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Our German guests
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Two gifts of hosting international students: they come back and they bring friends & family. Over this long weekend, we welcomed Sonke home to Rumford along with his dad Wihelm (Willi), his brother Marten, and his cousin Stephen. The guys have been on a road trip that started in New York City, moved on to Woodstock, Vermont, and here to Rumford.
During their Rumford time, they've visited the Height of Land, Rangeley, and Weld on a rainy day. They also watched an American high school football game down at our Hosmer Field. The hometown team lost. They hiked Whitecap Mountain, Rich & Bailey's favorite. On Sunday evening, we invited Sonke's American Aunt and Uncle, Connie and Ben Venskus, to dinner here.
Today, Monday, the four visited the Rumford Police Department and the Fire Department. They toured the town hall and then headed to Sonke's American high school, Mountain Valley High School. Tomorrow, the crew will head south to Boston for two days, then to Rhode Island, and finally back to NYC for their trip home to Germany. What a gift to have their company.
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| We think Sonke has gained a few inches! |
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| Dinner with Connie and Ben. |
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| Bailey, not barking for once. :-) |
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| On Whitecap's Connector Trail Bridge |
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| On the Upper Connector Trail |
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| One of the small falls on the Connector Trail |
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| Connector Bridge |
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| Trying in vein to have Bailey pose with them--no luck. |
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| At the Black-White Trail merge. |
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| "Treat?" |
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| Fall leaves beginning to disappear |
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| Bailey and I surprising the Germans on Whitecap |
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| Massage by Sonke for Bailey |
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| Bailey howling for yet another bone. |
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