After a delicious breakfast and saying goodbye to our wonderful new friends, we were off to Berlin! We checked into our hotel, then we had to take a trip to the US embassy to find out what it'll take to get a new passport. Unfortunately, Easter weekend happens to be the WORST time to lose something, since everything is closed Thursday through Tuesday. And yes, our stuff was stolen Thursday. But not to worry, there's plenty of things to keep us busy in Germany fo...

Today we got to meet our relatives who live in northern Germany. So exciting!! We drove a beautiful drive up to the quaint town of Bredenbek, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, where our relatives live - Reimer, my dad's second cousin, and Reimer's wife Inga. We received such a kind welcome from them, and it was wonderful to sit and chat about life, history, countries, cultures and family. Reimer then took us on our own personalized tour of northern Germany- w...

We're here!! After hardly sleeping on the plane, we had a VERY eventful day. We arrived in Berlin bright and early in the morning. We got our rental car and headed straight north! Soooo.... Germany is BEAUTIFUL. The drive was amazing... AND it was our first time on the autobahn. It took some getting used to, but it was fabulous to go as fast as we wanted, and to drive in a place where there are NO horrible left lane drivers! (/rant) First stop - a peninsula near...