Z-man and Tim
Amish farmer
Gettysburg battlefield
Gettysburg battlefield
Gettysburg battlefield
Alice writes – left Mansfield Pennsylvania at about 7.45 this morning and thought we got a good head start until we encountered construction and a lot of traffic in the towns we passed through.
Driving back roads was totally worth it though since we saw some Amish on the way – even one mother with her two little girls in traditional clothing on bicycles.
I took the photo of an Amish farmer from the moving car so the picture is a little unclear.
We arrived in Gettysburg before noon and signed up for a bus tour of the battlefield that was to leave at 13.00; plenty of time to have lunch before that.
For those of you who are historically challenged, Gettysburg hosted the most important battle of the Civil War. Not that they wanted to, the whole thing kind of found them.
It took place on three days in July of 1863 and it was there that the Union was able to turn the war around in their favor.
In other words, the Confederates lost which seems to have traumatized them to this day because for some reason the South thinks it will rise again. Good luck with that!
We were driven around for 2 hours in a double - decker bus on the huge battlefield; we sat inside the bus whereas the more privileged (o.k., some people bought their tickets earlier than we did) got to sit out in the open on the upper deck.
This feeling of being third class on the Titanic immediately turned into Schadenfreude when it started raining heavily and the complete upper deck got wet. Poor things couldn’t come downstairs either, because there were no more seats available. They did get dry though, because the sun came out a little later.
Anyways, they survived and so did we, unlike thousands of soldiers on the fields alongside us. We got a very good feel of how things went back then and there were even some buildings in town that were still covered with the original bullet holes.
The whole town of Gettysburg was pretty much a zoo and full of tourists, but hey – there’s a reason why a tourist town is a tourist town, right? There’s stuff to see! And it was totally worth it.
After the tour we drove about 3.5 hours more to Greensburg, PA to visit one of Tim’s old motorcycle friends whom he hasn’t seen in quite a while and who was having a party.
He served plenty of yummy food (especially the Wurst) and beer; Tim as the driver couldn’t party as much as I could - unfortunately I was already gut dabei after a half of Hefeweizen. Guess I make a pretty cheap guest - remember that guys, next time I come to visit.
We had a good time and left around 21.00 because we still had to drive the 40 minutes to Hopwood to find our motel.
We did find the town right away and the motel after the second try (it was pretty dark), so here we are!
The room is sort of a suite so we each get to have our own room. Aren’t we lucky? Yay! I even have one of those massage beds where you stick a coin in a slot and the bed starts vibrating. Will try that out tomorrow morning so I won’t wake up the neighbors with a moving bed.
Gute Nacht, allerseits!
p.s. we drove 367 miles today.
p.p.s. I had my first Krispy Kreme today – it’s not at all what it’s hyped up to be. The ones at Dillon’s are way better.
Alice writes – left Mansfield Pennsylvania at about 7.45 this morning and thought we got a good head start until we encountered construction and a lot of traffic in the towns we passed through.
Driving back roads was totally worth it though since we saw some Amish on the way – even one mother with her two little girls in traditional clothing on bicycles.
I took the photo of an Amish farmer from the moving car so the picture is a little unclear.
We arrived in Gettysburg before noon and signed up for a bus tour of the battlefield that was to leave at 13.00; plenty of time to have lunch before that.
For those of you who are historically challenged, Gettysburg hosted the most important battle of the Civil War. Not that they wanted to, the whole thing kind of found them.
It took place on three days in July of 1863 and it was there that the Union was able to turn the war around in their favor.
In other words, the Confederates lost which seems to have traumatized them to this day because for some reason the South thinks it will rise again. Good luck with that!
We were driven around for 2 hours in a double - decker bus on the huge battlefield; we sat inside the bus whereas the more privileged (o.k., some people bought their tickets earlier than we did) got to sit out in the open on the upper deck.
This feeling of being third class on the Titanic immediately turned into Schadenfreude when it started raining heavily and the complete upper deck got wet. Poor things couldn’t come downstairs either, because there were no more seats available. They did get dry though, because the sun came out a little later.
Anyways, they survived and so did we, unlike thousands of soldiers on the fields alongside us. We got a very good feel of how things went back then and there were even some buildings in town that were still covered with the original bullet holes.
The whole town of Gettysburg was pretty much a zoo and full of tourists, but hey – there’s a reason why a tourist town is a tourist town, right? There’s stuff to see! And it was totally worth it.
After the tour we drove about 3.5 hours more to Greensburg, PA to visit one of Tim’s old motorcycle friends whom he hasn’t seen in quite a while and who was having a party.
He served plenty of yummy food (especially the Wurst) and beer; Tim as the driver couldn’t party as much as I could - unfortunately I was already gut dabei after a half of Hefeweizen. Guess I make a pretty cheap guest - remember that guys, next time I come to visit.
We had a good time and left around 21.00 because we still had to drive the 40 minutes to Hopwood to find our motel.
We did find the town right away and the motel after the second try (it was pretty dark), so here we are!
The room is sort of a suite so we each get to have our own room. Aren’t we lucky? Yay! I even have one of those massage beds where you stick a coin in a slot and the bed starts vibrating. Will try that out tomorrow morning so I won’t wake up the neighbors with a moving bed.
Gute Nacht, allerseits!
p.s. we drove 367 miles today.
p.p.s. I had my first Krispy Kreme today – it’s not at all what it’s hyped up to be. The ones at Dillon’s are way better.
Gettysburg battlefield
1 comment:
Just checked out the Krispy Kreme homepage - well, looks like fat and not very healthy food...
Still not tired reading your blogs...;-)
Greetings
Volkmar
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