We left Hamburg the morning of the 16th for Andernach, home of Dan's great-aunt Traudie and husband Wolfgang. Our train for some reason kept getting later and later. By the time we reached Koln we were thirty minutes late and our train to Andernach had left the same platform as the one from Hamburg pulled into. Oh well, Wolfgang phoned and got our new times. A ride was waiting for us when we reached the Andernach banhof. We headed to Traudie and Wolfgang's house for a quick lunch (despite it being 1530 hrs), then headed out to have tea with Ruth and Theo. It was good to see Theo since he hadn't made it to the familien treffen, and it was nice to see Dan's great aunt Ruth's house; just a little more family history. Since
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