The quality of life has been rather grand here in Wiesbaden since arriving in 2008. It is a place that purported to have had the most millionaires per capita in the early 1900's. As a result, the homes are spectacular. In keeping with our current economy, many were converted to apartment buildings. Thus, three [3] floor houses have been transformed into three [3] flats per house, sharing common gardens.
The city of Wiesbaden is the capital of Hesse, a state in southwest Germany. Wiesbaden is on the Rhine directly across from Mainz, near Frankfurt am Main and not far from Heidelberg. I am familiar with sailing the east coast out of Long Island Sound, but The Rhine has beautiful marinas (see below) to explore on weekends. Then on holidays I plan to set out on adventures to the northern coast of Germany, down in the Mediterranean, and elsewhere.
According to Wikipedia, settlements date back to the neolithic end of the stone age; but actual historical records started with the completion on a Roman fort in 6 C.E.; in the photo below you can see today's last remnants of the roman aqueduct.
An Alliance of Germanic tribes, the Alamanni, took control from Rome in 260 C.E.; then during the 6th century the Franks displaced the Alamanni. In the 1170's the Counts of Nassau received Wiesbaden and the surrounding areas as their fiefdom. In 1866 Nassau sided with Austria in the Austro-Prussia War and with the defeat it was annexed by Prussia and became part of Prussian Hesse-Nassau. As a result, buildings from that era maintain a distinctive Prussian look.
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January 11, 2013
TESS HAS JOINED THE FAMILY
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May 10, 2012
At the Beach
Chris en congé avec Gaston qui aime sa retraite de l'armée à la plage en Normandie, en France.
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November 7, 2011
Fly Fishing in Ireland
Tar éis do Catherine a tascanna a chríochnú i Manchain, chuamar ag iascaireacht ag eitilt in Éirinn. Chabhraigh oiliúint Gaston. Níor chuir sé eagla ar an iasc.
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December 31, 2010
Happy New Year, Vienna, Austria
Frohes neues Jahr aus Wien, Österreich
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October 12, 2010
Catherine is well settled in at the military base.
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March 1, 2010
Catherine has arrived at the U.S. Military Hospital, Landstuhl Medical Center, as a contractor for The Pentagon.
Welcome to the Team,
Chris
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January 15, 2010
Gaston, The War Hero, is enjoying his retirement from the military.
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