Hal’s Birthday Celebration My husband Hal’s birthday present was a great success. His birthday celebration with friends tonight will equally be great. We invited his dear old friends who also have keen interests collecting antique guns, beautiful old rifles or pistols. Kurt and Ruth, Ronnie and Esther, Richard and Marilyn were our guests. I had …
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 143
Wiesbaden, a Beautiful City of Spas After graduating from the University in 1948 I had an offer to model for a Furrier, located in Frankfurt/Germany. Later, as the city of Darmstadt was being rebuilt, they opened a store there. My city of Darmstadt was destroyed by a bombing raid 9-11-1944. I accepted this job offer, …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 142
A Weekend in Beautiful Munich Hal and I had planned a summer vacation to Germany. We received a letter from my father’s very good friend Peppi inviting us to meet with him in Munich. Date and time and the name of the hotel we would stay in. We flew to the airport close to Munich, …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 141
A Trip to Baden Baden: World Famous City of Spas Baden Baden: A beautiful, picturesque city in the Black Forest. Twelve natural springs well up from a depth of 2000 metres, supplying thermal spas with 68C hot spring water to pamper visitors from around the world clear back to Roman times. My Hal and I …