My Orphanage
Today, I received an e-mail from a man that thinks he may have been in the same orphanage where I have been. It prompted me to find a picture of it on the internet since he wanted more information, including address and a picture. The site that I found will give him that information.
The six white buildings that look the same in the center of this photo are the homes we lived in. I was in #49 which is the first row from the left side, in the back. The big field you see is where we played soccer. You can’t make it out from this photo, but this field also had a hill on which we rode our sleds down during snowy winter days. During the rest of the year, we rolled ourselves down that hill. We had a lot of fun doing both!
You will also notice we had a swimming pool. Each group had 30 minutes for the pool in the summer time. The orphanage had its own kitchen with staff, which is the building that stands alone on the far right. The building next to that had a celebration hall where we celebrated any big events with our choir singing, theater plays we put on, and so on. The director of the orphanage also had his office in that building. All the way to the left is where the director and his family lived. The entire structure of the orphanage grounds had a white wall around it. I think you can see it pretty clear here. The street right in front of the orphanage is where we walked on the sidewalk to school. It was probably about a 20 -30 minute walk or 10 minutes with the bicycle.
I will include this picture in my book which is almost finished now.
Here is the address in case anyone else is coming across this and is wondering if they have been in the same orphanage. There was a Catholic orphanage on the same street a few blocks down from us. Ours was a Lutheran orphanage.
What a small world we live in!
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Evangelisches Kinderheim Karwendelstraße 61 86163 Augsburg, Germany
Telefon: 0821 / 26190-0 Telefax: 0821 / 26190-14
eMail: info@evki-augsburg.de |
I hope you find others who knew you or who shared your experiences, Viola! This post is an example of the beautiful potential of the Internet. You made my night.
Comment by SandyCarlson — September 10, 2008 @ 1:28 am
I agree with you, Sandy. The Internet has truly been amazing. I was so surprised over that e-mail from this gentleman. We really do live in a small world.
Comment by Viola Jaynes — September 10, 2008 @ 1:17 pm