Saturday, October 12, 2024 – First thing in the morning, we stopped by Migros (Dave’s favorite grocery store from his missionary days in Switzerland) and picked up some croissants. Oh my, they were still on the rack from having just been baked and they were the biggest, most delicious croissants I’ve ever had! Now I…
Friday, October 11, 2024 – We got up early to go into Salzburg, Austria. My mother wrote about visiting Mozart’s birthplace in Salzburg, Austria back in 1953. We followed in her footsteps and went to Mozart’s birthplace first. Dave, being the sweet, thoughtful man he is, handed me a wintergreen LifeSaver at the beginning of…
I walked 13,170 steps today – and that was with a tram pass. We covered a lot of ground today. We walked across the Charles bridge again and rode a tram down and back across the river and then another one up and around to the backside of the castle and walked down. Prague Tip:…
Picturesque Lavender Farm We stayed the night at a Lavender Farm in Gorny, Poland (what used to be Ober Schönfeld, Germany). Our accommodations were nice and comfortable, and I had fun this morning walking around the lavender plants and taking photos. Revisiting Cemeteries Then, we went back to the Protestant Cemetery in Krasnik-Dolny because Dave…
We arrived in Poland late the previous night around 7:30 p.m. (Poland time). We stayed out in the country in a little village called Krasnik-Dolny, Poland (formerly Nieder Schöfield, Bunzlau, Silesia Germany). This is where David’s great-grandmother “Granny Geerdts” aka Bertha Starke Geerdts lived before migrating by ship to the United States as a young…
Day 5 (Saturday) Falkenberg, Germany — David received so much information on his Kuhns line from the Falkenberg church he hadn’t had a chance to read through it all. He had planned to leave studying the research until we got home, but the night before the day we would be leaving Falkenberg, he kept feeling…
October 11, 2024 (Falkenberg, Germany) — We spent this day with the Rasp family. Gerhard Rasp is a distant cousin of Dave’s through his Mark line. Gerhard’s ancestor was a sibling of Viktoria Mark who married Johann Kuhns. The couple immigrated to Wisconsin in the 1800’s from Falkenberg, Germany. We love the Rasps. They are…
Thursday, October 10, 2024 (Waldsassen, Germany) — We spent the morning at the Abbey and Library in Waldsassen, Germany. In the afternoon Dave and Gerhard took me along as they visited people and places who could teach them more about the Kuhns – Mark lines. We even took a tour inside the Kuhns-Mark house where…
We spent the morning of Wednesday, October 9th in Regensburg, Germany. We went back to see the inside of the St Peter’s Cathedral. St. Peters in Regensburg, Germany Then after walking 4,000 steps, we finally located a bank that would exchange dollars for Euros. Word to the wise: Exchange your money to Euros BEFORE you…
My husband Dave and I took a trip to Europe October 7 – 24, 2024. Our intention in going was to do family history research on his father’s line and my mother’s line. We visited Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. After an 11-hour flight (Chattanooga – Charlotte – Munich) we arrived in…
