One of the best things about traveling is forming new friendships. It doesn't happen very often, someone may start a conversation helping out with the menu or directions, but usually either you or they are preoccupied and in a moment the encounter is over. But sometimes there is a special karma at work and that is how Alan and I first met our German friends Markus and Heidi. We met in Trier, Germany. We were having dinner next to each other in a restaurant and Markus struck up a conversation. (I think he was telling us a dish/desert he thought was especially good, but I might be wrong about that.) We were going to be in Frankfurt for an over night where they live and they invited us to call them when we arrived, which we did. A friendship was born.
This year the gods were with us and Markus had a business trip come up in Vienna while we were here. He managed to get the afternoon free (thank you ECB) and we met up for lunch and a great deal of catching up. It was delightful, the only sad part was not seeing Heidi, but we spoke briefly by phone. We hope to meet their 2 children (Marius, 3 yrs old and Malin about 4 months old) in the not too distant future. We are very lucky to be able to count them among our friends.
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