Pat & Claudia's Blog

Not knowing the German Language, we were a little intimidated by German restaurants. We therefore ate at what we were acquainted with... sigh. This is just off the Zeil in Frankfurt.

In the States, if you see the sign of the fish, it more than likely means the establishment is Christian. In Germany it means it is a fish market. This was just off the Zeil in Frankfurt.

Pat and his son, Patrick Jr. This was during a festival in Romerberg Square, Frankfurt. How about those BIG glasses.

We walked and walked and walked around Frankfurt. This is right next to the Main River with Cathedral in the background. When we got back to the States, we found out Dad had Prostate Cancer, yet he didn't slow down at all while in Europe.

This was so typical. Patrick Jr was always clowning for the camera, and I always had a camera up to my eye, both movie and still. This is the south side of the Main River in Frankfurt. Our Hotel was just across the bridge in the background, just north of the river.

A gentle rain in the park behind our hotel. This was the first week of June and the temps were very cool and rainy. We carried jackets and umbrellas everywhere. We were at the end of our walk, and deserved a good rest.

This was in Darmstadt, Germany. Remember, we were on a child kidnap case. This was the street where the grandmother of the child lived, and it was suspected the mother and child lived with the grandmother. We were purposely making our presence known, so the mother and grandmother would know they were caught, and we would not go away. Eyes were peering at us from many windows, as few foreigners were seen in this part of town.

This is the house on the previous street where the grandmother, mother and child lived. Yep, we were bold about letting them know we had caught them. We met with their attorney and arranged for correspondence with the father. It was fun watching Dad work. HE was the master at this kind of investigation.

More of making our presence known on the street. You could almost FEEL the eyes peering at us, and hear the phones dialing and ringing. It worked. Mother and child were caught.

This is in the hills above Heidelberg. This is in a German War Cemetery. Graves were from WWI and WWII. The cemetery was beautifully kept. Interesting, I had always thought of the U.S. war dead, but never thought about the German war dead. It was a real awakening. It was a very reverent place.

German War Cemetery above Heidelberg. Inscriptions of the names of the war dead. It was a Beautiful cemetery. Just a ways to the right was an area where you could overlook Heidelberg. As I understand it, the Allies spared Heidelberg in the bombing of Germany.