Denmark

Copenhagen , Denmark was really fun...........we especially enjoyed our time with

Bor. & Sis. Thomsen. Here we leaving church to go do some sight seeing. They hold

church in the Ballerup Train Station.

Here we are eating a sack lunch that Sis. Thomsen packed for us before entering the

Freiderekborg Castle.

After the castle and a fun custom tour they took us on of the area we went to their home. That
was very special........she treated us to a typical Danish lunch.........a declicious open-faced shrimp sandwich.

Our second day in Copenhagen we went in search of a couple family history spots. First I wanted to find the home where our ancestors lived when Niels Peter Christiansen Sr., my great-great-grandfather was born. We found the street, but couldn't really be sure which

building they lived in, because the house numbers have changed since the mid 1800's. This

building looked like the oldest on the street to me, so that is our best guess! Maybe next

time we go we can get better information on the history of this area.

This is the Lutheran church where he was christened! It is a famous church in

copenhagen........called the "Church of Our Savoir".

Here is what we saw in France.

We actually only spent a couple days in France, but what we saw was really interesting. We

visited two sights. One of them was the beaches of Normandie, the

American WW II Monuments and the Cemetery.

This is Omaha Beach, where thousands of American soliders died before and after the

famous landing!

This is the American Monument built
in of honor all those that gave their lives that day............do you know the

date of D-day?

This is the cemetery.......do you know
how many American boys are buried
here?







The other sight we visited in France
was la Mont St. Michel. This is an abbey originally built in 700 a.d. It was very interesting, but it had way too many steps for me!

Uncle Karl

While we were in Munich we saw Uncle Karl several times. We tried to get him to go out to dinner, but he didn't really want. So, we ended up bringing food back to the apartment for him. Even though he usually said that he wasn't hungry he always seemed to enjoy what we brought, especailly the deserts! He is moving very slowly now days and no doubt he is lonely - since most of the time he is alone in his apartment.

Our Munich Heroes the Schobers!!

This is dad in front of the flat that Susanne and Rainer let us use for several days while we were

in Munich. They drove us to our day trips from here and even let us borrow one their cars to drive to the Schonsee area. Sussanne was also very helpful with our search for more genealogy

informaton. We doubt if they realize how much we appreciate everything they did for us.

So, we are back after spending 3 weeks in Europe. As always, it is so nice to be home!

We will be adding pictures from our trip for the next fews days. This is a picture of the inside of one of the beer tents at the Octoberfest in Munich. We went to this our first day in Germany

with Rainer and Susanne. It was amazing! This tent holds about 6,000 people all sitting

like a bunch of bugs in a rug drinking beer and eating great German food. The festival attracts

about 6 million people each year. Crazy, huh?!

The Best Part of Our Trip was meeting Family!

We were really pleased to be able to find information on, locate and meet some of dad's family from his birth father, Helmut Streicher, on this trip to Germany. This is his brother Ralph with his wife Petra and their two daughter Theresa and Franziska. They are very nice people.

Helmut's Family in Germany

This a picture of Isabella and her husband, Werner.

Here is a picture of Helmut finally united with his brother Ralph and his sister Isabella