Bremen, Germany

Gutentag! We apologize for the late post. It has been some time since we posted an update. We have just been enjoying too much German weather, sights, and people to concern ourselves with it. We are now in Berlin, but we will fill you in on our stay in Bremen.
Bremen was a great city to visit. We wouldn't have come to a city like Bremen except for the fact that we had some incentive. Ang's parents had a student from Germany stay with them for six months in 2006. That student was Carolin Müller and we knew that if we went to Europe we would need to go and see her and meet her family. We did just that. We spent five great days with the Müller family and enjoyed time sightseeing (with Carolin as our guide), playing Wii, and getting a chance to see what life in Bremen is all about. Bremen is a great city and, since it isn't a super popular destination in Germany, it wasn't too crammed with tourists.

A big ol' windmill in one of Bremen's parks

Bremen's Main Square



Bremen Town Musicians (The Protectors of the City)

St. Peter's Cathedral (The Dom)

Inside the Dom


The Schnoor - A section of the city with small streets and small houses and small pathways

Tiny little Schnoor with tiny little door

We spent Saturday up the Weser River from Bremen in the town of Bremerhaven. This is a port city with a lot of great boats and museums. We went to one museum called the Deutschland Auswanderer Haus (German Emigration Museum). It was a museum about the millions of people that left Europe for life in other worlds. Seven million people left Europe from this port and the museum gave us an idea of what it would have been like for some of them. It was a great day where we learned a little bit about something our own ancestors had to face at some point.

Bremerhaven Harbour

German Emigration Museum - Waiting to Board

German Emigration Museum - 12 Weeks of Boredom

Saturday was a full day because when we got back to Bremen, Johannes (Carolin's dad) took us to Weserstadion and managed to scalp us some tickets for the sold out professional soccer game between the local Werder Bremen and FC Köln. It was an unforgettable experience to be two of 45,000 in an atmosphere like that. When Bremen scored the game winning goal with a minute left, the place went crazy and it was unreal to be a part of it. We will always be fans of this team now that we had this experience.
All in all, Bremen was a great stop. We are really glad we decided to visit. Johannes and Gudi, along with Caorlin and their son Lukas, were great hosts and we were blessed by their hospitality and generosity. We hope to be back to visit again.

The Müller Family - Lukas, Gudi, Johannes, and Carolin