This update comes at you from Madison Wisconsin. We're on the road for a few days but we brought the laptop and I'll keep updating as I'm able.
Today the boys leave Giessen and head to Grosslittgen. Looks like a few hours in the bus for them:
Giessen to Grosslittgen
Grosslittgen looks to be pretty small. A population just over 1,000 people. I don't even need to mention any more, it's old. First mention in history is in the year 912. The itinerary says they're meeting at the "school by the lake" There's a few little lakes in town. Not sure if any of them have a school by them.
The official site for the city has some good, if small, pictures.
Just outside the city there's an impressive abbey. Abbey Wiki.
Here's the contact address that we've got for the itinerary.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Viking Today... 6/26
The boys leave Schlitz today and head out for Gießen (Giessen). It looks like a short drive of about 50 miles.
Schlitz to Gießen
Gießen is about 75,000 people. It's pretty dense, with a population 10,000 larger than St. Cloud, they're living in an area a little smaller (28 square miles as opposed to St. Cloud's 30 square miles)
From some of the pictures I've been looking at, it looks much closer to what I expect a city here to look like. Modern looking buildings and whatnot. It seems Gießen was a rail and road network hub and was heavily bombed near the end of WWII.
That's not to say there's not some great scenery there as well.
Until recently (2007), there was a U.S. Army Garrison in Giessen. In WWI there was a POW camp there, here's a BBC feature with a memoir from a former prisoner.
The itinerary says the boys will arrive at the "Sammler und Hobbywelt" this afternoon. Google says that translates to "Collectors and Hobby World". It looks to be a place with all sorts of things. Everything from gas lamps to model trains to racecars to airplanes. I'm imagining it something like "The House on the Rock" in Wisconsin maybe? Surely there's something for everyone to enjoy at a place that diverse.
Here's the satellite imagery of the address that's provided for the choir contact.
If you've got time, click the "comments" link below and leave a comment with any news from the letters you've gotten. Stacy and I really got a kick out of reading some of the other letters that have been shared with us. It really helps to give a better picture of what's going on with the boys. So, share if you can, we'd love to hear even the most mundane of details!
Schlitz to Gießen
Gießen is about 75,000 people. It's pretty dense, with a population 10,000 larger than St. Cloud, they're living in an area a little smaller (28 square miles as opposed to St. Cloud's 30 square miles)
From some of the pictures I've been looking at, it looks much closer to what I expect a city here to look like. Modern looking buildings and whatnot. It seems Gießen was a rail and road network hub and was heavily bombed near the end of WWII.
That's not to say there's not some great scenery there as well.
Until recently (2007), there was a U.S. Army Garrison in Giessen. In WWI there was a POW camp there, here's a BBC feature with a memoir from a former prisoner.
The itinerary says the boys will arrive at the "Sammler und Hobbywelt" this afternoon. Google says that translates to "Collectors and Hobby World". It looks to be a place with all sorts of things. Everything from gas lamps to model trains to racecars to airplanes. I'm imagining it something like "The House on the Rock" in Wisconsin maybe? Surely there's something for everyone to enjoy at a place that diverse.
Here's the satellite imagery of the address that's provided for the choir contact.
If you've got time, click the "comments" link below and leave a comment with any news from the letters you've gotten. Stacy and I really got a kick out of reading some of the other letters that have been shared with us. It really helps to give a better picture of what's going on with the boys. So, share if you can, we'd love to hear even the most mundane of details!
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