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Message in a Bottle / Flaschenpost Found! Seeking Jens & Silke, Jirko, Ines & Rudiger, and R. & Lo. Lenz

10 Friday Mar 2017

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Y’all have helped me solve some incredible mysteries. Like the 46 year old note from “Donkeyman” Jimmy Robertson, and the 7 year old message in a bottle from Sabine of Dusseldorf, Germany. Couldn’t have solved those without your help!

I need your help again! We’re gonna solve a “cold case” this time–a message in a bottle found by Stefanie Padilla on Hermosa Beach, CA,  in 2013. In fact, she found EIGHT messages inside one bottle, all from German-speaking folks.

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In fact, Stefanie discovered the bottled notes as they floated to shore! Can you believe it? Here’s the bottle, on it’s way in: Continue reading →

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Scottish Author of 46 Year Old Message in a Bottle Has Been Found!

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

Posted by in Friendship, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, News

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Well it was a long hard search, but we did it! We found “Donkeyman” James Robertson who sent a message in a bottle 46 years ago!

The story about James Robertson’s message broke in early January when Bernd Igwerks found the half-century old bottled note washed ashore on the small German island of Norderney.

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Bernd Igwerks, with the 46 Year Old Message in a Bottle He Found. Photo courtesy: Nomo Online / nomo-norderney.de

I knew right away that there had to be special story behind this bottle–and a special person. Turns out Continue reading →

Reunion in Dresden

16 Wednesday Sep 2015

Posted by in Adventure, archives of the sea, Friendship, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel

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Dresden… Dresden… Dresden…

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I thought of the city daily for months before my trip to Europe. I was enchanted by the place, and had been since I was a kid.
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Meeting Sabine: Soap, Ruins, Adventure

12 Wednesday Aug 2015

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Sabine’s message in a bottle had proven to be such a mystery for so long, I really didn’t know what I expected to happen if I tried to visit her in Dusseldorf…

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Nevertheless, July 1st, 2015 I found myself on a Germanwings flight from London to Dusseldorf. I had just flown from Chicago to London the night before on a flight I shared with a former student from 4 or 5 years before–Crazy! It felt like leaving the states was like going through a portal—here on the other side, in Europe, anything was possible.
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