When I posted the first postcard on mfdc back in September I went through my collection to find the oldest one I had to start the series. So a couple of weeks ago I was checking out picasa photo software since I need to find something better for cataloging all my pictures that runs reasonably well on my old clunker of a computer. After picasa had finished indexing the collection I was checking out how everything was organised and I came across a folder called “Derek’s Album” which I had largly forgotten about. A couple of years ago I spent some time scanning pictures from my photo album when I was a kid.

As I was looking through the pictures I come across three post cards that my mom put in the section for the trip I took to Germany with Omi and Opa in 1977. The first one is of a Lufthansa DC10 which I’m going to assume was the plane I probably flew on to get there. I have some vague memories of the trip and on the flight I remember they showed an in flight movie but I was so short I couldn’t see over the seat in front of me and and they kept trying to prop me up on blankets. I can’t remember what the movie was about but it was in German (go figure) and part of it took place in a midevil castle.

Omi writes,

“We are in Herrenberg, it is snowing, and today is Derek’s birthday. Derek is fine. The first night he slept 15 hours.”

The card is cut around the edges so that it would fit into the spot in the album so it’s hard to follow what’s written. Apparently the plane was very full because British Airways was on strike during that time.

This is the first postcard of three so I figured I would start with the beginning of the trip but it turns out that this 1977 card isn’t the oldest one of the three. When I pulled them out to read the back one of them is dated 1975. It’s a picture of Herrenberg which is a place I visited but was sent by Omi and Opa when they were on a previous trip to Germany.