Europe 2015 – July 5th

Not to be outdone by the previous morning’s breakfast selections, July 5th brought this:

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Ezra approved.

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After breakfast we packed up the car and headed to the North Sea, specifically to the town of Bremerhaven. Here’s Bruce driving on the Autobahn (insert scary face here!).

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I think he got the car up to 190 km/h (118 mph) which I was not comfortable with at all. Finn was. The whole rest of the trip he kept asking when we were going back on the “autobond.”

Bremerhaven is a port city from which lots of Germans emigrated. Here are some photos, including the memorial to emigrants.

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After a bit, we started walking to another part of town. On the way we saw a U-Boat museum and stopped in. I learned immediately that I would never make it on a submarine. The boys, all three of them, loved it.

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After the U-Boat we continued our walk. Finn and Jokke had a lot to chat about.

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Here are a few shots from the journey.

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We finally made it to our destination and had a great fish lunch. After lunch the boys played a little impromptu whiffle ball game while we waited for a taxi (that never showed up).

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We finally decided to take the bus back and, after a mad dash, we made it onto the bus. The boys were very happy to not be walking back.

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Our next destination was first, coffee, and then the German Emigration Museum.

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This museum was really a fabulous experience. It took us through all of the steps of emigration and showed the various travel accommodations (or lack thereof). Here are some shots from our visit there.

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At the end of our visit we spent some time in their research room and Bruce found the records for Paul Meyer, his great grandfather who emigrated to America.

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What a great day trip! Here’s a slideshow of the rest of my photos.