Maehler Family Blog
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This is Max Maehler from Maehler family travel blog and we're almost ready to head out on the 10 1/2 hour flight to Germany. We have been packing for 2 days straight. We just hope we packed everything!!! Well, that's about it, so off to more packing!!!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler maehlerfamily
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The Night Before Takeoff
So after a year of planning, here we sit drinking a glass of champagne to celebrate both our trip as well as our anniversary! Tomorrow we dep... Continue reading »
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We Finally Got There
Things went creepily well for us at the airport, to the point that we got a bit paranoid...rightfully so, as after we boarded the plane there was... Continue reading »
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Down the Rhine to Cologne
After a good night's sleep, we boarded a boat for a trip down the Rhine river toward Cologne. Although it rained a bit, it was a wonderful day... Continue reading » -
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Our First Day in Cologne
We spent our first day in Cologne wandering the medieval streets and visiting the Cologne Cathedral. Construction first began on the cathedral... Continue reading » -
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Visiting the Family
On Thursday we took Max and Mateis's cousins Jill and Joelle with us to Lindenthal to visit the Melatenstrasse Cemetary. Uncle Helmut served a... Continue reading » -
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Getting Together with the Family, Part Zwei
On Friday, we had a second get together with the family at Sabine and Hans Juergen's house in Sechtem...a last hurrah with Germaine and Natalie b... Continue reading »
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Hitting the Museums
We are skipping our travel blog for 7/28, due to technical difficulties (of which there have been many!)...we'll come back to it later if we are abl... Continue reading » -
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The Bruehl Castle
On Monday, Hans Juergen arranged for us to have a private tour of the Bruehl Castle. We were supposed to have ridden our bikes there and back... Continue reading »
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A day in the Eifel
We started fairly early by auto to an area known as the Eifel. This region is adjacent to Belgium and is a hilly national park in the country... Continue reading »
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Onward to Norway
Leaving Germany was hard, but it made it easier knowing that we were on our way to see the other side of the family in Norway. There was a bi... Continue reading »
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A Visit to our Ancestral Home
On Friday we took the ferry to Afjord, the home of Lisa's great grandparents. They lived on an island about an hour from the mainland c... Continue reading »
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A Family Reunion
On Saturday we went fishing for cod and sei, which are known as "coalfish" in English. Lines are dropped to the bottom of the sea, then gentl... Continue reading »
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Out and About in Afjord
On Sunday and Monday we made pilgrimages to various relatives' cottages in Afjord...first to Elsa and Harald Pettersvik for dinner Sunday evening,... Continue reading »
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Saying Goodbye to Afjord
On Tuesday we took a walk to Bjornevik (Bear Inlet), the house built by Lisa's great grandparents and the area from which they took their new name,... Continue reading »
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A Day in Trondheim
On Wednesday, we took the bus into Trondheim. We visited the Nidaros Dom (cathedral), then continued walking through the city and eventually... Continue reading »
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An Outing to Roros
We got up early Thursday and took the train to Roros, a small village in the mountains close to the border of Sweden. Legend has it that in t... Continue reading »
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Our Last Day in Norway
We spent the last day in Trondheim visiting the family business. Ole (Lisa's cousin) and his father (Artur) sold the general store and purchased a... Continue reading »
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Paris, The City of Lights
We woke up at 3:30 AM for a 6:20 flight to Paris. By the time we arrived we were all pretty tired. A cab ride from the airport with a few wrong tur... Continue reading »
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Hitting The Pavement
After sleeping in, we headed to the Metro station and purchased a week long pass called the Carte Orange. Our first destination that day was the Ba... Continue reading »
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The Notre Dame
We spent the day walking the streets of Paris and ended up at the Notre Dame Cathedral. We were unable to go the previous day because they wer... Continue reading »
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Off To The Louvre
We spent the afternoon on our first visit to the Louvre. Fortunately we had purchased tickets online in the U.S. which allowed us to avoid the mass... Continue reading »
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More Museums, The New And The Old
We spent the last 2 days in Paris visiting the Musee d Orsee and the Louvre. The Musee d Orsee is home of the "modern" art movement, the impressi... Continue reading »
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