Bad Nauheim and Friedberg

Just swinging at the Park!

While we were home we never ate at fast-food places, but it seems that we are becoming fast-food junkies. Not really, but KFC certainly tasted good!

On Monday, August 9, 2010 we went to Bad Nauheim. Bad Nauheim is the city that Elvis Presley spent his army stint while he was in Germany. The people in Bad Nauheim seem to really like Elvis Presley because there were posters and pictures of him all over the city. They are getting ready for a big Elvis Festival.


This picture is of bath-houses. I don't know if they are still used. But, when Don was here for his first mission he only got a bath once a week and it was in a public bath house. We are certainly happy that we don't have to use public bath houses now. I (Karen) don't think that I would survive.

This is a (who the heck knows what it is?) And who are those two people standing at the top?

Another view of the bathhouses

We visited a large park. It is a little bit like Thankgiving Point with huge gardens to walk through and enjoy.

Where in the world is Elder Bushman?

Just relaxing!

Really relaxing!

Our friends, Carol and Ron Frost

Don asked someone what kind of a bird this is--and they answered, "Just a duck!"

A friendly chess game in the park!

After leaving Bad Nauheim we went to Friedberg. This is a fun little town with an old castle. Inside the castle walls is more town. This is one of my (Karen's) favorite castles--we didn't have to hike UP to it!

Tower of the castle

Inside wall of castle.

Cars could drive through this arch to get inside the castle walls.

Don is always trying to get inside locked doors and gates!!!!

Moat outside castle

Entrance to castle

On Monday, August 2, 2010 we traveled by train to Butzbach, Germany. We went with several of the other missionaries that are serving in the temple.

On the train--all of the people in this picture are missionaries at the temple.

Brother and Sister Bernardi, they speak French and no German. But we can always figure out what they are trying to say--they always make us laugh.

St. Wendelin's Chapel

This is the plaque that shows the date that the chapel was built.

The main street in Butzbach. Lots of little shops along the way to enjoy.

This is market square. Notice how the building seem to be leaning--they are. It made us dizzy to look at them, but people are living in them.

This building is amazing in how far to the left it is leaning. Really made us dizzy to look at it.

St. Michael's Chapel. It was built in about 1433.

The new organ in St. Mark's Church.

Guess who has to find the highest point that he can get to?

The old organ in St. Mark's Church

St. Mark's Church
Dates to the 14th Century

Missionaries

The Witch Tower--this is on the city wall and was built in 1321. It was built as a prison and a watch-tower.

The city wall

Different picture of the same tower.

Don sitting on the side of a very deep well. This is in front of the Castle of the Count of Hesse. It was used as American Barracks for the military until 1991. It is now a city administration building.

Decoration on front of a building.

Guess where we ate lunch? It was yummy!!!!