MEET ME IN HANNOVER

My cousin Steven came to visit on his way through to Madrid. It was the first time we've spent time together without any other family there. He's 21, so we aren't really close in age and we live in two different countries, but we hit it off great and had a remarkably good couple of days together. I only wish that we would have the opportunity to see each other more frequently.

He was of course jet lagged the first night, so the kids challenged Steven to a Buzz game (Monster Party). Here they are just chillin' - nobody would even look at me for the pic.


So since we only had a couple of days together, we were off the next day to see Hannover. We got so lucky. It was a beautiful day here. If you are going to be meeting someone downtown, then you say "treffen wir uns unter dem Schwanz" (let's meet under the tail) So here's Steven and Jeffrey under the tail.


So we walked around downtown for about 4 hours. The literal high point of our tour was taking the elevator up to the top of the council building for the phenomenal view of the city. I don't have a picture of the elevator, next time maybe, but it is renowned for the fact that it goes up the side of the building and tilts as it climbs. Better than a rollercoaster, I'm tellin' ya. Here is a panorama pic of the Maschsee (lake).


And here's Steven with Jeffrey and Tyler at the top.


Here's what it looks like from below.


Martin met us in the city for Döners (Turkish pocket sandwiches) for lunch, but before we ate, we also visited one of the churches that had been completely bombed out on the inside and left to stand as a reminder.



Well, I can't do anymore tonight, but, take a look at the imageevent link to see all the Hannover pics - but not tonight. I'll do it tomorrow.