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 This
year Christmas will be very different for us. Gretchen and I are originally
from and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which has a large German population.
My family background is German and we have always been intrigued
by things German.
Last year we met a German couple at our RV park in Apache Junction. They had been coming to the United States for the past fourteen winters and staying generally for five or six months. While here they had some minor legal and tax issues arise with which I was able to assist them. They enjoyed cooking and baking (he had been a chef) and we of course enjoyed eating the results so we spent a fair amount of time together. Last year the couple's only daughter convinced them that this year they should stay home once for Christmas. We told them that we envied them as we often had thought of spending Christmas in Germany, visiting the Christmas markets and perhaps spending Christmas day in a picture book church in the mountains. Their immediate reaction was that we should come to Germany this Christmas and stay with them in their roomy home. It took all of about ten seconds to agree that was a superb idea! As a result we will be flying from Phoenix to Frankfurt on December 14th and returning on January 3rd. Consequently our Christmas preparations this year have consisted of digging out some long buried heavier clothing and arranging for transportation to the airport rather than the usual shopping excursions. After almost five years full-timing it is exciting to think of probably having a white Christmas instead of a nice, comfortable Arizona holiday.
Here's hoping that your and Ron's Christmas
will truly be a merry one!
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To
answer your inquiry, yes, we will be "on (y)our way to a fun place
for Christmas," but it will not be one "on the road" but rather one in
the air and in the "old country"!