9/24/12
The internet has been down for a couple of days, & it's been tough for the kids to get their homework done without it.  The adults weren't too happy either.  The technicians came twice today & did some rewiring, so let's hope it stays up & running.

We attended the International Christian Fellowship church yesterday.  People were very friendly, & most spoke English.  There was a 4 piece band & 2 singers who led us in singing all praise songs.  The sermon was on Elders & Deacons, & Elders were always referred to as male.  Except for raising the hackles on the back of my neck, it was pretty boring.  I almost fell asleep, but to be fair, I hadn't slept well the night before.  Jessie & Karl went to Sunday school & said there were about 15 kids in with them.

Businesses are closed here on Sundays except for gas stations, so that's where we went for some nice fresh bakery bread & cold cuts to have for lunch at home.  It's hard to believe that gas stations are the place to be on Sundays!  Here's a picture of the one we used.

 The four grownups went to see the Goethe home & museum after lunch, & it was most interesting & right in downtown Frankfurt.  Like most everything in Germany, it was rebuilt after the war.

Here are some more pictures from downtown Frankfurt, all near Goethe Square.  Note one with skateboarders.

Chris & Dana's house is in a little subdivision bordered on one side by huge fields of sugar beets & apple orchards with trails woven around them.  It's a great place to walk, & Chris has his morning runs there with Diego (the dog).  Here's a picture one of the fields.  The sugar beets are peeking out of the ground & are bigger than large grapefruit!

That concludes a Sunday report.  TAG----sounds like "tock" & means "day", it's short for guten (good) tag (day).