Reminiscing
EuroTrip 2006
A late morning
Kaitlyn and I both sleep in. But we’re not too late for breakfast. Tante Annemarie
is up early (notice the traditional petite déjeuner bowl of coffee).
We leave again for Luciano’s who is today treating us for lunch. What a guy. We again take the streetcar (without Onkel Heinz this time, heh) and walk briskly to the restaurant. Margot meets us again for lunch, but we’re also joined by mom and Margot’s friend Helga. Luciano offers us a full course this time. I go for the manicotti, which was my favorite the night before.
The three gals talk about the past, when they went to school together and took trips around
the countryside. After dinner, we stop into the bookstore across from Luciano’s, visit the
church near the Dom where Andrea was married, shop some more, and Luciano takes us to a
Gelato shop. It’s yummy. The rain
holds out long enough for us to wander around Köln a bit more, and we shop for more
Reuchermänner. Helga gets us some Reuchermänner and gets mom a post card of the Shrine
of the Three Kings that she wasn’t able to see before.
When we are finished eating, we visit Ehrenfeld, where the three ladies grew up. Both mom
and I notice how much has changed. The building she lived in on Fröbelstraße is the same,
except for
new windows and new paint, but the VW dealer across the street has taken over the whole
block selling VW, Porsche, Audi, and I think BMW as well. But all the ladies notice that much
more has changed—entire small streets that seem to have disappeared and the new trees that
have been planted.
Spa im Haus
After our Ehrenfeld tour, Helga invites us to her house. We meet Ka-jo and tour
their beautiful art gallery of a house (they collect). It’s in a beautiful neighborhood
by the Köln city park. Kaitlyn and I enjoy their warm indoor swimming pool. Thanks,
Helga, that was refreshing!
Onkel Heinz comes to pick us up and visit a bit. :-)