Oh Memories!

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After France we went back into Germany to visit the city where we lived when Mark and I first got married and where Sahara was born. It was such a sweet couple of days. Our little village of Rodenbach is just like we left it...ice cream shop, bakery, pretty window boxes and Polish Pottery store. And our old house... now painted a light yellow but still with beautiful flowers everywhere. The best part of the trip was seeing Mrs. Muller, she was our landlady and we lived right above her. She was always sweet and helpful, not to mention her amazing desserts she would often make us, but most of all she just loved Sahara. We showed up at her door and as she opened the door she said, "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!" We got to spend and afternoon chatting with her, her granddaughter, her daughter and newest grandson. It was wonderful! Her daughter, Christiana, is a doctor and was a big comfort to us when Sahara was sick as a baby. We got to go see her brand new clinic built mostly by her husband. It was just a precious day walking down memory lane!

We visited lots of our old favorite spots and we went on a hunt for our favorite restaurant. With Christiana's help we finally found it and it was every bit as good as we remembered. It is Italian and the lady that owns it actually remembered us, crazy after 8 years! Yes, we really did go there that often:) Not only was (is) the food amazing but when Sahara was a baby the owners teenage girls were the waitresses and they would carry Sahara around for us while we ate... date night!

It was so fun for Mark and I to walk down memory lane... newly wed, first baby.... travels, visitors. Ahhh, all those sweet memories!