Sunday, May 10, 2026

24 April 2026 Hermann: It is Party Time!


The party was at Matt's house and there was quite a turnout!  Folks that we had not seen on over 30 years came from various places.  Kansas City, St. Charles, St  Louis and St. Peters were just a selection of folks who came out to join the Hermann folk for a story swapping, bratwurst eating, beer swilling, wine sipping, tiny stick burning good old time!     



First to the store for some wine and potato salad


TTT has arrived


The river traffic is quite robust


Lifebird!  Red headed woodpecker


My fancy new Missouri quarter ring


Elaine is in the house 


Miss Polly is in the shot


Phredddy!


Turn on the music


Big A!


Cuckkie!


Old pictures


Beads!!!


Edgar


Norm


Bald eagle


Such a fine sunny day


Jeni and Lisa


The eagle has not landed


Jeni


Time to burn


Alan in from Nebraska


Grand fun!













 

23 April 2026 Hermann: Driving the Hermann Circuit and Dinner at Vintage

 


We drove all around town on a ride down memory lane.  Several sections of town had changed dramatically and other places I had forgotten about entirely.  We curised for an hour or more talking about the changes and about the things that stayed the same.  We had reservations at the Vintage 1847 restaurant and headed up for dinner.  We shared wine and tasty German food.  We drove around a bit more and then headed to the AirBnB to meet up with Tom.


Trains downhill by the river


The gate to Hermann Farms


Great iron sigh


The Concert Hall bar


The building that my first apartment was located in


Down by the river


The Tin  Mill Brewery


Brew up a beer


Down by the old mill


Another distillery


The main Hermannhoff building


A log cabin located where the old Derby was


Mill stones


Heading up to Stone Hill


A big vineyard


Just starting to put out leaves


Up on the hill


Looking down on the town


We are hungry 


A Schnickelfritz beer


A bottle of rose to share


Sitting in our horse stall


Three goodies, sausage, saur braten and a half schnitzel 


Leslie for a fresh trout


Matt got the whole schnitzel 


The swinging bridge is no longer


Tiny houses


Huge houses


Elaborate


Simple structures


Fancy painted houses and back to our AirBnB


More flowers!



 It has been 3 years and 318 days since we began our Migration