We had a Taxi pick us up. No friends, no neighbors ,no people from church. We were it. It was a lonely thing. Well , we had each other. Like always my MOM and Dad were strong people.
To me it seemed like the drive took forever. It was a gloomy day on top of it. Perfect when you already feeling sad.
Well, we finally got to Bremerhaven . All the different Ships you could see. What an amazing place. I really am going on one of these great big Ships. I had never seen anything like it. It felt like a dream. Which Boat are we going on, I wondered. It was The "Norddeutscher Lloyd.The buildings in the town I came from were not even this tall. We went up and up on the Ship. A Steward showed us to our Cabin. What a beautiful cabin it was. It was like a Hotel in the water. We even had our own Bathroom. I loved it!
Soon my Mom said hurry up we want to go on Deck when we leave. There were sooo many people thinking the same thing. We found a place where we could see the families from other people on the port waving and yelling a few last words. Everybody was crying and sobbing. All of a sudden it hit me really bad. This is it!!!!!! These were the last moments in Germany. I asked my mom: why don't we have anybody waving to us like all the others? My Mom was so smart, she said, pretend that all those people are your friends waving to you. I waved and jumped up and down and yelled like I never did before. It was a great idea. I had so much fun pretending.
The sounds of the waves , the people and and the Ships Horn is something I will never forget!
And off we were to the Big Unknown!
