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...