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One Last Day

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This is the last full day of our trip before we head home. We start off by going to breakfast that is provided over at the restaurant. This morning there is a sweet little grandma there running the breakfast. She asks if we want coffee and I ask if the kids can have hot chocolate as I saw that as an option on the menu in our room. She didn’t understand me and brought a bottle of apple juice instead. Our breakfast is more of the same… hard boiled eggs, meat and cheese platter, plus bread. This place has a small piece of apple cake for each of us too. We are only a few miles away from the border of the Netherlands, so Nate takes advantage of one last high speed blast (149 mph!) on the autobahn before speed is restricted once again. We told the kids they could have 30 minutes of screen time for this whole road trip, and they have been saving it, so they use that time now as we only have a two hour long drive today. We are heading to Amsterdam to get the kids a fresh stroopwafel, but first...
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On the Road Again...

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My goal for the morning is to sleep in…something we haven't been able to do since we left Eindhoven. But my back is uncomfortable in bed and doesn't allow for too much extra sleep. We do let the kids sleep while I reorganize suitcases so we will only need to bring in one of our smaller suitcases instead of the largest one. We leave the hotel around 10 AM and drive a few miles to a McDonald's for breakfast. They have some interesting menu items like a "Big Farmer" and even beer. McDonald's charges 3,10 Euros ($3.60 USD) for a cup of plain water We don't have much planned for today. Mainly trying to get most of the way back towards Amsterdam. There is a cool looking park that is a couple hours away called Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in the town of Kassel, Germany that we head towards . The Hercules monument on top of the hill This park has a huge statue of Hercules on the top of a monument at the top of a long hill. There are reservoirs and channels that supply w...
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Traveling in the Steps of my Ancestors

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Rainer and Andrea invited us to their house for a traditional German breakfast at 9 AM. When we arrive there is a great spread of food on the table, and Andrea makes some medium boiled eggs that are the perfect set for me. They have a really cool spring-powered egg cracker that just cuts a ring on the top. They also bring out some homemade garlic salt that they give also us to take home. To use the egg cracker you hold it on the egg, pull up on the top and let it smack back down. This cuts a perfect ring in the top of the egg. The top part flips open and holds salt. All the food is very similar to what we've been eating all over Germany: sliced meats and cheeses, breads with jam, and so on. I try some rosehip jam on bread which was a unique and good taste.  After breakfast Rainer shows me on his computer the program he uses for his family tree, as well as how I am related to some people I had met the day before. We then get into our car and he navigates for Nate to show us the town...
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