Hey, did it look like I wasn't grateful enough? ;-) Geez, if I was the pious kind, I'd be down on me knees all day to thank the good lord for a person like Kate. As I am not, I tried to make her stay as pleasant as possible, cooking my best for her, tried to keep it low fat and sent her her charger back, including a tube of very nice hand moisturizer. Well, I even offered her payment (which she refused). And I invited her for the wedding. What else could I have done to show my gratitude?
U. ;->
The cooking was SPLENDID! I suffered not a jot in the wailing innards department. The bed was comfy, the company delightful, and I had a grand time.
The phone charger arrived safely, and my hands are so soft now they may liquify! ;)
Things I wish we had more time for:
Playing with the green Husqvarna and getting that reverse button to pop out reliably!
Dismantling the tension on the Singer and cleaning it...
Disemboweling the Pfaff at your brother's, cleaning it up, and playing with the stitch patterns!
Playing more with the patterns on Auntie's Pfaff, and getting to know her industrial sized Singer treadle!
Visiting some local sights, and taking a look at Weeze/Laarbruch and Goch - which were a bit far away for this trip!
Teaching Christine more English words and learning more German. Knowing the German for onions and bread rolls and a gliderdrome (segulflugeland [sp?]) can only take you so far...
Unfortunately the work load and GMNT commitments mean I can't get back for the wedding, which is so sad. I'd have loved to be there.
Oh, that could be 'Segelfliegerland' or 'Segelflugland', Google didn't show anything.
Kate, you'll have to come and visit another time; I'm serious. I had meant to show you some castles in our area. We're not all rustic farmhouses and shafthead frames. We'll be cultural capital 2010, so there must be more to us than just that. ;->
U.
I don't remember ever seeing it written down...
I love rustic farmhouses, shafted frames and all! I was facinated by the barn roof, and would have loved to poke about in the smithy as well. I am still amazed that the structure was all so late. All the half timbered buildings round this area are 1600's or earlier. After that it was all brick and stone. Well, there was a lot of stone and flint before that, but most houses were half-timbered with wattle & daub, flint, or brick in-fill. And some of the 18th C looking houses ate actually much older, but were given a face lift in the late 1700's with new windows and a mathematical tile skin.
And yes, we will be back. Maybe your parents should keep one of the barn flats for holiday letting.
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