08/06/24 Port: Strasbourg, France Tour - Alsace, Le Petite France

Tuesday, August 6, 2024, The tour of Strasbourg started at the Place De la Republique. We walked along Place Broglie and saw the Strasbourg Cathedral. We toured the city and saw Le Petite France.

While at the Cathedral we commissioned a caricature artist to draw us. Funny results!

My teeth!! His Nose!!! Oh my!

On the way back Grandma Carol fell while crossing the street. I helped her up and she said she was ok. Found out she broke some ribs and went to the ER upon return to her home. Poor Grandma. Nothing they could do for her though. She is just going to have to heal on her own.

In the afternoon we had some down time and we were able to go enjoy the pool and some relaxation on the lounge chairs.

At dinner that night Bob the magic man stopped by and bent a quarter in front of our eyes without anything. Still don't know how he did it! Earlier in the week he did a magic trick with a deck of cards for us. He's fun!

Bob Bolivar performed a magic trick
with a quarter for us!

Sans, our server
Ready to bring us lots of dinner

Enjoying the roof top lounge chairs

Fish and weggies
I can actually identify this one!

German Flammkuchen
(like a crispy flat bread pizza with cream sauce)
really yummy, gonna be making this one!

Notice the sweat around Andy's neck
It was really hot and humid the whole time!

Our "lame" group
We were called the gentle walkers
But most of our party had a cane or
a wheelchair for our walking tours

Interesting Caricature we commissioned
$15 euros per head
30 minutes

Found a pastry shop and
enjoyed some French goodies!

We found a chocolate shop.
And splurged on a box of chocolates.

Andy...considering the options!

Theresa and Grandma Kathy

Suzette and Jerry

Jenny, Katie, Brin and Grandma Carol

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09/10/23 Hey, do you get to read letters on non-p day, p day?

First time trying a lime Pineapple was more pleasing than lime Well...we went to Provo on Saturday and Sunday -- so your letter is a little later on Sunday than usual...but then I got to thinking...will you even get to see this before Thursday anyway?! So hopefully you're not sad that I'm late and all is well in CHILE. It's a rainy sabbath here...which is weird cause we rarely get rain. But it is drizzly and rainy and our ride home was beautiful for 2 hours, raining for 1 1/2 hours, and then pretty good the rest of the way. Let's see...what happened this week...Monday was Labor Day...so we had a day off work. Yeah!!! We didn't have anywhere we needed to go and planned to have a quiet Monday but first, we went to this store called Sheridan's that is super close to our house. And we found some wonderful outdoor patio furniture. It took us 3 trips to get it all home and all afternoon to unpack and assemble it. So at 5:30, we were just finishing and kinda tired

10/15/23 Last Letter!

Hey! Can you believe it?! It's your last letter from home!!! This time next week you'll be one tired Hermana sitting in my kitchen with me!!! What a week! Monday was Columbus Day - so everybody had to work ('cept me!!!!) haha I stayed home and worked on projects. I took your car to the tire shop and had the tires inflated and then to Walmart and got an oil change then to the car wash and got the shebang inside and out and then brought it home and scrubbed it for a couple more hours. Wow, it was dirty and still isn't great! haha. I also cleaned the pool and worked on the yard a bit and I don't even remember what else. I just remember I was super tired by day's end! On Tuesday Emmalee came over and did Holly's hair and makeup. She looked really pretty. Afterward, we went to the Covington Home to take pictures. And the funny thing...it was decked out in Halloween decorations. NOOOOO!!!! So we found some areas and took some pictures and I think we got a c

09/17/23 Good Morning!

I l ooked up Iqueque and it looks beautiful!!! Did they save the best for last? I'm excited to see your place and hear about it. It looks like a very fun vacation city -- so maybe people won't be as interested in learning the gospel??? I dunno! But I was impressed! It was a busy week but productive! After church last week they had a linger-longer -- we've never done that in any ward I've been in that I recall...maybe when I was a kid (we would stay all day between conferences). I have heard of it...AJ had it in the Virgin Islands. It was fun. Brother Blaser made tons of cookies and everyone just stayed after and visited for a little while. Dad met a couple that has a pickleball court in their side yard. But that yard was too small, so they have to cut off 4 feet...which seems like a lot! haha. We haven't gone up to play with then yet so I dunno! They live on Myrna's hill. Monday we went to the temple pre-open house. It was really beautiful and a nice exp

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