Silver and Gold Friends
"Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold." ~Joseph Parry Last weekend was a perfect example of celebrating both new and old friends. On Friday, Bucky and I took the train (actually four trains including all of the changes) to Kehl, the town where we lived last year. The purpose of the trip was to meet our "old" friends, Suzanne and Keith Rodgers, who were traveling down the Rhine on a Viking Cruise. They scheduled their trip while we were still living in Kehl so we felt compelled to go down and visit. It was so fun catching up, seeing their fancy accomodations on their cruise and spending the day together in Strasbourg. We have known each other since 2004 when we moved to Mt. Pleasant the first time. Our daughters became best friends and basically grew up together. So did we! :) We also got the chance to visit with our "new" friends, Geraldine, Max, Tom and Lea. They were our upstairs neighbors on Blumenstrasse and a lovely fa...