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Recovery
Sunday May 18, 2016; Our Taxi Driver
took us to the Hotel Theresentor in Straubing, whereas our hotel room had special beds that were designed for
the Neurosurgeon's patients. At
a next door restaurant an excited waitress would inform us that Moscow Channel One,
who had been in Straubing during the prior week, was doing a story on Anthony's Neurosurgeon. They carried out interviews in Straubing,
our hotel, the restaurant we were in and at along with the
operative hosptial and with Bogen citizenry.
What a small world. When we look back at our earlier trips to Eastern Europe, we remember our friend Dirk's view that we would be taken to areas where few Americans had been before.
(Actually, our 1959 American Imperial was placed next to and
compared against a Russian Sedan). We met people of sincere generosity and religious spirit. All of which had an admiration for America, that few Americans realize.
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For Dinner, we found a restaurant directly next to our
hotel. We ordered two dishes. Mine came as ordered, however
Anthony's was a dish we had never seen before. A white
sausage in a bowl of broth, weiswurst. He was so hungry, but could not
eat that which he did not know. So, I ate it and it was
delicious.
(Later on, our friends made a
special meal of weiswurst and then showed him the proper way
to prepare it and eat it.)
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Our last and only full day in Straubing. We ate on the
opposite side of the street next to our hotel. Very
beautiful.
Later in the evening we informed the
Hotel that we would be checking out early the following
morning. They were confused, as their records had us
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Tuesday May 20th 2014; We checked out of our
hotel. Our friends arrived by 9:00 A.M and we were off. We took a
ferry ride over the Danube (Donau) on our way south, to save time.
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Later in the evening we had dinner. Hungarian wine and a
special beer to clean out Anthony's stomach.... |
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Dirk's vintage car mechanic. |
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June 10, 2014; I arranged to have a wheel chair ready at the
Munich airport for our flight back home. Anthony was
hesitant at first, then resigned himself to it. When we
landed in Washington D.C, an attendant was already waiting
and wheeled us quickly along, very efficient.
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About five
minutes out from our home area in West Virginia, we hit a
major storm that bucked the small commuter plane. Anthony had to lift his
torso up out of his seat to protect his corseted low back
surgical area from the turbulent environment. In the
process, he used both hands and his right wrist took a
beating. A situation, termed Shakespearian by Anthony, would
see an increase in right wrist pain from that point forward.
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Anthony's medicine dosage and potency was
cut in half. Though his
extensive nerve damage did result in the continued need of a
cane, there was no wheel chair in our future. An unexpected
blessing was the fact that he had regained his high
school height back.
In any
regard, I had to prepare for new guests that would
arrive at our home in the Fall. A couple, who once lived behind the
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Next:
West Virginia
Homeplace
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