Kathie in Thorp":2wgbh4vs said:
Hillsdown, what was your family history where this took place . . . Poland, France, Belgium, Holland?
I think you just answered this, before asked.
Holland, 15 minutes from the German border Kathie. We spent our honeymoon in Europe , and stayed in Bremen,Germany in this beautiful old hotel 5 blocks from the soccer stadium downtown Bremen. The Hotel was owned and operated by Holocaust survivors , and both were the only surviving members of each respective family. They were the sweetest, kindest ,couple and when they found out that my husband a Dutchman had married me a Canadian gal they were tickled pink. :lol2:
They invited us down for dinner in their private dining room that evening and prepared a traditional dinner for us themselves which was phenomenal (schnitzel, spaetzle , omgoodness, the works) and then again for breakfast that morning . What a feast that was as well , home made Pate and real German Butter cheese, not the stuff we get here but the stuff that melts in your mouth like butter the fluffiest scrambled eggs I have ever tasted .They even made us lunch to take along for the rest of our drive home . The top part of the hotel had been demolished by the Nazi's ,but the bottom was still standing and you should have seen the art work that was in there ,WOW !! Thank goodness my husband speaks German as well, as they spoke only German but did understand a little English. Last I heard they are still there and I would love to go back to see them soon before it is too late .
I have to add too that Becks on tap in Bremen ,to die for. The best draft beer I have ever had in my life . :nod: