Bis auf Wiedersehen! (See you April 1st)

(Me, 1969)

I'm going back to my roots.

(Us, 1969)

Dee has on his Lederhosen and I'm twirling in my Dirndl. We're leaving for Ößterreich (Austria).

(Dee, Germany 1966)

Our excitement is enough to lift us right off the ground. We could probably fly on our own power!

Austria is the eastern-most country in the western world.
The name in German means Eastern Kingdom.

Salzburg was founded before 700 B.C.
We found it in 1969;
this will be our 14th visit to that city.

We're not sure if it will be winter or spring,
but we don't care a bit.

(Sound of Music was filmed there.)


Apfel Struedel at a Viennese Cafe
will be next on the list.
We'll be heading to Prague, and other places unknown.

Dee is gathering history for a family with beginnings in Bohemia.
We'll be haunting bookstores, libraries, and archives; searching for addresses, graves, and hometowns; taking photos, interviewing descendants and touring villages.

Since we started our love affair in this lovely land, we feel young again whenever we visit.

(Dee at Werfen Castle, 1969)

We think we can do anything!

The reality is more like this.

(Not really. This is the real Maria von Trapp.)

You'll get the details later.
Check in with me April 1st.

'Til then, "So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good-bye..."