Welcome to

Herbig's Hideaway

GREETINGS

                      You have stumbled into the world of Mike and Cindy Herbig. We hope you can take a few minutes and look around, as we try to share some of the exciting people and things that are parts of our lives. This is a work in progress. It's first day of being published was June 8th, 2001. Visit often as we will be revising and adding new things on a frequent basis.

The newest pictures of our Grandson

Andrew Arthur Herbig

        

Andrew

   Age 4 1/2,  Dec 2010

                                

And some pictures of Mike & Cindy

              

 

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To see all the original (Archived) pictures Just Click Here

July was an exciting time around our house watching Andrew grow and a great month long visit from one of our exchange students, Fien from Belgium. Here are some pictures from July we thought you might enjoy seeing....We spent the weekend of July 21st at the lake home of Dave and Doris and had a great time...

Great-Grandma and Andrew Auntie Fien from Belgium Grandpa Mike & "The Kid"
     
Grandma Cindy making sure he is dry, while Chris Supervises Chris, Rose and Andrew at The Lake of the Ozarks Chris & Fien riding the waves!!
     
Jacob & Alex Herbig

(Sons of Jason & Liza)

Great Grandpa with Alex

 

Fien relaxing while

Andrew Sleeps

     
Is that Cindy on a Jet Ski? Even more incredible.. Mike in a boat!! Dave promised the fish would come whenever he whistled..
     
Maybe something to this whistling While Andrew studies the surroundings Cindy, Rose & Mike overlooking the Lake of the Ozarks

For more Pictures of FIEN's visit Click Here

Cindy and I have 1 son, Chris, who is married to Rose, his wonderful wife and their son Andrew.   For  9 years we have hosted   " Exchange Students", from European counties and each has also played an important part in all of our lives. 

          

    

 

          A Couple of Links about St Louis and Missouri

All About Missouri St. Louis #1 St Louis #2

Interested in Hosting an Exchange Student??   Click Here

Our Student Family

These are our former students , all of whom we love dearly and enjoy hearing from often. Many have been back to visit and they all know they will always have a place to visit with  their "American Family"

Click on a photo below to learn more about each of them.

Marcos Hafner

Carmen Gonzalez

Andrea Vascakova

July 2005

July 18-August 5th 2004

Aug 1st 2003-July 10 2004

Madrid Spain

Madrid , SPAIN

Kosice, SLOVAKIA

 

 

 

Fien Degreve

Marina Garcia-Puente

Roberta Coghe

Aug 5th 2002-June 21st 2003

June 27th-July 28th 2002

Aug 5th 2001-June 18th 2002

Lochristi, BELGIUM

Madrid, SPAIN

Milano, ITALY

 

 

 

     

Leticia Hafner

Tina Bittner

Neda Law

(June 27 - July 29  2001)

(August 2000 - June 2001)

(August 1999 - June 2000)

Madrid, SPAIN Gera Germany

Berlin, GERMANY

  

Claudia Laubstein Thomas Laubstein Andi Czanyi
(August 1998-June 1999)  (August 1997-June 1998) (August 1996 - January 1997) 
Goettingen, GERMANY Goettingen, GERMANY Hungary
     
     

 

While we have made friends with many of the students who lived with other host families here in St Louis, a few have became and have remained close with us, and we love them just like our own.

OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS

Martin Lieschke Kate Zakar Katja Lieschke Clementine Seguin
Ulm, Germany Svaty Peter,Slovakia Ulm, Germany Montpelier, France
1996-97 1996-97 1998-99 1999-2000
       
       
Anne Fischer Andres Maldonado Atsumi Sirahata Alessandra Amerio
Berlin Germany Merida, Mexico Japan Turino, Italy
2001-2002 2001-2002 2002-2003 2002-2003
       
   
Adriana Romero Camilla Fornari    
Merida, Mexico Venice, Italy    
2002-2003 2003-2004