I wrote a celebration letter to Ilsemarie on her birthday.

It took a fairly long time today to finish writing a celebration letter to Ilsemarie, my friend in Germany. The 3rd of March will be Ilsemrie's 70th birthday.
( She says it is her 60 year-and-120 months' birthday). I have exchanged e-mails with her for over 10 years, and in September 2007, I visited her house in Barsinghausen near Hanover with Ayako, Ayako's sister Masako, and Masako's husband. We stayed with Ilsemarie's family for three days and nights, and had a very good time with them. Ilsemarie's husband Hardy showed us around the town of Barsinghausen, and Ilsemarie drove us to Hameln, which is famous for the legendary tale of "Pied Piper of Hamelin", and other places. The reason it took a long time to finish the letter was that I attached to it some pictures which remind us of the days we stayed with them. The 3rd of March happens to fall on the Girl's Day in Japan, so I wished her special happiness and her long life.