Gundula Christiansen and Bernd Ebert

When Laurie was a junior in high school she formed a close friendship with Gundula Christiansen, an exchange student from Germany one year older than Laurie.  They both played violin in the orchestra.  Ed and I adored Gundula as well.   

Gundula loved her host family very much and was in close contact with them through the years.  Her host father, Walt, was near death so Gundula and her husband Bernd decided to visit Walt before he passed.  Truly beautiful.

They flew into DFW and stayed with Laurie.

After attending Walt's visitation in Goshen, Indiana, they drove here.  Oh how we enjoyed seeing Gundula after 25+ years and meeting her handsome husband.  They were here overnight and left this morning after Ed made his famous waffles which they devoured.  They left this morning to drive to Houston and on to Corpus Christi for a much needed rest.  Then back to Laurie's and home to Germany.  They live way north close to Denmark!

We learned they have traveled all over the world including a lengthy trip to Australia and New Zealand!  

Bernd and Gundula instruct teachers how to work with special needs children.  Gundula was a student in one of Bernd's classes when Gundula was at university so there is a 10 year age difference between the two.