A quick trip to Amberg

Amberg is about a 20 minute drive from our house.  George was the first to go to Amberg.  His Head Start class went there on their last day.  (Head Start is a week long class where the solider is taught customs and helpful information about the country they are stationed in.) 

We are still trying to get used to the recycling sytem here and therefore needed to find a more suitable trash can for our refuse.  We haven't had much luck finding one at the PX so we hoped a German store would carry what we wanted.  So we loaded the kids into the van and headed for Real (said "re-al") store in Amberg. The Real is a kind of like a German verison of Wal-Mart.  It has a groceries, stationary, electronics, household items, toys and some clothing.  I found replacement ink cartridges for the fountain pen I bought during our last trip to Real.  The kids got the children's chocolate eggs candy with a small toy inside.  (Sorry, I can't think of the name of those right now.)  Lastly, we found a trashcan and trashbags that will work!!  Oh and on the way out of the store, George stopped at the bakery for a fresh soft pretzel.  They are yummy!  Not warm like we get them in the states, but they are still very good.

After leaving Real, we decided to be a little adventerous and try to make it to the church George toured with his HeadStart class.  We basically only knew it was on the other side of town from the Real and up on a hill.  So off we went.  We wound up winding through some residental roads.  We figured so long as we were headed up hill and getting closer to the church we were on the right path.  Just about the time we were going to call it quits and press the "go home" button on the GPS, we finally found the parking lot to the church.

The view was amazing.  I think the church is roughly 450ft above the city of Amberg.

The German name of the church is Maira Hilf.  I believe it translates into St. Mary's Church.  Here you can see the steps the head up the church with George and the kids posing nicely.  And then a picture of Amberg in the background behind the kids.

 

Unfortunetally, we really didn't go inside the church because a service was getting ready to begin.  That's ok though, it just means we'll have to go back another time. 

 

PS.  I did not make this video, but found it on YouTube.  It's of the inside of the church.