Our family packed up and went to the Amana Colonies last weekend to visit my Grandma Rowena and two ladies from Germany, Anna and her daughter Miriam. Anna was a foreign exchanged student who lived at Grandpa Loren and Grandma Rowena's house back in the 1970s. I met her once when I took a trip to Germany and Austria when I was 15, but I barely remember meeting her.
My Grandma Row is a big advocate and leader getting the family together. I can't really say we were brimming with excitement about making the trip there, but it turned out to be a nicer weekend than we expected. The bed and breakfast where we stayed was really nice, the room was big and spacious, the kids slept well, and breakfast was delicious. We found things to do on Saturday (furniture shop, broom making factory, park for the kids, nice cafe for lunch, and naps). Fri and Sat dinners were together with the family at two different restaurants there, both were great.
Anna and Miriam brought us little things from Germany (mouse pads, wood toys for the kids, plastic figurines of the pedestrian traffic signals in Germany), and Mama Rowena had a little "Christmas in July" for the kids, she brought them presents all wrapped up. They were puppets - a Llama for Violet, a dragon for Calvin (which he thought was real), and a little squirrel for Vanessa.
We made the trip back home early Sunday morning to make it back to Bethany Bible Chapel by 10:30 so Dave could teach his SS class.
Anna lived in Albia in 1967 and either the year before or after to complete a school year.
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