Veronika und Steffen

Yesterday, my cousin Veronika and her husband Steffen from Gera, Germany arrived here to visit us for a few days. Veronika is my second cousin, and I got to know her through my genealogical research. Her grandmother and my grandfather Springer were brother and sister. My grandfather grew up in Gera, in Thüringen. I found my father's cousin, my Uncle Kurt, still living there and got in touch with him. That is how I met him and later his two daughters Veronika and Jana, my second cousins. Some of you may have met Veronika and Steffen's daughter, Kirstin, who stayed with us in New Hampshire for three weeks a couple of years ago.

Today we took them to Kühtai for some skiing because the weather was again (would you believe it?) so gorgeous. We had a nice lunch outdoors in the sun, as you can see from the photo, at the Alpenrose Hotel. Now we are home and making ourselves gemütlich with Glühwein and cheese and crackers. This last batch of seeded crackers turned out very well; I thinbk I've got it down now.