"I worked for two summer holidays at Borgwedel (1963/64) when I was a teenager, and had two very special and memorable summers there -- basically to learn German. I was adopted as a member of the family -- it was run by Herr und Frau Ritter and they had six children if I remember rightly -- they called me nummer sieben! I remember so well sitting by the Schlei sipping Dortmunder Union Bier, and going swimming at midnight. I was very fond of the Ritter family. Sometimes we would go into Schleswig and if we had had one schnapps too many, we... more »
