Friday - 7/6 - Day 3

There were no events scheduled during the day Friday, other than awaiting the arrival of the rest of Paul's family, and the Polterabend (literally, noise night) at the Callsen's in Klensby in the evening. Tim, Paul's youngest brother, would arrive in the morning in Hamburg. He was collected by Paul & Johann at the airport. Mark, Paul's younger brother, his wife Renata, Helena, Renata's mother, and Lynnette, Paul's mom, would arrive in Schleswig by train in the early evening, just in time for Polterabend. More about Polterabend later.

After breakfast, Jim elected to wait at Hotel Hahn for Tim to arrive, where he would sleep off some of the aftereffects of 26(!) hours of travel. Tim traveled from Bozeman, Montana - he works at Yellowstone National Park. I walked to an internet cafe on the Stadtweg (the main shopping street in Schleswig), intending to post on the blog. Unfortunately, due to malfunctioning computer equipment, and an internet connection too slow to support the serious uploading of pictures, I was only able to make a brief post within my allotted hour. I reconvened with Jim & Tim for lunch on the Stadtweg. We relaxed during the afternoon prior to heading out to Callsen's to prepare for Polterabend.