Road Trip with Winston

After Winston returned from his mission, we decided to go on a road trip to visit a few of the cities where he served.   On our way to Dresden, we stopped in a city called Geschwenda located in the state of Thuringia.  The town is pretty tiny.  It is where my husband's great-grandfather lived and today some of his cousins still live there; however, on the day we were visiting our relatives were sadly unable to visit with us!   My mother-in-law lived in a nearby town called Rudostadt until right after the war and then after the east was occupied by the Russians they escaped to the west.  While I am not sure that the girls really understood why we stopped there, I hope someday they will appreciate their family history and the sacrifices made by their ancestors. One characteristic of the area is that the homes are covered in shale tiles.