Hello from the land of the thistle! We are now in Scotland at Margo & Ian's where they speak a form of english and drive on the wrong side of the road. In the last couple of weeks we have dined on Polish, Russian, and German cuisine and will sample traditional fish and chips tomorrow. You might not believe it but today Great~Gramma had supper at the Hard Rock Cafe in Edinburgh! Oh yes, and this morning Ian cooked haggis for breakfast ~ FOR REAL!!!
The highlight of the trip has been finding the actual place where Emilie Schabert was born and grew up before emmigrating to Canada in 1927 at the age of 19. The area is very beautiful and flat. What once were small farms are now acreages with paved roads. The building of course is gone, having burnt down before the second world war, but the original well is still there. We were fortunate to see the church where she was christened and received much help from the Pastor there. Most important was mom got to "walk where her mother walked"! Poland is a very clean country and the people were kind and helpful!
We also had a nice visit with some relatives in Germany where mom could converse and Charlene would sit very close to her and smile lots! {Ask us about our escapades at the Frankfurt HAHN airport ...}
Our holiday has been full of "CHURCH" We attended sunday services in Warsaw in the only building in Poland. Next was the Frankfurt Temple. This evening we went to a multi-stake fireside in Edinburgh with Tyrell & Fiona Givens. On Friday we will attend the Preston Temple on our way to the London Temple and then church there on Sunday.
We feel that our holiday has been a great success and a wonderful mother/daughter experience and are now looking forward to getting home and sleeping in our own beds! See you all soon!!! xoxo
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