Jamison White

Today I did early voting. In and out in ten minutes! Max wanted to early vote too but they gave him a sticker instead.

Facts are powerful!!
18 days to go… don’t just sit there….

Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin, what if things were switched
around?…..think about it. Would the country’s collective point of
view be different?

Ponder the following:

What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage,
including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage
daughter?

What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?

What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his
graduating class?

What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee?

What if Obama was the candidate who left his fi rst wife after a
severe disfiguring car accident, when she no longer measured up to
his standards?
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Stephanie, Max, and I have dedicated ourselves to hitting the ten most famous breweries in Bamberg. We picked up a local guide and are crossing them off our list.

Lesson learned: With Max we really have to pace ourselves. Yesterday we hit three brauereis for lunch. Max now has a hat shaped like a chicken, and we attended a political rally for the state of Bavaria (Bayern) to cede from Germany. Oops!
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Last weekend was our first overnight trip. We traveled three hours by train from Bamberg to Waechtersbach and Bad Soden. We stayed Friday and Saturday night with cousin Marlot in Waechtersbach. On Sunday we went to the Kress family reunion in Bad Soden. I should note that Max was teething this whole trip.

Marlot is much loved by Stephanie’s Mother (Cathy) and Father (Guenther). She is Guenther’s cousin on his Mother’s side. Marlot lives next door to her daughter Angeka and son-in-law Joaqim. Both of their houses are comfy and have a great way of bringing nature inside. Growing up Stephanie had heard many stories about Marlot and Horst (her late husband), but Stephanie had only briefly met her.We were delighted when Marlot invited us to stay the weekend.

Some of the highlights from that visit are:
1. Great food and conversation
2. Joaqim’s “little walk” (3 hours through beautiful countryside)
3. Oktoberfest in the woods at the Dachshund Hunting Club
I will expand on these later.

The family reunion in Bad Soden was a grand affair. It was held at Hotel Kress which is owned and operated by Rudi Kress. Max was in full teething mode, so Stephanie and I spent a lot of time away from the crowd trying to soothe him. In between crying and temper tantrums, Rudi came over and chatted with us. He has been a professional chef for some 30 years and has some great stories. His cooking specialty is American Cuisine, so the main course was a 30 lb turkey will ALL the trimmings. After the family reunion, Christoph, a cousin from Dresden, helped us navigate the Deutsch Bahn bureaucracy. Let’s just say the trains run perfectly 99% of the time, but oh that 1% is a pain in the ass!

Anyway, coming back to Bamberg really felt like coming home. We are looking forward the next two weeks in Bamberg, but also to coming home to Pensacola.