Anna's Father loved sketching and painting, but almost all of his works were abandoned in the rush leaving the DDR. However, 70 items survive, from a solo bicycle holiday that he took through the Lüneburg Heath in July 1913 ( 12 months before The Great War). Instead of signing his name, he added the date and the place and this tells us exactly where he went and where he stayed and what he saw.
Fifteen years later, Anna's older brother graduated college and the two of them celebrated by bicycling the same route, to Lübeck to visit family and sample Marzipan.
In June 1997, the oldest grandchild bicycled the route and was glad to find the same houses and meet many generous people.
The same roads and the same trees await anyone who appreciates nature and art, fresh-air and exercise as much as they.
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