Our Last Day to Visit ...

May 30, 2016

Today we spent the morning visiting with Klaus and Resi ...

then getting some of our packing done as we were leaving for Canada the next day ...

After breakfast ... Klaus was busy drawing out the roads travelled ...

on our holiday ...

some of the routes drawn in blue were when Mike went with Klaus's on his work route ...

Resi was busy in the kitchen preparing a special lunch ...

We were going for the afternoon ...

to go visit with Tanya (Regina's daughter) and her family ...

in Vorchdorf ...

Before we left to go see Tanya ...

Resi gave me this handmade gift ... painting on the flowers ... then crocheting the lace trim ...

I can appreciate the time and love put into this towel ...

"In many kitchens in Austria ... this shelf would be hung in the kitchen ...

the used tea towels would be hung up on the hooks ...

and the long towel would be drawn in front to hide them" ...

I plan on using mine as a wall hanging ...

Tanya and Hans run the original four-corner farm ...

Hans and Tanya live on the upper storey ... of the farmhouse ...

and Hans's parents live on the main floor ...

It is a large pig farm ... that is totally automated now for feeding ...

even though it is ....

it still takes a lot of work to manage it ...

This cute little guy is Tanya and Hans's son Emil ...

he is 4 years old and full of energy ...

We were there in time to have a coffee break ... and cake ... at least the women did ...

the guys had a beer break ...

When we left the farm ... Klaus took us on a tour to Messenbach ...

showing us the house that mom (Oma) was raised in from the age of 1-13 ...

She would have to walk a few mile on the backroad ...

to get milk for the family ...

there were no other house around ... and no streetlights ...

Oma said it was scary at night when she walked those roads ...

we saw quite a bit of the countryside ... that Oma would ride her bike or walk ...

Klaus then drove back to Tante Paula's house ...

this was our last day to be visit here ...

We went back to the Seyr household ...

and enjoyed a lovely evening with some of the family that came by ...

to bid us farewell ...

It has been an extraordinary adventure ...

it's hard to believe the time had gone by so quickly ...

Hoping that we will be able to return again ... next time for a few more weeks ...

This holiday brought our family closer together ...

and a better understanding of the history ...