...it´s wet, foggy, windy and cold today*i´m getting a cold too :(* in germany, a good reason to start my activities at your forum.
hi to all and nice to be here
mike :)
Mr. Glenn,
I just have to write to you,my daughter is in Weisbadan Germany in the Military. She has been over there since June 18th of this year.
Where in Germany are you and were is Weisbadan from you.
Glad to see you on this site.
Catch you later.
Army Mom
I´m posting from Lilienthal. it´s a surburb (12.000 inhabitants) to Bremen (600.000 inhabitants) and 35 miles from the north sea coast and Bremerhaven( next us-base with military harbor) away.
the distance to Wiesbaden? ...nearly 300 miles or 4 hours by a car.
I´m a civilian and happily married*my wife wanted this to add ;)*to a german woman.
cu mike
How did you manage to find the Howard Forum?
Were you here at one time living close?
My husband is from Norway..Been here almost 3 years and he can speak "some" German, but only if he has too. LOL
How long have you been in Germany and away form the U.S.?
Lots of questions, but if I don't ask them. Janet will and I wanted to beat her to the punch.
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Yes, that has me very curious, too, as to how Micheal found the Howard Forum. Tell me! Tell me! :) :)
Puhhhh...that´s a long story, that needs a little bit time for informative explanations. :)
>>>How did you manage to find the Howard Forum?
Were you here at one time living close?<<<
No, I have never seen kansas or elk county with my own eyes before, but it is my desire to visit your county so soon as I can handle that.
During my genealogy researches about my own direct family and their relatives with other surnames, I found out, that we are connected with elk county for more as 50 years.
Some relatives was born there or married their spouses in elk county.
A greatgrandgrandmother from me, in direct bloodline, is buried
in paw paw or a cemetery nearby severy.
The glenn´s moved from pennsylvania and west virginia to kansas, from there to washington, oregon and california, that all within a period of 230 years.
That waked my curiosity.
...what I have seen during my researches in web obout elk county,the people, the wildlife, the scenics and and and... seems to me very pleasant.
that`s the main reason for my being here.
>>My husband is from Norway..Been here almost 3 years and he can speak "some" German, but only if he has too. LOL
How long have you been in Germany and away form the U.S.?<<
My mom and my stepfather moved after his retirement this summer as permanent inhabitants to orsa in dalarna county (sweden).
They bought there a house with a 4 acre lot 15 years ago and lived there saisonal during his holidays as teacher.
Sweden and norway are wonderful countries, but to short summertimes and to strong and long wintertimes.
My mom immigrated to the US 1956 and becomes her green card ´58 , was employed in denver as secretary and translator for a lawyer in foreign affairs and traders.
In denver she meets my father(stay there for visiting relatives) ´59 and the last meeting of many meetings ends with a marriage. :angel:*that makes me wonder*
Later (1961) she moved with him to California and during the trip by car to L.A. a little child was born in san jose.
Of course they made a short break in san jose, for moms belly in the hospital and need for the brakes at dads car also a break in an automotive shop, the rockies and the sierra was to much for the old buick straight eight. ;D
It could be, the baby was named michael glenn.
Every meeting has an end, moms and dads also after a couple of years, he wasn´t a man of honor and a divorce was the best for both.
Also for me?
I can´t find out the right answer for my own since nearly four decades. ???
...other questions are answered by mysellf! :laugh:
My forty year long meeting in germany must have an end.
The difference between german and us-mentality is for me not longer easily to ignore .
Germany changed his face and his behaviour complete the last 20 years ago, I know exactly what I write down here on board. :(
And the regular holidays in CA are to not enough for my mental wellness.
I love california, espacially the weather, hermosa beach and san pedro and my CA-familymembers and friends are really friendly to me,my wife and my kids, ...but nobody with normal income can pay there the prices for houses as second residence or seasonal living.
The crime rate is unbelieveable high in L.A. and overcrowded is not the right word in the summertime. ;D
It would be a big wrong to put up for sale my wifes business and to give up my own small one.
It seems to me, it is better to start with a little second residence and build up to the first residence.
...but where is the right place for this project?
testpost with several links:
...some informations about lilienthal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilienthal%2C_Lower_Saxony
http://www.lilienthal.de/Home.11.0.html
http://www.staedte-verlag.de/stadtplaene/plan/index.php4?plz=28865
http://www.marktplatz-osterholz.de/Bilder/lilienthal.jpg
http://www.michael-wettern.de/Landschaften/Lilienthal-13a_31-46.jpg
http://www.landschaftsverband-stade.de/images/brosch09-01.jpg
http://www2.bremen.de/bilder/ausschreibunglogos/lilienthal.jpg
...hope it works. :-\
...typical landscaping around 10 miles from lilienthal:
http://www.eichenauer.info/ansichtskarten/teufelsmoor/i10-015-931.jpg
http://www.bremen-tourism.de/btz/material/Barkenhoff_Sommer05_g.jpg
http://sucheaol.aol.de/suche/bilder/detail_view_fs.jsp?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bilderstroeme.de%2FWorpswede.htm¶ms=%2Fsuche%2Fbilder%2Fmodules%2Fstatic%2Fdetail_view.jsp%3FpicPath%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fimages-partners.google.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AlaO6CGQtEsBaRM%253Ahttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.bilderstroeme.de%25252FTeufel6.jpg%26sh%3D86%26sw%3D115%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bilderstroeme.de%252FTeufel6.jpg%26referer%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bilderstroeme.de%252FWorpswede.htm%26h%3D216%26w%3D288%26size%3D11
http://www.washausen.de/fischerhude/deutsch/tmoorc.htm
http://static.flickr.com/1/297914_e23771f6ee.jpg
have fun!!!
Mr. Glenn,
My daughter is single and likes it that way for the time being. She is unable to come home for the holidays. I just thinking if you and your wife were closer you might say "HI" to her. Of course Mom and Dad will having just as hard time with out her.
Well, you are to far away. Continue to read the forum as you will find us pretty freindly.
Army Mom
In comparison to the job in the army is a trip by car to Wiesbaden just a very small job.
You could give her my email address and than we can find out together, how we handle a "just-say-hello-meeting" in the northern part or middle part of germany during her holidays.
She is every time welcome, if she like that too, there is no problem from me or my family*this includes also my dog :)*, but it could be that he wants to sleep in her bed, if she stay by us for a couple of days!
mike
Quote from: michael_glenn on November 04, 2006, 06:02:29 PM
...other questions are answered by mysellf! :laugh:
My forty year long meeting in germany must have an end.
The difference between german and us-mentality is for me not longer easily to ignore .
Germany changed his face and his behaviour complete the last 20 years ago, I know exactly what I write down here on board. :(
And the regular holidays in CA are to not enough for my mental wellness.
I love california, espacially the weather, hermosa beach and san pedro and my CA-familymembers and friends are really friendly to me,my wife and my kids, ...but nobody with normal income can pay there the prices for houses as second residence or seasonal living.
The crime rate is unbelieveable high in L.A. and overcrowded is not the right word in the summertime. ;D
It would be a big wrong to put up for sale my wifes business and to give up my own small one.
It seems to me, it is better to start with a little second residence and build up to the first residence.
...but where is the right place for this project?
Well greetings Michael Glenn. Exactly. Starting with a second residence is just what my mate Lynne (Indy on this forum) and I have done in the past month. You're on the right path I believe. Lynne is a full time university student here in Wichita (an hour and a half drive from Howard), and I work at a largish software development firm. We rent our home here in Wichita. We're not rich. Found a fantastic property in Howard and took the plunge. It's going to be a wonderful place to 'second home' until we have it tuned the way we wish and 'retire' from city dwelling to there. It means a lot of work, driving, budgeting, prodding deadlines, and of course worrying about the homestead while away for the drudgery of the week. But. It's a step in the right direction we're sure. You'd be surprised to learn I found and bought the 'castle' through Ebay. I could have been knocked over with a featherduster at that turn of events, but such is the Harmony of life. We spent our first night Friday last, and although I remember only wee bits here and there (totalled by a reaction to a flu injection I'm certain), it was nice to begin the journey in earnest.
Something else you might consider an intriguing possibility in spreading your wings and experiencing your envisioned new locale would be to either 'home exchange' with, or be 'hosted' by the locals (and of course reciprocate). It would be a great way to meet your neighbors, make friends for life, and it could be a great opportunity to stick your toes in the water a bit, explore some, look at the real estate situation and check out your options. I would, for one, (and probably my sweetie too - I'll ask her...lol) be tickled to explore an option such as that somewhere down the timeline a bit.
Remember this about the jobs, well okay, the businesses . . .
We can all be replaced
Interesting thread going here and I'm most happy to make your acquaintance and am looking forward to future communiques.
Cheers, Terrell