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1994 Flaschenpost / Message in a Bottle from Hamburg Solved!

27 Saturday Jan 2018

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Message in a Bottle from Hamburg Solved with Help from BILD

It has been a great week! First, I connected with 8-year-old Lily from Fort Lauderdale whose message in a bottle I found back in 2015. And now, we have solved the 23-year-old message in a bottle from Hamburg that my brother found, sent by a woman named Gerda! That’s thanks to BILD reporter Franziska Ringleben who used some magical reporter tricks to research the name on Evan’s note and solve this mysterious message in a bottle from Hamburg. We are so lucky to have this hobby! Continue reading →

Gerda from Hamburg’s 1994 Message in a Bottle / Flaschenpost Found!

15 Monday Jan 2018

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A Fragile Message in a Bottle

As I mentioned in my post on Message in a Bottle Day 2017, my brother, Evan, found this message in a bottle back in 2015 when we were on a family adventure together.

Evan Buffington with German Message in a Bottle

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Message in a Bottle Day 2017

15 Monday Jan 2018

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Message in a Bottle Day 2017

Like any family, my family has some strange holiday traditions. But the strangest has got to be Message in a Bottle Day.

Buffington messages in bottles waiting to be opened

Buffington family messages in bottles, waiting to be opened.

We all have jobs and responsibilities, so when we find messages in bottles, we can’t always open them right away. They are, after all, irreplaceable and fragile, and usually require a lot of time and care during the opening and preserving process. We’d rather wait and be safe than get in a hurry and ruin our chances. Continue reading →

German Message in a Bottle From Women on Costa Atlantica Found

10 Sunday Dec 2017

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German Message in a Bottle Found

I found this message in a bottle in 2015 and have been dying to open it ever since. Of course, I had no idea it was a German message in a bottle at the time. The message was a little scroll caked in something that looked pretty gloopy and dubious…

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Hot Hamburg(ers) on the 4th of July! Driftwood, Strangers, Oceanography, and a Very Old Message in a Bottle

25 Tuesday Aug 2015

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Imagine you are marching in heat of about 100F, and the sun is intense–no clouds to protect you; imagine you are in a city, with the sun bouncing up off the pavement, and high humidity. You sweat uncontrollably for hours. Ok–now you are with me in Hamburg, Germany on July 4th, 2015. But how did we get here?
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