One of the happy coincidences that just happen magically was that I got to meet in person an interesting man from New Zealand who has the same last name as me, Hans Maurer. He is a German emigrant, a relative of Heidrun who I mentioned earlier in this blog. We actually came to know each other through this blog here. And perhaps Hans and I are also related; we just have to find the 'missing link' between our genealogical trees...
We had a good conversation over an excellent dinner in a French restaurant he recommended in Port Vila, a house with historical significance: it was in this very place that the constitution of Vanuatu was negotiated 30 years ago, as a brass plaque on the wall tells.
The steering wheel above is from the vessel in the picture to the right, the Coongoola, on which I went on a day cruise to a remote beach on one of the smaller islands. A nice boat. 61 years old. Arr!
One of the happy coincidences that just happen magically was that I got to meet in person an interesting man from New Zealand who has the same last name as me, Hans Maurer. He is a German emigrant, a relative of Heidrun who I mentioned earlier in this blog. We actually came to know each other through this blog here. And perhaps Hans and I are also related; we just have to find the 'missing link' between our genealogical trees...
We had a good conversation over an excellent dinner in a French restaurant he recommended in Port Vila, a house with historical significance: it was in this very place that the constitution of Vanuatu was negotiated 30 years ago, as a brass plaque on the wall tells.
The steering wheel above is from the vessel in the picture to the right, the Coongoola, on which I went on a day cruise to a remote beach on one of the smaller islands. A nice boat. 61 years old. Arr!
3 comments:
Hi Martin,
gefallen mir gut, die Bilder von Vanuatu. Sieht alles sehr relaxed aus...
Wir ziehen morgen ins Aichacher Sommercamp (Freitag) und dann warten hier alle auf deine Rückkehr!!
Sei schon mal gedrückt - Anja
Ja prima! Und ich verscherbel hier grade meine letzten Sachen, hab nochmal ein Paket zur Post gebracht, und packe so langsam meinen Koffer, zum vorlaeufig letzten Mal!
Euch allen auch einen dicken Druecker, guten Umzug und bis bald!
Hallo Martin,
so sehe ich mal unseren Namensvetter "Dr.Hans Maurer", hatte ja vorher nur per e-mail Kontakt mit ihm.
Vanuatu wurde von COOK auf seiner 2. Reise 1773 entdeckt, so lese ich es gerade am Felsenstrand von Rab in Kroatien in dem Buch "James Cook, die Entdeckung eines Entdeckers!
L.G. und bis gleich Papa.
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