Well… I think (fingers crossed and knocking wood) we have most of our WiFi Hotspot SIM card issues resolved which surprisingly only took us about three days worth of exciting I.T. time to accomplish. We hope the only remaining electrical complication we have now is finding signal strength strong enough for our WiFi to function properly and keeping all the batteries we have fully charged. Keeping the electrons flowing is no easy task considering how much of our time has been spent off the main power grid and all the various electronics that we need to keep powered-up and functioning. At some point, when I run out of really important things to talk about, I may do a blog on just the electronics that I have collected to make our travel communications, navigation, and photo management so easy and stress free… Not!
As we now head East right through the centre of Germany we find ourselves in the midst of some very sad and emotional, yet strangely fascinating WWII historical landmarks. Many of these truly sobering sites were at one time behind the iron curtain not easily accessible by the general public and not maintained. With the reunification of Germany  in 1990 there has been a determined effort here to honestly recognize, address, and take responsibility for darker periods of past generations. The German government has done an admirable job of maintaining sites and providing easy access with acute information about many of these dark places. The modern and impressive interpretation centres clearly promote the concept of  “We must face our past in order to move on, and we must learn from it so it will never happen again”.  In future blogs we’ll introduce you to a few infamous sites that we’ve visited, many being within close proximity of each other. Until then here are a few pictures of us on the road again.