We spent several days in New York, and had a fantastic time. I had never walked over the Brooklyn Bridge before - and it was really very neat. We ate pizza on the way over there, and that was delicious. That was a very New York day. After getting lots of shopping done, we drove up to Vermont, trying really hard to obey the non-autobahn level speed limits.
John went fishing on the White River with all the guys. I think the ladies were busy eating antipasti and amazing food at pane salute with the bride at that point.
The wedding locale and the bridal party in front of the barn. It was sort of rainy, but I think the umbrellas made the photos look really cool! It was such a good event, and we all had tons of fun.
Even though we had to head home to Germany a few days afterwards, we still made time for a trip to Quechee Gorge. I had definitely missed the scenery of Vermont! We headed home, and arrived safely only to discover our car, which had been parked legally on the street, was missing. Crime, in general, is extremely low around here, so we were almost convinced it hadn't been stolen. After enlisting some help from German speakers, we find out that our car had been towed due to some road work in the area. We drag our tired, jet lagged selves over to the towing place, which looks more like a junk yard with smashed up cars and metal parts all over the place. Sure enough, our little car was parked by the "still in tact" cars. Manage to find someone who spoke enough English to communicate, and he says "come inside" ... now call us silly, but the picture below was not exactly what we were expecting to see.
Yes, this was "the office". And yes, that is a medieval toilet chair thing in the back complete with a candle. Yes, there were candelabras and armor. Now imagine a large parrot squawking every 10 seconds, coming from the next room. Now imagine the air filled with cigarette or cigar smoke. You can now see how proud of ourselves we were when we got our car back in one piece, fairly quickly, without having to pay anything! These are the experiences we'll remember down the road when we're back in the states and going to pick up a towed car is a boring, dreary affair where you have to pay a lot ...
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