20.05.2010 - 25.06.2010: Longing for Germany 
24.05.2010 - Cancun not let us go
Shortly after our daughter had left was my ear infection again so acute that I once had to go to the doctor. The found on the Internet in German ENT doctor prescribed me the right drugs, and another week in Cancun. After this time a second doctor's appointment was necessary.
We liked it still in Cancun. To the fantastic beaches of the Caribbean Sea, it could be well endure. We had a great parking space, above the white beach, and spent wonderful days. Also, Puerto Morelos, just south of Cancun, it had done to us. There was something original and more Mexican.
took during this period that the idea of flying for a few days to Germany, slowly taking shape. In our preliminary planning for home leave was provided for about a year. It took us but a care for Basko, a safe storage place for our hobby and a suitable Flight. Really serious, we had not yet taken care of these things - and then everything happened very quickly.
At a campsite in Cancun, we can leave guarded our motor home and around there is one, led by a young American animal shelter, where it is especially to help vulnerable street dogs care. Good Child Basko was the main point of our trip preparation, and so we are in the next few days went twice to the animal shelter. We were impressed by the love and care with which the diseased part or were being cared run over dogs and cared for. With a three-legged Labrador Basko has quickly closed friendship. We were pretty sure he will feel comfortable here and get a good service.
Now we needed only a flight to Germany. Cancun offers for good conditions, because many charter airlines serve the airport - and Condor had a good price. The posting was not so easy. All flights were on the booking page of Condor only from Germany back to Mexico and booking. We took the flight but just vice versa. The hotline will fix it already, we thought, and then were disappointed that the nice lady we could not book that flight. The alternative would be a scheduled flight at twice the price was.
Such a situation calls out my ambition, and after half a night on the Internet I had found a travel agency that was able to book our flight as we wished. There was hundreds of discount is also on top of it yet.
Now we had everything together and a further 10 days until departure. "We can not get rid of Cancun," Petra said, laughing. But the days passed quickly. There were some of our short stay in Germany to organize. Dates had been agreed, a timetable be drawn up and also our shopping list was getting longer. We had great plans for the days in Germany.
09.06. - 17.06.2010 - Short holiday in Germany
received after a pleasant flight direct us in Germany with 30 degrees and sun. All around us were sweating - we were used to it. For us it was a normal temperature, which was somewhat better tolerated than in Cancun, because the air was dry here. The pre-booked rental car was ready and a short time later, we rolled down the A5 / A4 to the east. In Jena, we took the time for Thuringian bratwurst from the charcoal grill - it was a pleasure.
late in the evening we arrived in the Erzgebirge in my Sister. Here we had found asylum in the coming days.
The days were filled with appointments, errands and visits. The time was too short, but we have used this a few intensive days. Beautiful were the hours with our children, Felix and Catherine, with our families and friends. Especially important to me was the reunion with my mom. She had a few weeks ago 90th Birthday celebration, and now we have it again personally wish all the best and good health. I was impressed by the clarity with which they have a written definition for taken in the event of her death. They want us to continue our journey necessarily in this case and do not come to her funeral in Germany. I have great respect for that decision, but I hope very much the next time you visit to make healthy.
Although we are dining in America was very good, so we had to certain foods a real hunger. The fresh sausage from the farm Farm shop around the corner or a crusty brown bread bakers from our village were included, as French, Italian and Greek specialties from the market or a freshly smoked fish. We let ourselves go quite well, we must again do without for a long time on many of these things.
the last day before our return flight, we spent with our son in Dusseldorf. Here we indulge ourselves one last time in an Italian restaurant Nobel, and here the next day we had an experience which has shown us so impressively the difference of living in Germany and in North America.
In the city I had placed in the wrong lane and tried, still far from crossing to correct this error. A Anblinken had no success, so I use eye contact and a gesture so asked to change lanes. The answer was an even tailgating and the famous tap with your index finger to his forehead. The next one led excitedly talking to myself about my stupidity and slapped his hand to his head. Perhaps the Dürener indicator was to blame, that I was not ranked as outsider but as a country bumpkin.
Nevertheless, a bitter aftertaste that we Germans are not so easy to deal with each other. After a year in North America, we had become so accustomed to the nice way of living together. A smile is really the shortest path between two human beings and the basis of communication in general. In Germany, I was sometimes it looked as if I had made an immoral offer.
Am 17.06. We then flew back to Mexico. The time in Germany was very nice and we look forward to the next home leave.
18.06.2010 - Once again, Cancun
After 11 hours of flight we were back "home" in Mexico. Together with the many package tourists at the airport we put our bags on the belt for X-ray machine and pressing the red button that controls a random generator. If the green light, then you can travel without further screening with his baggage, at the red lamp is an individual inspection of the day. How could it be otherwise - we lit up the red lamp. Of course we had the introduction of products, spare parts, etc. in the negative on the customs declaration, and now we had to open our travel bags with heart palpitations. I had help and got the clothes slightly raised. After a glimpse of the customs officers had seen enough, or nothing, and we waved. We looked at, and packed up very quickly. Once again we were lucky. It would be a shame to have the delicious delicacies, and how customs would have reacted to the car parts is also open.
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With a rickety Nissan taxi on the Clock over 600,000 miles, we drove to the shelter. It was just the time of feeding. Basko had his Fressnapf already empty and came toward us joyfully went. He clearly felt well, but had the same back once to eat in order to help his dog friends empty their bowls. The days he probably lived, as the land of plenty.
The moist heat drove us the sweat from every pore, and we were happy when we were at Late evening back to our parking lot, had arrived by the sea. There is always a slight breeze was present, the managed through the open side and roof windows in the hobby a tolerable climate. After swimming, we have fallen into our "own" bed and have fast and deep, well slept in the next morning into it.
Another day we wanted to relax indulge in Cancun - are made of this one day will become six days. Every morning we decided to stay another day in paradise. Almost daily we saw the sad eyes of the package tourists, who were picked up by shuttle from the airport to their flight home . We have once again realized very clearly what a privilege we have. We can determine our time, our travel speed and route itself and if we are in a place particularly like it, then we will stay as long as it makes us happy.
After this week at our wonderful beach we were well rested so far, curious and ready for new travel experiences that we could hold no more.
In Valladolid, we were brought from Germany, the coupling parts fit. After the repair was our Ford Transit as new again. I was happy and very glad that the remote diagnosis of Ford Pichel Hartmannsdorf agreed and we had taken the right parts. Now the discovery of the Mexican highlands and the Pacific coast was no more obstacles.
