One Leg to Stand On...

...the last leg, in fact - of my tour! Because we were in so many different places, I'll keep the commentary brief and stick to the exciting photos! So, here goes!

In Bodenfelde, we were literally across the street from a wheat field - and the mountains ;)

These decorations were in my bathroom. I think she may have been used to clean the toilet at one point...

I think they had passed their time for display as "cute nic-nacs" long ago!

Spring had come (even if the thermometer didn't show it) and the flowers were blooming - and smelling YUMMY!

We did our second (and last) evening performance of The Glass Menagerie in a little city theatre with an audience ranging in age from highschool through elderly. It was great to have such a diverse audience, and to be performing in a real theatre rather than an assembly hall! They even had tickets! Very cute!

Beautiful sunset in Elsdorf-Westermühlen! If you held your breath, you didn't even smell the cows ;)

Eutin town square with their "Maibaum." all of May is a celebration of spring in Germany with these pretty May Poles erected in every city.

Some of the old religious instruments were displayed in the Cathedral in Flensburg.

I thought: I play most of those! Thanks, Mom!

Such pretty windows!

Beautiful sunset in Havetoft. This was about 9:30 PM - a good indication that German Summer was fast approaching!

With late Spring (Spring weather lasted all of about a month) we saw the arrival of lots of pretty wild flowers.

And some cultivated ones as well!

Our apartment in Hamburg (where we stayed for another two weeks near the end of our tour) had lots of beautiful flower gardens!

I had lots of fun, walking around the house with camera in hand.

If I'd had my macro lens with me, I'd have gotten one of the many bees buzzing around, alas!

The Rudolfs were such lovely landlords - this is the walk up to the house there in Hamburg.

The reverse view - of the house.

This was our apartment - it was attached to the house where the Rudolfs live. Small but beautiful, and very close to friends of ours in HH!

Speaking of friends, Here's Lili at two! Sidonie had an audition in HH while I was there, so we got to spend the weekend together at Tim, Betsi, and Lili's house! Loads of fun!!!

By now, Summer weather had officially hit. Everyone was enjoying the Alster - big lake in the center of HH.

We also performed near a small island called Poel. We decided to visit after our performance.

This is the North See. It certainly wasn't a FL beach, but it was nice, none the less!

There was also some agriculture development on the island (and really cute little houses!)

Wheat field.

Another little one that I got to see in HH was Romy! She's so big now!

She's 7 months old, and has the cutest round cheeks you've ever seen!

We spent some time in a little place called Sinzig. It was a nice flat and a pretty area, but the landlady was AWFUL! She sent a bill to the office claiming that we'd broken things and put pots away with food in them (which we hadn't - eww!) Oh, well, the office took care of half the extra charges, so, once we split it up, we only paid about 10 Euro each. Pretty pictures anyway!

Our flat in Sinzig was up on the mountain and overlooked the valley - gorgeous view!

I went for a walk on the Saturday morning, and it had rained the previous night - there were LOTS of these very brightly colored slugs crawling about.

And, of course, pretty dew drops on leaves!

The architecture in Wismar was very unique. It really didn't look like a German town at all.

Apparently this artist thought so too - he was sketching the same buildings in the previous photo.



I saved the best for last...

While in HH, I got to go see the Tutunkamun exhibit that's been touring the world.

I've always loved Egyptian history, so this was a dream come true.

It was gorgeous, and every bit as amazing as you'd imagine it to be.

Absolutely breath-taking.

These were some of the "helpers" that were brought into the tomb to do the unpleasant work for the deceased in the afterlife.

Can you imagine how heavy these earrings must have been to wear?!?

The throne (and seal) of the youngest Egyptian Pharaoh.




So, that was the final few weeks of my tour! Now for some goodbyes...

Bye, Marmaduke (and your cake.) I'll miss you both, but not the fat suit that came with you!

Peace out, Jimmy. Keepin' it real.

Goodbye Tom. It was fun while it lasted!

And with that, this touring chapter of our lives is closed. More to come on my time back in Essen with Sidonie and all of our exciting visitors! Stay tuned! :D