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A love story ...
The following love story is 100% true and not a compelling piece of fan fiction. Don't you love stories of how couples met? In fact, Dan Giedeman and Esther Wieland’s love story might outdo even the best fictional romances because theirs began with a chance meeting at the top of the Eiffel Tower. SWOON! The year was 1998. Dan was an American grad student attending an economics conference in Paris. Esther was a preschool teacher visiting the city from Switzerland. Both of them found their way to the Eiffel Tower, where Dan spotted her, approached her in broken French and sheepishly learned that she spoke fluent English. The pair peered down at the City of Light and soon descended to the street to wander the Jardin de Luxembourg together. A stranger snapped a photo of them (see above) before Dan walked her to the train station. He kissed her hand, scribbled his contact info on a piece of paper and saw Esther off – and that was just the first few hours of their two-decade international love story.
After weeks of exchanging postcards, they met up in Zurich and began a cross-continent relationship before finally marrying and settling in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and it’s still their home today.)
A few years back, on a family trip to Paris, they took their three children to the same spot where it all began. “I expect that for the rest of my life I will think of you whenever I see an image of the Eiffel Tower," Dan wrote in his first postcard to Esther.
You may have heard of Hank the Tank?
HANK THE TANK LIVES TO EAT ANOTHER DAY!
This 500-pound behemoth, who was presumed guilty of breaking into more than two dozen homes in California’s Lake Tahoe earlier this month, was expected to be euthanized – until, his accomplices were brought to light. Hank did break into some of the homes, but the forced entries were the work of not one but three or more bears, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife concluded after examining DNA evidence. Instead of euthanizing the lot of them, the department said it’ll trap, tag and release them in a suitable habitat so it can track their movements. Nature wins again!
A portly bear is partially exonerated.
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4 comments:
I just love the electric blue you chose. WIth that color and the pop of red…..Oh,la la! :-)
Jacky, again I love everything on this blog. You are a real master in that.
I hope you had a happy Sunday. Have a good start into the next week.
Thanks John, and yes, I did think of yoiu with the pop of red.;o)
Thanks Elenor, thanks for your feedback,it makes my day!
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