer in the mosque. Various members took the time to teach us about the tenants of their faith, which include a strong sense of family, and a belief in actions similar to the teachings of Jesus that we try to pattern our lives after. We were invited to visit the women’s chapel (in the basement of the "patron housing building" next door to the men's mosque) - the women were more forceful in their efforts to convert us - and to their banquet of wonderful Middle Eastern delicacies. The Imam himself spent time with us before he conducted the call to prayer.</div>
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Feelings were warm and friendly, we were invited back, and they, in turn, received pass along cards, promising to come visit our congregation soon! </div>
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Their message: Liebe fur Alle, Hass fur Keinen. (Love for all, hate for none.)</div>
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A week of goodbyes for some of the senior missionaries sisters at each of the refugee camps. We've developed some loving friendships with all these wonderful people from Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Eritrea, Ghana, Ethiopia and more. The mothers and children all came to say goodbye to Diane, Sharee, and Margie. They will be missed. Games, drapery for the rooms, a garden, an outdoor patio area, handcrafts to sell at a fair: so many activities these Sisters provided.<br />
At the camp on Krifteler Strasse, the mothers baked delicious cakes for us and then roasted their own fresh coffee beans to make coffee for us. Since we do not drink coffee, they provided water for us. Nevertheless, it was fascinating to watch the entire process. Making coffee for guests is quite a gesture of hospitality in their African countries and we were very appreciative of their kindness to us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.88px;">Roasting the beans in a tiny pan with open slots on the bottom of the pan for the heat or flame to reach the beans. The room began to fill with smoke..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.88px;">Next, the fresh-roasted beans were ground in battery-operated grinder Then ALL the grounds were spooned into the pot. I don't know much about coffee, but even I had to think this was going to be pretty strong with a good 1 1/2 cups of ground coffee to 2 cups of water..</td></tr>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-84035762942298508812017-09-17T11:17:00.000-07:002017-09-17T11:17:18.438-07:00The Great Synagogue in Plzen, Czech Republic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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in Plzen, CZ Rep. There are fewer than 100 Jews in that town now.
Only 200 of the thousands who built the synagogue returned after the
holocaust.</span></div>
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email and the news. And I read that protesters in St Louis (against the
recent exoneration of a police officer who was recorded saying he was going to
kill a black man) were surrounded by hundreds of police and tear gassed.
They happened to be near a synagogue and the rabbi there opened the doors
and sheltered the protesters. Police supporters tweeted the hashtag
"#GasTheSynagogue." Horrible </span>images from Nazi years were
posted and shared. Twitter did not stop
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have we no memory? How is this
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-62051737724527605292017-09-03T12:40:00.002-07:002017-09-03T12:40:42.892-07:00All Clear : Another calm day in paradise<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bomb disposal experts in Frankfurt have successfully defused a massive unexploded bomb from World War Two, officials have announced.</div>
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The news was greeted with spontaneous applause among some of about 65,000 people who were evacuated to enable experts to make the bomb safe.</div>
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Many residents are now awaiting permission to return to their homes.</div>
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The evacuation on Sunday morning was the biggest in post-war German history, involving hundreds of officials.</div>
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Police checked every designated house with heat-detection technology to make sure everyone was out.</div>
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The evacuation area in the Westend district included hospitals, nursing homes and Germany's central bank.</div>
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There are believed to be hundreds of thousands of unexploded wartime bombs across Germany.</div>
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Police early on Sunday morning cordoned off the 1.5km (1 mile) evacuation area as residents carrying luggage vacated the danger zone. A few stragglers who were slow to move may be prosecuted, local media reported.</div>
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Many residents made the most of the day, either by visiting relatives or enjoying a day out in a different part of the city.</div>
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Police told local media that the evacuation took place on schedule even though a handful of residents - for various reasons - were not initially prepared to vacate the area.</div>
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The 1.4 tonne British bomb was found on a building site on Wednesday.</div>
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More than 100 patients from two hospitals were moved on Saturday including premature babies and people in intensive care. Some care home residents left early on Sunday.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hospitals were evacuated on Saturday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bomb site has become a tourist stop</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;">Fire and police chiefs in the city warned that an uncontrolled explosion of the HC 4000 bomb would be powerful enough to flatten an entire street.</span></div>
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color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Streets were closed off by police early on Sunday morning</span></figcaption></figure><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.6406px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; 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The bomb disposal operation was completed ahead of the 12-hour estimate.</div>
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Police helicopters carrying heat detecting cameras scoured the area as bomb disposal experts began their task. Police will continue guarding empty houses and apartments from burglars until evacuees have returned home.</div>
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The area affected included 20 retirement homes, an opera house, and Germany's central bank where half the country's gold reserves are stored.</div>
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The city opened shelters for evacuees to spend the day, and most museums opened their doors for free.</div>
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A smaller evacuation took place on Saturday in Koblenz, about 110km (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, while experts disposed of a World War Two bomb that had been found during the construction of a new kindergarten.</div>
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So, how many unexploded bombs are there in Germany?</h2>
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An average of about 2,000 tonnes of unexploded ordnance are found each year in Germany. It's estimated that about half the 2.7 million tonnes of bombs dropped by Allied powers during World War Two landed on German soil (compared to about 74,000 tonnes of bombs dropped on the UK by Germany). Many of the bombs were equipped with malfunctioning time-delay fuses, and many never went off.</div>
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Adding to the problem are Russian artillery shells, German hand grenades and tank mines, as well as Russian munitions from training facilities in post-war East Germany.</div>
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The problem is so widespread that Germany has a bomb-disposal unit, the Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst (KMBD), dedicated to the problem. Its technicians are among the busiest in the world, deactivating a bomb every two weeks or so - and they estimate their work will continue for decades to come.</div>
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Do the bombs pose a real threat?</h2>
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Dozens of bomb-disposal technicians and hundreds of civilians died from uncontrolled explosions in the decades following the war. The rate of fatalities has slowed since, with 11 technicians said to have been killed in Germany since 2000.</div>
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But experts warn that the devices that remain could be getting more unstable as the munitions age and their fuses grow more brittle, and as bombs are discovered in more built-up, harder-to-reach areas.</div>
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The problem is also worse in certain parts of Germany. Oranienburg, just outside Berlin, has the dubious distinction of being the "most dangerous town in Germany". Under Adolf Hitler, it contained an armaments hub, aircraft plant, railway junction and a nuclear research facility - so it was a key target for the Allies, who gave it an aerial pounding. Almost 200 bombs have been defused in the town since the end of the war, and residents are well-drilled in the evacuation procedure. But with experts estimating that some 350-400 bombs remain buried, the task is far from complete.</div>
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Other WW2 bombs recently discovered in Germany</h2>
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<li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: square outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">May 2017: </strong>50,000 people were <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39828327" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">evacuated from Hannover</a> while three British-made bombs were defused</li>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-17663773713915944792017-09-03T07:56:00.001-07:002017-09-03T07:56:50.783-07:00WW2 Bomb found in Frankfurt causes biggest evacuation since the war<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A similar but smaller bomb found earlier this year.</td></tr>
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They found an unexploded 1.8 kiloton British blockbuster bomb this week while digging a new foundation. They are disarming it today. That means everyone within a 2.5 K radius has been evacuated. Our chapel is about 500 m outside that boundary. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our chapel (and our apartment) are in the little red circle in the upper right.</td></tr>
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Our chapel is open as a sanctuary for anyone who wants one. The German ward met there, holding only sacrament meeting then had a potluck dinner and are staying open until 8 and the all clear. Board games are being played.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a large cake for the potluck dinner: "cracked" in the shape of the evacuation area. </td></tr>
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Our ward went down and met with the Offenbach branch south of the Main river. We alternated English and German prayers and hymns. I sang in German because I like it. Our final speaker at sacrament meeting was our stake president. His translator was Elder David Thomas, who had been one of his professors at BYU law school!</div>
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All is well. The sun is shining.</div>
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War. The gift that keeps on giving.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frankfurt am Main. The bomb is of this photo to the upper right</td></tr>
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THOUSANDS EVACUATE HOMES IN GERMANY PRIOR TO DEFUSING OF
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The British-made bomb, which weighs 1.8 tonnes and is two metres in length, was found during building work on the Wismarer Strasse in the Westend district, according to the Frankfurter Rundschau. German media said the bomb was nicknamed "Wohnblockknacker" (blockbuster) during the war for its ability to wipe out whole streets or buildings.</div>
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A police spokesperson said on Wednesday that 70,000 people will likely have to leave their homes, meaning that almost one in ten of the city's 717,000 inhabitants will be affected.</div>
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FRANKFURT - Thousands of residents in Frankfurt evacuated
their homes early on Sunday ahead of the planned defusing of a massive World
War Two bomb discovered on a building site in the German financial capital.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A steady flow of people filed into a temporary center at
Frankfurt’s trade fair site, in Germany's biggest evacuation since the war. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The bomb was found last week in the city's leafy Westend
suburb, where many wealthy bankers live, and the evacuation area included the
country's central bank where $70 billion in gold reserves are stored.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Around 60,000 people had to leave their homes and Frankfurt
fire and police chiefs said they would use force if necessary to clear the
area, warning that an uncontrolled explosion of the bomb would be big enough to
flatten a city block.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Police set up cordons around the evacuation area, which
covered a radius of 1.5 km (roughly a mile), as residents dragged suitcases
away and many families rode away from the zone by bicycle.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The fire service said the evacuation of two hospitals,
including premature babies and patients in intensive care, had been completed
and they were now helping about 500 elderly people leave residences and care
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More than 2,000 tonnes of live bombs and munitions are found
each year in Germany, even under buildings. In July, a kindergarten was
evacuated after teachers discovered an unexploded World War Two bomb on a shelf
among some toys.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In Frankfurt, bomb disposal experts will use a special
system to try and unscrew the fuses attached to the HC 4,000 bomb from a safe
distance. If that fails, a water jet will be used to cut the fuses away from
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The bomb is assumed to have been dropped by Britain's Royal
Air Force during the 1939-45 war. British and American warplanes pummeled the
country with 1.5 million tonnes of bombs that killed 600,000 people. Officials
estimate 15 percent of the bombs failed to explode, some burrowing six meters
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Three police explosives experts in Goettingen were killed in
2010 while preparing to defuse a 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Frankfurt police said they would ring every doorbell and use
helicopters with heat-sensing cameras to make sure nobody is left behind before
they start diffusing the bomb on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Roads and transport systems, including the parts of the
underground, will be closed during the work and for at least two hours after
the bomb is defused, to allow patients to be transported back to hospitals.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Air traffic from Frankfurt airport could also be affected
and small private planes, helicopters and drones were banned from the
evacuation zone. Most museums were offering residents free entry on Sunday. (rhs note: some museums were opening as early as 6 AM and said they had extra food and free games and activities for families planned.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Aug 15 Randy and I were delivering a new baby box to a refugee camp on the west side of Frankfurt when this storm hit. It blew
some siding off one of the homes - the one we were in with the new baby!. When we got home, I found that all my plants
on the balcony had been blown down. Least damage to the tomato, surprisingly. I
lost half of the petunias to breakage and there was minor flooding into the
frontroom.</span><span style="background: rgb(246 , 247 , 249); color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(246 , 247 , 249); color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">Here is a lovely
conclusion: we had to leave the balcony in a rather wet and muddy state when we
left the next morning on a refugee fact finding trip to France (hard, but someone
has to do it!). We asked our friends and neighbors, E&S Van Hoff (IT
specialists) to water our plants while we were gone. Arriving home, we found
that Elder Jon Van Hoff had cleaned and washed both balconies!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(246 , 247 , 249); color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">http://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/heftiges-unwetter-im-rhein-main-gebiet,unwetter-hessen-112.html<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 25.5pt;">Violent storm in the
Rhine-Main area - fire service in continuous use</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">traffic and rail traffic paralyzed</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Updated
on 15/08/17 at 23:08<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Within a short time the fire brigade had over
200 deployments. </span><i><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">Image
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">The airport and the main station in Frankfurt
are dense, trees are overthrowned, cellars are flooded: over the Rhine-Main
area a heavy storm has unloaded. In the Taunus, a lightning set a row
house on fire.</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"><a href="http://www.hessenschau.de/tv-sendung/video-39512~_story-unwetter-hessen-112.html">video Post</a> </span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Violent storm in the Rhine-Main area</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Several trees were down right along Marbachweg, the street by our church.</td></tr>
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only took a good half an hour. But the storm that escaped over the
Rhine-Main area on the afternoon of the service evening had it in itself -
especially for Frankfurt. Heavy traffic, lightning and thunder temporarily
suspended the entire air traffic and large parts of the railway traffic in the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"><a href="http://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/video-39498~_story-unwetter-hessen-112.html">video Post</a> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"><span style="color: #006dc1; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"><a href="http://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/video-39498~_story-unwetter-hessen-112.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Storm in Frankfurt - Falling parts on the Hanauer
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an hour, the check-in was on the apron of the airport. The main railway
station was blocked - the train and S-Bahn in Frankfurt also imposed a
compulsory break.</span></div>
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to 3.00 pm. This later led to delays and cancellations. There were
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have to wait and see how we can catch up," the airport spokesman
said. Passengers had been asked to schedule their arrival at the check-in
counter as early as possible before departure. In addition, Fraport also
recommended checking the flight status on the airlines' websites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it was not just the airport: train traffic in the Frankfurt area was halted at
14.47, as a railway speaker said. It also met all suburban railways, as
the Rhine-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) communicated. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">At
15.20 clock it was then rolled again slowly. Until it was again in regular
operation, but it would still take a while. He says nothing has been
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This roof was blown off a house in Preungesheim, which is only about 1 kilometer from our apartment. </td></tr>
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to the fire department, the fire brigade had already completed about 100
operations until 3.30 pm in the city. One and a half hours later, there
were already 230 locations - among other things, because trees were tipped on
parking cars. In the district of Preungesheim the stormy wind swept a flat
roof from a house. Firemen helped with a provisional plan. In the
late evening the result of the Frankfurter Feuerwehr: On this day, the
Einsatzkräfte were disarmed 287 times because of the severe weather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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total of 287 operations due to the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Unwetter?src=hash" target="_blank"><span style="color: #006dc1; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">#Unwetter</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> have been processed
since noon today. Predominantly overturned trees and water in buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have been doing a bunch of short trips this past month or two, with the time between very busy in the office. We have completed about 415 projects so far.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I took a quick trip to Houston Texas to spend time with my daughter and her new baby. Wonderful. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We travelled by train to Schwerin in northern Germany to meet with the Red Cross. They asked for our support of a program where former refugees are hired to visit teach new refugees weekly, teaching the parents to speak and read German and demonstrating how they can teach their own children to read, write and create art and prepare them for school. Excellent project.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The director of the Schwerin Red Cross accompanied us on a private tour of the local schloss when he realized at lunch that we were interested. They even took us up on the roof and behind that equestrian statue . The schloss is built right on a large lake and has great views. Later, we took a harbor cruise.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Back home, the YW and YM from Frankfurt, Friedrichsdorf, Offenbach, and Usingen Wards all met at the Bad Homburg warehouse after school one evening and we packed 2000 hygiene kits to be sent to Paris, where members hand them out to refugees sleeping rough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next we drove east on our first trip to the Freiburg temple. We met some temple workers who lived in the Livonia Ward! It was good to be back 'home."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While at the temple, we presented our LDS Charities Refugee Aid in Europe powerpoint and taught scripture and temple enrichment workshopsat a European Mid-Singles conference for 2 days.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We were also in Heidelberg for another Mid-Singles conference. This time they packed 230 hygiene kits for Caritas. Again, we each taught several workshops. Members come from all over the world to these conferences. We have met people from Sweden, Korea, the US and the Netherlands, to name a few of the countries represented.</span></td></tr>
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HI : my oldest grandson is collecting items for the Food and Care Coalition in Provo for part of his Eagle Project (yes, the next generatioin of Eagle projects have begun!). The Coalition helps the poor, the homeless, the lost. If you have a few extra dollars (even $5 helps) and want to support this, click on the link below for an easy way to support them.</div>
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" Hello! I'm doing an Eagle Project on behalf of the people supported by the Food and Care Coalition in Utah--we need sl<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">eeping bags, blankets, winter gloves, etc,. Click here for a list:<br /><a href="https://www.walmart.com/lists/view-wish-list-items" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.walmart.com/lists/view-wish-list-items</a>…<br />Just buy and item on the list, and if you live near us in Utah, call us up at (385) 269-0516 and we'll pick it up for you.<br />If you're further away just send it to a store near 84042 or have it sent directly to us at 43W 450N Lindon.<br />Thanks!<br />Aidan Stay"</span></div>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-71673805510424854942016-10-25T08:10:00.002-07:002016-10-25T23:17:44.449-07:00From Sublime to Ridiculous<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On Wednesday we had our devotional of the year. It was part of the Area Review, which is carried out by a team of General Authorities from headquarters. This review was led by President Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles and included President Hallstrom of the Presidency of the Seventy and Bishop Causse, Presiding Bishop. As part of their review of the Europe Area, they took time for a one hour devotional on Wednesday with Church employees and missionaries throughout the Europe Area. We had six general authorities, including the three members of our Europe Area Presidency and all of their wives in attendance. </div>
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Elder Kearon spoke, representing the Area Presidency and Sister Wendy Nelson spoke, representing the wives. We also heard from the three visiting authorities. Each spoke, pretty much thanking people for their hard work. Sister Nelson gave an excellent personal example of the Holy Ghost giving individual insights, telling us that, unlike clothing, the Holy Ghost is "one size fits all". President Nelson shared his appreciation of the Europe Area Plan and than stated the Lord's plan for all of us, which is to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man". He mentioned only ONE specific European project which had especially touched him : it was our Baby Beds for Refugees project! So, we feel like that one was inspired : of course, we already felt that way.</div>
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At the end of the devotional, all of the general authorities and their wives greeted each person individually in the foyer. A significant amount of time in a very busy schedule. You can read more here: http://www.presse-mormonen.de/artikel/praesident-nelson-europa</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Yesterday (Saturday) we had our ward trunk or treat Halloween party. Our international ward really gets into this party. Very impressive costumes and preparations!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rest of the group included 2 more Ghostbusters and one small Sta-Puft marshmellow man</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was really well-done by the Evans-Southall family: each really fit their part!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Constanza, our office executive assistant, and her husband, Kiever. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elaine and Steve (can't see him) Woodford worked for weeks on these.</td></tr>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-26488178979101913922016-10-20T12:41:00.001-07:002016-10-20T12:41:47.763-07:00Archeological Discovery in Jerusalem : 3rd Wall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is a great article with interesting photos of the wall and the stones flung by Roman catapults that breached the wall.<br />
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http://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-find-battle-site-where-romans-breached-jerusalem-walls/</div>
Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-80371135418605728242016-10-14T04:38:00.000-07:002016-10-14T04:38:02.335-07:00Rebstock Lounge Project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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were asked by the refugee camp director, Nicole Ludwig, and Trisha Leimer, a
volunteer and member of the Frankfurt Ward, to sew and complete six cushion
covers and twenty-nine pillows. Sister Diane Hacking purchased twenty-seven
yards of fabric, twent-nine pillow forms, sixteen ready-made pillow covers, and
four navy-blue throws to do the project. Sister Hacking made the cushion covers
and Sister Marlene Matheson sewed seven Euro-sham pillow covers. With the help
of several refugee women and many children, eight senior sister missionaries
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men in the camp, to build, sand, and paint the wood pallet furniture. The room
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-35514162596214517682016-10-01T12:13:00.002-07:002016-10-01T12:21:11.806-07:00Athens, Halandri, Oinofyta and Ritsona and Frankfurt again.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3000 BC graves near Marathon</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">THE FIRST Marathon!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Beach at Marathon where the Persians invaded.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cafe on the beach where we got dinner.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Rnady got fish and . . . </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I got this amazing Greek salad and we split both meals.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Unexpected dessert: REAL Greek yogurt, honey and currents. Wow.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Wednesday : . We are sitting in a really cheap hotel in Athens trying to get aid to lesbos and the Moria camp they burned yesterday. It just keeps getting worse.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We arrived too late to help unload the hygiene kits that arrived today so we drove to <span class="il">Marathon</span> before going to the hotel. We ate fish, bread and Greek salad on the beach where the Persians invaded. There is a big burial mound there. We have friends on Lesbos who called us in Marathon to ask if they can help : we authorized them to purchase leggings and underwear as the weather is getting colder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Who set the fires and why, I don't know. <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">All I know is that the children had all been moved to another camp nearby because a demonstration was planned. Whether they burned their own tents or those of other factions, I don't know</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday : First we met with Marie from Praksis, an NGO we partner with in protecting Unaccompanied Minors (UMs). Her car had broken down, so we drove up to meet her near the car repair shop. We got some good ideas of ways to help more. Next we drove north to Oinofyta camp and helped the Prohaskas unload a van full of hygiene kits, diapers and underwear there and in the next camp, Ritsona. As you enter the camp, the first tent has a beautiful flower garden planted in old tires along the sides of their pallet walkway entrance . We toured Oinofyta with Lisa Campbell: she showed us the warehouse, the rooms built inside, the new kitchen, the chicken coop with 85 chickens where some LDS volunteers were mending a fence. There we saw a film crew from KSL. Later we got better acquainted with Sarah Franklin and Brandy Vega who interviewed us on film. We saw the new barber shop and the sewing room where electricians were finishing the wiring. We saw the space set aside for unaccompanied minors: it is important to move them away from those who would abuse them and get them educated. We aslo saw some great space in the basement - with huge windows of light - where young single men could be housed apart from families, for everyone's benefit. Lots of plans, lots of work to be done, lots of water on the floor from a leaking roof over all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My final conversation was with a large group of young men. When I asked them what they most needed, they talked together for a moment and then said, "A television, so we can watch football." That seems a reasonable request. One TV for 650 people. Anyone want to donate the funds for that? It would need to be a BIG screen!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">times for prayer : I saw only one man in prayer on whole trip</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Friday We spent all day Friday walking around the maze that is Athens. The pin on Google failed us when we tried to meet up with our young missionary couple, Yuri and Manuela Prohaska, at a sewing machine store. Somehow, we ended up about 20 blocks away to the northeast of where we should have been: just 5 blocks south of our hotel. So we took a taxi. He couldn't find the store either! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We bought 3 sewing machines and a serger, even tho'I worry that the serger will be abused and stop working in days.. We then carried those back to our car at the hotel and then drove to the next store which was even deeper into the maze. We found a parking place (miracle) then walked about 10 blocks through what looked like old town Doha. We went to a sewing notions store where we climbed to the 4th floor and the clerk had to look up the price of each item individually on a computer. Next was a fabric store with one Euro a meter fabric.I would have enjoyed an hour there! We bought a lovely soft cotton jersey for the baby mattress sheets but they didn't have any fleece for baby sleep bags. Then two more notions/sewing stores for zippers, velcro and cone thread holders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ate a great meal of falafel at a street cafe and hauled all our stuff back to the car. It cost 5 euros to park!!! (miracle). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday This morning we met Prohaskas at the Oinofyta refugee camp and delivered the sewing machines. Such amazing smiles on the faces of tailors and seamstresses. Qais (a very handsome and knowledgeable Afghan tailor) was fixing a pair of pants within 5 minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I created a pattern and started sewing the first sheet/mattress cover for the baby bed mattresses. Soon a refugee took over. Then I copied a pattern for a baby sleep sack : One of those bags that have armholes and you zip the baby in for the night. I cut out two from fleece, then made one up as the sample. 6 or 7 sewers watched and commented. I felt so at home. I could just stay here and work in the camps full time and LOVE every minute of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got some greek salad and gyros or souvlaki for lunch/dinner with other volunteers from Disaster Tech who were installing FREE wifi for the whole camp. Then we looked over and discussed two or three more projects from Yuri and Manuela. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Qais knows what he is doing : a master tailor who is the manager of the sewing room. It is in good hands.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Qais's mother made this "wash cloth" for me</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Lovely weather all week but too much work to go enjoy it. We have gotten lots of projects approved: winterization of Child friendly space at Ritsona, sewing machines and barber shop for Ritsona, hats, gloves, scarves for Oinofyta, Ritsona and Thira.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also have requested funding for a new roof at Oinofyta.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apartments for single moms in Greece : some were raped on the road and need safe places to live away from camps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Halfway house for older UMs to age 23 so they can get education, training and jobs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was returning a plastic storage container to the church and found Lisa and Melina were having another clothing exchange so I wentback to the office and invited the two young Turkish moms who clean the office building. They each took a bagful and seemed pleased.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were given more books and games and puzzles for the Rebstock library that Sister Julie Anderson from Wiesbaden Ward has opened in an old German Biergarten. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the office we got a request for 400 each brustbeutel, hanging cosmetic bag and alarm clocks for Berlin </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ordered hundreds of pairs of men's women's and children's underwear for the warehouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally broke away early enough on Thursday for a bike ride before Randy's last scripture class. Elder and Sister Piepgrass are going home early and wanted to learn blueletterbible and hebrew4christians so we did that <span class="il">after</span> Randy's class</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday mid-day, I found I had forgotten to send in a small hygiene kit order for Kaiserslautern Stake so randy and I needed to pick the boxes up at the warehouse and drive them to K-town. Thankfully, the warehouse loaned us a Ford Tourneo Connect van big enough for the whole order: 55 pkgs of diapers take up a lot of space. The missionaries let us in the locked parking lot and building. Then we drove to Darmstadt where the Stake Gold and Green ball was being held. We got there 2 hours early, but it made no sense to drive home and back, so we took a walk and read some books. They served a delicious meal: pumpkin soup or chili, fresh hot Italian bread donated by a friend who owns a bakery, many German desserts and mixed drinks. The Crucy's from our ward are ballroom dance competitors and put on a great floorshow. By 10 we were both ready to leave so headed home</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">According to our guide, Jim Morrison of the rock group "The Doors" made a donation of $500 to the pastor of this church and then proceeded to play the organ for over an hour</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">Spiderman on this building-apparently there are several depictions of spiderman throughout the city</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">We saw dozens of policeman preparing for the demonstration protesting against the EU-US trade agreements. Tens of thousands of people showed up, we tried to stay out of the way, although it appeared peaceful.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">Opera House-built in 1880, destroyed in war and rebuilt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">Frankfurt stock exchange-bull and bear are in the plaza in the front of the building</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">Choose your favorite chocolate at the Klein Markt Hall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">Meat Market at the Klein Markt Hall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">Flower Stall in the Klein Markt Halle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px;">Holocaust Memorial Wall-memorializing over 11,000 individuals who were killed in the holocaust</td></tr>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-65635868485413758222016-09-10T01:02:00.003-07:002016-09-10T01:02:53.901-07:00Institute classes in Salt Lake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">This was the info from last year and I don't know if it's still true, but if you attended one of my Salt Lake Institute classes then you should know that Mandy Green teaches on Thursday from 11-12:30 at the South Jordan building where I used to teach (on 104th South past the JR temple at about 2400 W), and on Wednesdays at the Ensign Stake (135 A Street) from 10-11:30 am</span></div>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-47176409364725188822016-09-05T13:16:00.001-07:002016-09-05T13:20:52.037-07:00Lovely Week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Welcome Back to the Peerys</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friends we served with on our first mission here have just returned for another assignment! The Peerys are back again as Europe Area Mental Health advisors. Randy found them just off the plane and took them home for lunch. I conveniently had homemade soup and rolls on hand. Welcome back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've been collecting items for newborn refugee babies. We know of 70 pregnant moms who could use a few things : onesies (called 'bodies' here in Europe), outfits, socks, hats, jackets, blankets and so forth. I found a great booth at the flea market where I got some great stuff for 'eine euro' for each item: I bought 20. Sister Woodford has been busy knitting and made some great sets of sweater/hat/booties. Sister Enger made more baby booties. Many people donated adorable things. Then I ordered diapers and wipes and blankets and towels and sanitary napkins from the warehouse. To that we also added baby powder, bath soap, lotions, breast pads, and sleeping bags for every baby. We have boxes of small cloth toys and hats and shoes. A few baby carriers like I wished I had had when my kids were babies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We washed everything (even the new stuff) and Sister Bausman sorted it all into boxes (like our Bags for Refugee Children project). On Tuesday, we got together to pack the first 20 boxes: 10 boys, 10 girls. Less than an hour and we were done. They are BIG boxes and they were PACKED : 4 packages of diapers (that's about 180 diapers!) as just the first layer. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We just wish we could hand them out personally and meet each mom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That night, we saw a report that an Eritrean refugee had given birth to twins onboard a boat in the Mediterranean trying to get to Italy. Mom and baby are in an Italian ICU and doing OK. I wish we had a way to give her a couple of boxes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then back home for an hour-long powerpoint about Refugee Aid in Europe (they really wanted to do that, I promise!) followed by German Apfel Kuchen and 4 different forms of cream to choose from (we all tried them all: why not?). It was great to see them</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It was a glorious day: overcast and cool. In two hours we biked the 18 K to Rudesheim. There we had lunch : Randy got a Bretzel brochen with meat and cheese; I got a multi-fresh fruit torte and we split them. Big spenders: it cost less than €4! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Freiberg temple has a very unique history. It was the first temple to be built in a
communist nation and the first built on German soil. Soon after the Swiss temple was dedicated in
1955 many Saints from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) were able to go there
to receive their sacred blessings. After
1957, because of “growing political difficulties,” only an occasional member
was able to visit the temple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When the Berlin Wall was built in 1961, visits to West
Germany almost ceased. Communication with Utah was sparse and books / lesson manuals / handbooks of instruction were forbidden.Tensions were
high o<span style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">n Sunday, November 10, 1968, when Elder Thomas Monson of the Quorum
of the Twelve met for the first time with the members of the Church in </span>Górlitz, <span style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">Dresden,
Germany far on the communist side of the wall that divided East Germany from
West Germany. Quoting from President Monson's journal recorded in the book <u>Faith Rewarded, </u></span><u><i style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">A personal account of prophetic
promises to the East German Saints from the journal of Thomas S. Monson.</i><span style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">:</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I was touched by the sincerity of these wonderful
Saints. I was humbled by their poverty. They have so little.
My heart filled with sorrow because they have no patriarch, they have no wards
or stakes - just branches, they have few teaching materials. They cannot
receive temple blessings, neither endowments nor dealings. They are
forbidden to leave their country. Yet they trust in the lord with all
their hearts and lean not unto their own understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I stood at the pulpit with tear-filled eyes and a voice choked
with emotion and made a promise to the people: 'If you will remain true and
faithful to the commandments of God, every blessing any member of the Church
enjoys in any other country will be yours.' Although this was a dramatic
promise, I believe it was inspired by our Heavenly Father and will be fulfilled
under His direction as the Saints in the German Democratic Republic continue to
demonstrate their faith. . . <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This evening in my hotel room, as I realized the full impact of
the promise I had made at Görlitz earlier today, I dropped to my knees and said
to my Heavenly Father 'Father, I am on Thy errand; this is Thy Church. I
have spoken words that came not from me, but from Thee and Thy Son. Wilt Thou,
therefore, fulfill the promise in the lives of this noble people.' There cursed
through my mind the words from the Psalm,'Be still, and know that I am God'
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A German member, Henry Burkhardt repeatedly petitioned the
German government for visas for Saints to attend the temple. In 1978, the Ministry of Religious affairs
summoned President Burkhardt to a meeting. The officials made it clear that the
members would never be permitted to leave the country to visit the temple in
Switzerland. The officials then asked
“what we do not understand is why your church does not build a temple right
here?” Seven years later in 1985 many
tears were shed when the new Freiberg temple was dedicated. (Information taken
from “The Freiberg Germany Temple: A Latter day Miracle, by David Boone and
Richard Cowan).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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German to the youth, with occasional phrases in English. He counseled the youth to keep the
commandments and trust in the Lord and suggested that the youth learn English, not because it was a better language
than German, but because it would open many more opportunities to talk with
people around the world. Videos were
shown using real footage of the history of the Church in East Germany . The youth enacted various historical scenes
from the region, including building a Berlin Wall keeping them from the temple. Kids wearing national costumes from Czech, Slovak and Hungary all did regional dances. All the you joined in dancing to Hava Nagela in memory of the Jews from their countries who died in WWII. </span></div>
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telling how they are trying to accomplish the three goals of the Area Annual Plan set by the Europe
Area Presidency: 1) Bring a friend to church; 2) Become spiritually and
temporally self-reliant; and 3) Find an ancestor and do their temple work. </span></span><br />
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them. As the youth were singing and holding up their recommends, Elder Uchtdorf
smiled broadly and pulled his out also and waved it back to the youth.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"> The kids LOVED that. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">The spirit was strong in the
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shook hands with the youth. Many had
tears pouring down their cheeks. I spoke with one friend in the Frankfurt building who is now a Relief Society president. She said she was a 12 year old, living in East Germany, when the temple was built. She was in tears about the fulfillment of the promises of Elder Monson.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Probably the sweetest moment was right after the Hosanna Shout (I used a linen hanky with Bavarian lace: that seemed appropriate). We all stood and sang "The Spirit of God" in German. Memories of singing that with Dad in the Kirtland temple flooded over me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Somehow (I haven't heard that part of the story) a family of Brazilians out of money and starving in Germany, found our chapel and seated themselves at the doors. They didn't know we never use the front door, out on the big main street, so it was by coincidence that Elder Leimer of the 70 happened to go for lunch and walked by that side of the building. He met them and helped them hook up with Portuguese speaking members who work in our office. They were fed, clothed and taken in. Now, 10 days later and just before they return to Brazil, Elder Leimer baptized the three adult women. A huge congregation of members showed up with only hours of warning. We missed the meal as we had already arranged a FHE meal with Elfi. Overly filling Potato dumplings (what is that? maybe 10 times now?) and meat with gravy, which was delicious.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Steve, Rachel and Randy went to The Hague Tempel, met friends and rode 35 K on bikes thru Holland, toured Gouda, saw windmills, took lots of donations to the Calais Refugee warehouse, and volunteered there and in Grande Synthe. Meanwhile, the kids and I played at home with toys we had acquired at the flea market and other places. A good time was had by all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My visiting teachers brought a vintage grape juice from Rudesheim and some chocolate covered McVitties' Digestives from London. So kind of them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday we needed to go to the bank and check on a money order. E rode the bike, which was a fun adventure for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was hot and sunny (because we went to the zoo yesterday) and we decided to stop on these steps in a shady alley to eat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we turned up the street to go to the park, we saw signs . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The city government apparently sends a wagonload of toys and games and tables and benches to different spots in the city for kids to have some extra fun in the parks: it just happened to be the week the kids were here! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A guy sat at the top of the hill (it has a 30 foot slippery slide down the other side and a zipline down at the left) with a hose creating a waterslide. There is a slight dip at the bottom, so the water collects there and is about a foot deep. The kids all watched, but none wanted to try it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They ALL loved the bounce house, however, which was surprisingly empty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> THREE kids in the bounce house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then E saw the climbing wall. Rachel and I had watched them assemble it a week before, but had no idea it was for the kids to play on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then A&E found the massive "Connect Four" built out of 1/2 inch plywood. It was huge and heavy.</span></div>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-66949813389593673782016-08-03T09:58:00.002-07:002016-08-03T09:58:56.767-07:00Steve and Rachel Visit : Freizeitpark Lochmühle <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a friend's recommendation (Thank you, Jenny) we decided to take our last free day all together and go to Freizeitpark Lochmühle (or Mill Pond Amusement Park). This is a small park for young kids just about 20 minutes from where we live. The kids loved it, even though it turned out to be the hottest day of the year so far.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the cool things about the park is that it is self-operated. No staff to run most of the rides. See Rachel? She is pulling on the chain which engages the motor to turn the merry-go-round. You could ride as fast and as long as you could stand it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's E in the red hat: he and his friend (Steve tried to go with them but with him they weighed too much) had to pull on the ropes to climb up the tower!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And up they went! </span></div>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-46612250351659149602016-08-03T08:57:00.002-07:002016-08-03T08:57:31.095-07:00Steve and Rachel Visit : off to Rothenburg ob der Tauber<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rothenburg is a famous walled city east of us. It is where portions of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"were filmed. LOTS of people visit there. And all of them were on the A-3 with us the day we drove over. We unexpectedly got a van for a day or two so that made the trip possible. Lots of road construction, closed bridges and summer vacation traffic turned a 1 and 1/2 hour ride into almost 4 hours. So we stayed for a long time. . . .</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">E got closer to the edge than some of the rest of us</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Last time we were here they were restoring the facades of the buildings so it was fun to see that done. Last time we climbed that tower on the left, but not this time</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Houses are probably from the 13th C.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;"> Rothenburg is the home of Käthe Wohlfahrt, a famous Christmas decoration store</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kathe Wohlfahrt's trademark red truck</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two blocks away is the old Judengasse, or the only street where Jews could live in Rothenberg<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrWQrWhK5pnOqTZItRYWcU4ZlgfH6Pxtv1dSEcXO3QHNxCKLTRl1qJ-V2GzQ9MV630996V1F9IGE8edGbTIXz40BryKa_PWDDKxrGgtkxVLV8WKnVCJh97f4htVu9kwR-MR1xGAIBuzST/s1600/DSCN5305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrWQrWhK5pnOqTZItRYWcU4ZlgfH6Pxtv1dSEcXO3QHNxCKLTRl1qJ-V2GzQ9MV630996V1F9IGE8edGbTIXz40BryKa_PWDDKxrGgtkxVLV8WKnVCJh97f4htVu9kwR-MR1xGAIBuzST/s640/DSCN5305.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">E and A wanted to go back up onto the wall so we agreed to all meet at the playground and off we went. We found Ivy growing though the arrow slits. . . </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">. . .lots and lots of interesting roofs, . . . </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">. . . and ivy growing all through the roof.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A&E found it fun to read the signs, which are about every meter, with the names of the people and businesses who donated to the rebuilding and reinforcing of the wall and roof.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwnDPpqvSPQgQD3CDxmX7MHedvrh1vAQIutK2Irm8EkWnYruVCMvq2EXtOh7R_L4KoPm0-rf7d32YPGCYru8RkZmD0Kxzdjdld1kQSQZTyFDbIjBhzU3J4tF7A780FazcSDmpaj2hfcovG/s1600/DSCN5263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwnDPpqvSPQgQD3CDxmX7MHedvrh1vAQIutK2Irm8EkWnYruVCMvq2EXtOh7R_L4KoPm0-rf7d32YPGCYru8RkZmD0Kxzdjdld1kQSQZTyFDbIjBhzU3J4tF7A780FazcSDmpaj2hfcovG/s400/DSCN5263.JPG" width="300" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9buWHvW7zBCNVkazfA1v_VV3xv9vqlQ3ZlFPljGMbpH8WqXgMLyxr3PMck8k7MQ2SJ-Kr554lZI-MAj3z6DWZ7uCd0DwzH3vJu-IxdRa_Jyo1hwW3aNMHhS1VWoPiw2kq7mNR0ZF8p_O1/s1600/DSCN5265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9buWHvW7zBCNVkazfA1v_VV3xv9vqlQ3ZlFPljGMbpH8WqXgMLyxr3PMck8k7MQ2SJ-Kr554lZI-MAj3z6DWZ7uCd0DwzH3vJu-IxdRa_Jyo1hwW3aNMHhS1VWoPiw2kq7mNR0ZF8p_O1/s400/DSCN5265.JPG" width="300" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk14vrjccockk46XFn4m0LO7PRtj5DranM6EE1aHDjOM8IqrgvHV1sPgUKLk281LuqX3HxScRk5rdBVJTk1wEt-s8VhN_n-lxIZlKSwyLQriiqHA0gP6Fv-5vV2dr62MeKCLmkrjkwbL6/s1600/DSCN5267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk14vrjccockk46XFn4m0LO7PRtj5DranM6EE1aHDjOM8IqrgvHV1sPgUKLk281LuqX3HxScRk5rdBVJTk1wEt-s8VhN_n-lxIZlKSwyLQriiqHA0gP6Fv-5vV2dr62MeKCLmkrjkwbL6/s400/DSCN5267.JPG" width="300" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDr_o_Tk785ekiZCLJXXVCN7R9Qvw_hoWhlDiVVUAqmzXKWNiSwZAxy-_3u5EQn5KaqysS-o4bByrEtgnupEuTp87K1qjAcC1W9FDirEiuWv_9jyHc4SgPo1lXv8cnDZA11ohsodz5Vkd/s1600/DSCN5268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDr_o_Tk785ekiZCLJXXVCN7R9Qvw_hoWhlDiVVUAqmzXKWNiSwZAxy-_3u5EQn5KaqysS-o4bByrEtgnupEuTp87K1qjAcC1W9FDirEiuWv_9jyHc4SgPo1lXv8cnDZA11ohsodz5Vkd/s400/DSCN5268.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">When we got back to the playground, A&E discovered the flower "daisy" is called "das
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We made a circlet for Rachel. Then we drove home. It took 1 1/2 hour. Just like it was supposed to.</span></td></tr>
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Rebecca Holt Stayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058061102301419552.post-54663011167511208462016-08-02T07:19:00.001-07:002016-08-02T07:19:21.567-07:00Steve and Rachel Visit : FHE at Lohrberg Park Pool<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Normally, Randy and I ride our bikes east on Marbachweg, over two bridges, down a set of 50 steps (there is a ramp for your bike) and along a bike trail past blackberries and pink and purple painted sheep to Lohrberg Park. This is a park on a hill with a marvelous view of the whole city of Frankfurt.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">OK. This is more what it really looks like. But it is spectacular in all seasons.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In addition to lots of grass and trees, a grape vineyard and soccer fields, all surrounded by <i>kleinegartens</i>, there is also a demonstration garden with a big apple orchard. They make the BEST fresh and natural <i>apfelsaft.<br /></i><i></i><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Lohrberg Park also has a playground and this awesome pool: jets of water at one end, deeper water at the other.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sister Matheson teaching new crochet techniques</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Some things need to be taught.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Some things don't. Everyone had fun with the marble race blocks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This little guy played for at least an hour.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sharing the pretzels we brought</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">See that smile? That is why we go.</span></td></tr>
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