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Good Morning, Vagabonds. I’ve returned to NY and, hopefully, I’ll gradually recover from jetlag. I did catch a cold: Norway and Holland are quite chilly, even though the calendar says it’s summer. I only wanted to go for a few days because I didn;t want to shlep a lot of stuff. As it is, my check-in weighed only 13 pounds and my carry-on was 3 pounds and that included gifts for the people I was staying with.
In addition to my 2 penpals who hosted and the other penpal who met at Amsterdam Airport, I encountered some WONDERFULL people: the young lady who took myt photo in front of the sign of Salzgitter-Ringelheim (my great grandmother’s maiden name was Ringelheim and everyone with that surname is related to me) just as I was discouraged by not seeing much in that town and arriving so late due to train connections that I couldn’t stay long there. The next day she sent me an email showing how much she enjoyed meeting me and that she would look into the town’s history to see if there was any connection to my family.
The young Indonesian cart driver at Amsterdam Airport who was so professional; the counterman at the airport in Hannover who encouraged me to try the frappe (I hate coffee) and told me its recipe.
The elderly railroad station manager at Hildesheim who went out of his way to tell me when the train to Ringelheim was coming and helped me on the train as, even though my bag was only 13 pounds, it began to weigh on me.
The German who sat in front of me on the Amsterdam-Hannover plane who guided me to the railroad station and insisted on paying for my subway ticket – the cost, 3 Euros, was almost 4 dollars,almost double the NY subway fare.
The steward on my return KLM flight who rememebered me from my Europe-bound flight 6 days earlier and posed for a photo with me.
The Turkish cleaning woman at the Hannover airport where I slept all night before returning to Amsterdam, who told me in Turkish where there was a more comfortable seat.
All the work-travel Turks (I think there were 10) on the JFK-bound plane from Amsterdam, who asked me to help them fill out their documents, as I was the only non_Turk on the plane with a knowledge of Turkish. After that we exchanged emails and I hope I’ll be able to play Turkish Scrabble with them when they visit New York City.
The beautiful dog who was taken into the elevator of my Amsterdam friend’s apt. building: When I reached out to pet him, he began licking my hand.
How my penpal in Norway drove me around the island where he lived to show me the sights. I wish I knew how to upload my photos on this sight.
How my host-penpal’s wife told me that she wished I could stay more than 1 night with them in Amsterdam because she enjoyed my conversation.
I was so amused when on the JFK-bound plane, I was making animated drawings of animals (you draw 2 almost-identical drawings of an animal on 2 pieces of paper and then flip them back and forth so they look like they’re moving) for the little Ugandan boy sitting in front of me and the American teenager sitting next to me begged me for another animated drawing.
Speaking of which, FLORCHI, could you please email me the photo of Stavenger at aryeb@hotmail.com and then I could email you my photos of the island near that town.
While in Norway I commented at Foxtrot en Espanol but my comments were flagged. I reconstructed my comments and they too were flagged.
PS Also, on the Amsterdam Norwegian-bound plane, the Norwegian-Italian man sitting next to me, who told me he’s a scafolder worker, when I mentioned about the high precipice in Norway that scares me (I have acrophobia) just looking at the photo of it, told me he climbs to the underside of the rock cliff but has no photo of him doing it because evretone else is afraid to get near there to take the photo of him.
BENITIN Y ENEAS: Panel 3: “Elena and me, we thought we better ask you first…” This strip has a big buildup as if Jeff is going to ask for Elana’s hand in marriage, but in the end what he says is, “Could you lend your car tonight?” (Podria prestarnos su auto esta noche?) Or, in the English strip, “Could we borrow your car to go out tonight?”@Arye: I cannot email the fiord picture, but did you see my alternative posted here on June 17?
@Florchi – I don’t really have the expertise to create a blog, but I can put the photos on my Facebook my Facebook address is arye barkai – we’ll have to wait a few days for my roommate to put the norwegian photos on Facebook, but the photo of me in the town of aRingelheim is already there
High 80’s again on the Lake today, so back on in the boat this PM, half to take advantage when it’s “Dead Calm” (still like seeing that movie) :-)BTY
Good morning everyone. Arye, it sounds like you had a great trip. This is the first time I’ve been sorry I’m not on Facebook, because I can’t see your pictures.
shirttailslim over 12 years ago
Good morning, Vagabonds.
arye uygur over 12 years ago
Good Morning, Vagabonds. I’ve returned to NY and, hopefully, I’ll gradually recover from jetlag. I did catch a cold: Norway and Holland are quite chilly, even though the calendar says it’s summer. I only wanted to go for a few days because I didn;t want to shlep a lot of stuff. As it is, my check-in weighed only 13 pounds and my carry-on was 3 pounds and that included gifts for the people I was staying with.
In addition to my 2 penpals who hosted and the other penpal who met at Amsterdam Airport, I encountered some WONDERFULL people: the young lady who took myt photo in front of the sign of Salzgitter-Ringelheim (my great grandmother’s maiden name was Ringelheim and everyone with that surname is related to me) just as I was discouraged by not seeing much in that town and arriving so late due to train connections that I couldn’t stay long there. The next day she sent me an email showing how much she enjoyed meeting me and that she would look into the town’s history to see if there was any connection to my family.
The young Indonesian cart driver at Amsterdam Airport who was so professional; the counterman at the airport in Hannover who encouraged me to try the frappe (I hate coffee) and told me its recipe.
The elderly railroad station manager at Hildesheim who went out of his way to tell me when the train to Ringelheim was coming and helped me on the train as, even though my bag was only 13 pounds, it began to weigh on me.
The German who sat in front of me on the Amsterdam-Hannover plane who guided me to the railroad station and insisted on paying for my subway ticket – the cost, 3 Euros, was almost 4 dollars,almost double the NY subway fare.
The steward on my return KLM flight who rememebered me from my Europe-bound flight 6 days earlier and posed for a photo with me.
The Turkish cleaning woman at the Hannover airport where I slept all night before returning to Amsterdam, who told me in Turkish where there was a more comfortable seat.
All the work-travel Turks (I think there were 10) on the JFK-bound plane from Amsterdam, who asked me to help them fill out their documents, as I was the only non_Turk on the plane with a knowledge of Turkish. After that we exchanged emails and I hope I’ll be able to play Turkish Scrabble with them when they visit New York City.
The beautiful dog who was taken into the elevator of my Amsterdam friend’s apt. building: When I reached out to pet him, he began licking my hand.
How my penpal in Norway drove me around the island where he lived to show me the sights. I wish I knew how to upload my photos on this sight.
How my host-penpal’s wife told me that she wished I could stay more than 1 night with them in Amsterdam because she enjoyed my conversation.
I was so amused when on the JFK-bound plane, I was making animated drawings of animals (you draw 2 almost-identical drawings of an animal on 2 pieces of paper and then flip them back and forth so they look like they’re moving) for the little Ugandan boy sitting in front of me and the American teenager sitting next to me begged me for another animated drawing.
Speaking of which, FLORCHI, could you please email me the photo of Stavenger at aryeb@hotmail.com and then I could email you my photos of the island near that town.
While in Norway I commented at Foxtrot en Espanol but my comments were flagged. I reconstructed my comments and they too were flagged.
arye uygur over 12 years ago
PS Also, on the Amsterdam Norwegian-bound plane, the Norwegian-Italian man sitting next to me, who told me he’s a scafolder worker, when I mentioned about the high precipice in Norway that scares me (I have acrophobia) just looking at the photo of it, told me he climbs to the underside of the rock cliff but has no photo of him doing it because evretone else is afraid to get near there to take the photo of him.
davidf42 over 12 years ago
Morning, Vagabonds!
Arye, sounds like you had a wonderful time!
florchi over 12 years ago
BENITIN Y ENEAS: Panel 3: “Elena and me, we thought we better ask you first…” This strip has a big buildup as if Jeff is going to ask for Elana’s hand in marriage, but in the end what he says is, “Could you lend your car tonight?” (Podria prestarnos su auto esta noche?) Or, in the English strip, “Could we borrow your car to go out tonight?”@Arye: I cannot email the fiord picture, but did you see my alternative posted here on June 17?
arye uygur over 12 years ago
@Florchi – I don’t really have the expertise to create a blog, but I can put the photos on my Facebook my Facebook address is arye barkai – we’ll have to wait a few days for my roommate to put the norwegian photos on Facebook, but the photo of me in the town of aRingelheim is already there
Teh Premium Member over 12 years ago
the website blogspot is very easy to manage. I look forward to seeing Arye’s pictures on facebook!
MontanaLady over 12 years ago
Good Morning, Villagers,
Physical Therapy today, plus a meeting, and a doctor’s check up……..boy am I going to be busy!
Great information about your trip, Arye! You met some very nice and interesting people! Thanks for sharing your moments with us!
SWEETBILL over 12 years ago
GOOD MORNIN’ YA’LL
High 80’s again on the Lake today, so back on in the boat this PM, half to take advantage when it’s “Dead Calm” (still like seeing that movie) :-)BTY
JanLC over 12 years ago
Good morning everyone. Arye, it sounds like you had a great trip. This is the first time I’ve been sorry I’m not on Facebook, because I can’t see your pictures.