(Originally posted on MySpace)
Yesterday we met a fellow BookCrosser from the States!
I know her as Antof9 but over here she's Margeaux. She told me she was in Bremen for a few days, and of course I decided to go and see her!
We've 'known' each other for years and never met, or even talked on the phone. She has, however, heard my voice once, when I made her a recording of a Dutch children's song because she wanted to know what 'Klap 'es in je handjes' should sound like.

On the way to Bremen the exhaust pipe of my car broke. We stopped at a gas station, bought steel wire and a can of beer, emptied the can into the gutter and used it to fix the exhaust, sort of. Our arrival in Bremen was rather late and quite noisy. But we got there.

It was so great to see her! And she had her husband with her. What a cutie he is... Actually, what a cute couple they are! And they had brought us some really wonderful gifts. I had asked her to bring me a Sharpie, or maybe two, but she brought me a whole rainbow of them, and put them in a real BookCrossing shoulder bag! I hardly had the nerve to accept all of it. I wanted to say 'Oh no, you shouldn't have!' but my mother taught me not to lie. I did blush, though.

We went into town for a lunch (those Germans know how to bake bread and serve it fresh) and we walked around and planted BookCrossing books all over the city center for the rest of the afternoon. In fact, we found one that someone else had left. It was such fun.
Antof9's hubby bravely put up with all of this, although he sometimes had a look on his face that seemed to say: 'I always knew my wife was crazy, and now I know there are people all around the world who are just as crazy as she is! And I can't decide whether this makes it better or worse.'
We strolled around for hours and saw most of the Old City, and had tea in a Konditorei full of old ladies.
Here is a pic of three of us on one of the spots where we left books. Click to enlarge...


If you'd like to see more pics and read about the books and where we left them, here's the link to each of the books.

one <== a 'catch'! two three <== a 'catch'! four five six seven <== a 'catch'! eight