After sleeping in a little and eating a nice breakfast, we enjoyed the location of our hotel in Copenhagen the most when it was time to board the train for Germany. We put on our backpacks, grabbed our handbags and walked the ½ block to the platform for the train bound for Hamburg. We boarded the car that had our assigned seats, put our backpacks on the rack above our seats, and sat opposite each other, with an expandable table between us. The train arrived at and boarded the ferry we had taken across the Baltic Sea on Friday, and we reversed Friday's process. This time, however, there were no mobs standing on the train; it was calm and uneventful. After about 5 ½ hours, we arrived in Hamburg, changed trains and eventually we arrived at the train station in Braunschweig, where Annabelle and her father we waiting, literally with open arms. It was so great to see “our Annabelle” again, and to meet her father, Holger. They drove us to their lovely home in nearby Rothmuhle, where we met Annabelle's mother, Ulrike and her younger brother, Julius (“Ulius”), along with Annabelle's boyfriend, Guido. Annabelle has not changed in the almost 2 ½ years since we've seen her, other than that she is more mature and prettier than ever! She must have been exhausted by the end of the day as she has to translate what we say to her parents and what they say to us! Her ability to switch back and forth between English and German amazes us. Her family is so sweet and their hospitality so warm, it is easy for us to understand why Annabelle is that way! Their home seems to have a skylight in every room, so the home is very light and cheery. We feel very much at home here, as if with family. And in many ways, they are family!
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