we’ve been in northern germany back at my parents place over the weekend, taking the 9:01 train from erlangen to nürnberg, then the 9:39 ICE to hannover, and finally the 12:45 from hannover to delmenhorst — where we are picked up by my father and given a lift to my parents place in hoykenkamp.

the reason for our trip north: the 20th anniversary of my “abitur” (i.e., high school graduation or GCE-A levels) class. the whole event had been meticulously planned by a couple of former class mates and we even have our own web site!

the evening was quite interesting…the “event” itself took place in the kämmerei, the old wool-carding place of the old nordwolle spinning works, long since turned into a pub. some of us have changed quite a bit (which, i think, is a good think), some of us have not changed a single iota (which in some cases was a bit…how shall i put it…shocking?). in any case it was good and fun reconnecting 20 years later.