Peggy and Ryan travelled to Germany from March 21, 2004 through March 30, 2004. Their trip was planned by Ryan to meet relatives from Peggy's side of the family.

The family

Meeting the cousins

Christine, Michael, Peggy, Petra and Ryan

Christoph, Albert, Ingrid, Ruth, Judith and Johannes

Eberhard, Peggy, Brigitte and Walter

Katharina and Peggy

Peggy, Waltraud, Rainer, Werner, Angelika, Walter
and Brigitte

Peggy and Waltraud at Altes Rathaus

Peggy and Ruth (Ruth was named after Peggy's Aunt Wootie (Ruth Robertson))

Peggy and Johannes

St. Konrad's - Johannes's church

St. Jakob's Church in Regensburg
where Johannes used to work

Bedroom at St. Konrad's where Ryan and Peggy slept

The grave of George Baer, Maria Baer and Maria's parents

The grave of Theresa Baer and Margarete and Joseph Troidl

Ingrid and Albert

Ingrid with her daughter Ruth and son Johannes

Ingrid, Peggy, Christoph, Albert, Judith and Ruth

Ingrid and Peggy (Peggy's Aunt Wootie and Ingrid's father, George Baer were cousins and Anna Reil was their great-grandmother)

Waltraud's living room

... and her dining room

The view from Peggy's room at Waltraud's

..... and the room, itself

..... and her very modern bathroom sink

Square of Nations Memorial

Housing built atop former barracks

Stained glass at Memorial Chapel

Ryan and Peggy visited with Sabine and Colby before they returned to the U.S.     Sabine worked with Ryan at the hostel in Marin Headlands in California.

Ryan, Peggy, Sabine and Colby enjoying a cold one