This photo brings back happy memories about spending time in Mecklenburg/Vorpommern with my brother and sister-in-law. This photo was taken on Monday, 12th November 2012.
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Today is Ash-Wednesday, 13th February 2013.
I am thinking back to our stay in Meck/Pom. The eight days with my brother and sister-in-law were packed full. They showed us around nearly every day. A lot of historical sites were included as you can see from some of my recent posts. Since I did not post anything at all during our stay in beautiful Meck/Pom, I had planned on catching up with it at a later time. Well, now I finally did it.
At least I sorted out all the pictures from that time. These pictures were bound to trigger a lot of memories. I am happy I was able to post a lot of the pictures as well as what they mean to me. As far as the history of Mecklenburg is concerned I must say I find a lot of it very intriguing. I became especially interested in the personal history of some of the historical figures and the social conditions over the past centuries. But of course I only scratched the surface. There is an immense amount of material at your fingertips to study. A lot of caring people see to it that all this material is preserved for future generations. The castles and historical sites in the area attract every year many visitors. My brother and his wife knew all these places already from previous visits. Joyfully they took us to all these places. Apparently they love to go there again and again.
We saw as much as possible within the short time of our stay. During our other visit there in June 2010 we saw some different and also very interesting places in the area. I am sure there a lot more still to explore. I’d love to be able to go there again. However the main thing for hubby and me was really to spend time with Peter Uwe and Astrid. We had hoped they would come and visit us in Australia. Sadly it looks now as though they’ve given up on this idea.
AuntyUta 
Beautiful family reunion picture Auntyuta and a pleasure to read your blog.
Ian
Thank you, Ian.
It brings me joy to see you happily reunited with your family. It is a priceless treasure to be around your family that you have not seen for a long time. Wonderful pictures. Wishing you and your love ones all the best.
Thank you very much, dear IT, for your comment and good wishes. Cheerio, Uta.
Tolle Familie,grüße dich ganz herzlich,und Danke für deinen lieben Kommentar,ja Karneval ist ja jetzt vorbei.ich war auch nicht weg war etwas erkältet.Morgen wollen wir mal wieder zur Ahr fahren schauen ob alles in Ordnung ist,bleiben aber nicht so lange das Wetter ist ja auch nicht so schön.Wünsche dir noch einen schönen Aschermittwoch und grüße Herzlich.Gislinde
Ja schade, Gislinde, dass du beim Karneval nicht ein bisschen dabei sein konntest. Hoffe, dass ihr bald etwas besseres Wetter haben werdet und dass du nicht noch mehr mit Erkältungen zu tun haben wirst. Wünsche euch eine recht gute Fahrt zur Ahr. Der Aschermittwoch ist nun auch vorbei. Wäre ja gut, wenn man auch etwas Fasten einhalten könnte. Nach allzu viel Fasten ist mir aber nicht zumute! Freue mich schon auf Ostern. Wünsche dir alles Gute, liebe Gislinde. Herzliche Grüsse aus Australien. Uta
I have been going through old pictures, too. I must admit, though, that I’ve never been to Germany.
I’ve never been to America, Robert, except for a short visit to Anaheim with our youngest daughter who was eight at the time. We visited Disneyland every day and really liked it. We had a wonderful time there!
Some visits are just too short
Definitely. But then we made the most within the short time that was available to us.
Glad you had such an amazing time, reconnecting with your brother and his wife, seeing the sights…..I think it enriches your experience of a place when you delve into the history of it…and what could be better than to be with your own family while doing so? 🙂 I wish I could get the chance to travel with my siters some day….I know I always miss them dearly when I am in a new place, wishing they could see it too with me.
Why have Peter Uwe and Astrid given up on travelling to Australia?
Thanks for your lovely comment, dear Munira.
Why have they given up on travelling all the way to Australia?
For one, they cannot be away from their property for too long
because it needs looking after. Another reason may be that they think they rather spend the money on something else, like if they spend their funds on travelling to Australia they mightn’t be able to do several other things which somehow seem to have priority at this stage.
Lovely picture to memorialize a reconnection with people who are important, obviously. Thank you.
Thank you very much for your visit, Mary-Ann, and for commenting. It was fantastic to be able to see my brother and sister-in-law for one whole week. It would be marvelous to see them again. Whether this may be possible is pretty uncertain at this stage. Uta.