Jim and Ann Tobin visit us in Brunssum
We got back from London and the very next day we had two visitors from the other side of the Atlantic. We love visitors and Jim and Ann were very easy guests. We picked them up at the Aachen train station on Tuesday afternoon. They flew Space-A to Ramstein and took the train all the way north to the closest German city ( a nearby train station in Germany). We fed them a harty Irish dinner and then after some chit chatting they hit the hay trying to get acclimated to our time zone. The days to follow were wonderful very relaxing with lots of food, card playing, swimming and talking. We showed Jim and Ann around Brunssum and the NATO base with a special stop at the library. On Saturday we experienced our first Carnival which was quite an experience. Lots of parades, people dressed in costume, food and drinking. Ann and I even stumbled upon a church that had an English speaking mass that we could attend. The church and mass was beautiful and after mass we were invited for coffee and cookies. On Sunday we went to Dordrecht to visit Ann’s cousin Bob Reinders and his family. They were great hosts with lots of coffee, peanuts and yummy rolls with cheese. Rob showed us around the city and then we went to an Indonesian restaurant for dinner. It was a great day and we are so happy we made the trip. Jim and Ann had to leave us on Tuesday and we were sad to see them go. We had a wonderful time and we were very happy they made the long trip to come see us.