We had a wonderful day which started at 11am with the reception in Schloss Richmond with the mayors of Bath and Braunschweig and the members of both Twinning committees. The two Mayors can be seen signing the "Book of Friendship" between the two cities, a twinning that is 40 years old this year. Both photos below show the reception and us sitting and enjoying a lovely lunch. At 3pm we left for Wolfsburg and a visit to the VW Autostadt. The exhibition of old cars was really interesting, and I saw so much that words fail me at the moment. It was a long tiring day and I will write more later. At 12noon tomorrow with have a Twinning Service in the Cathedral with a commemoration at the memorial to the bombing of BS in Oct 1944 and the laying of the Bath Rose for peace. A Bath rose grows up the wall outside the Bath Portal, a sign of friendship between the two beautiful cities. I am so very, very lucky to be a part of this friendship association. Good night, sleep tight, I will write more tomorrow when I am awake! The bottom two photos show some of the cars at the VW Autostadt, it was a really amazing place. www.wikipedia.org Autostadt.
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