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... oil and garlic. It was actually very good, and I'm not a big broccoli fan. We spent the rest of the evening chatting in the kitchen because it was the warmest room in the house. There is a wood burning stove in the kitchen and that is what is used mainly to heat the house. It got very cold here. Karyn said that it was -3 C the prior evening!


We chatted around the stove and listened to a variety of ...

Of course I needed to visit Luxembourg, hiding away there between France, Germany and Belgium. It is the fifith smallest country in the world. It is very hilly and surrounded by trees. The hostel is down at the bottom of a cliff, yay! The city of course is quite small, but it is surrounded by ruins and forest which makes it quite a unique city in amongst the hustle and crowds of all the other major cities. The people there speak French and their own language, Luxembourgish I suppose.

... Roman ruins and the churches up close. Trier was very nice and I love the feeling there, the Roman baths were also really cool to see. We also had a great dinner in the main square of town. I had Pepper Steak and spetzlah. It was so good. The seats outside were great and I was able to people watch and really just embrace in the culture. Plus a little wine probe, wine tasting, helped a lot.

... Trier. It was breathtaking. We could see all the Roman ruins and all of the churches in the city. It was a really amazing sight for me. So after a few minutes of gazing at the city we got back in the car and went to Speicher, where I lived for the first year of my life. After getting to their house in Speicher we had a few drinks and just chatted about the past.

... was stationed here. Check off another entry on the old bucket list but one I really want to repeat before too long...only next time I would like to do an extensive tour over here on a bike.

Unfortunately, my main digital camera broke and nothing I can do to fix it. So I am on my iPhone today with the few uploads I have.

Tomorrow I need to be up early for an 8:30 departure from the ...

Toeday we drove to places where I was previously stationed as a youngster., First to Bitburg Air Basee or I should where the base used to be. It is mostly gone and has become an industrial park with only a few hints of what it once was...a prime forward strike,, fasr turn-around fighter bomber base'''constructed in 1950 as a response to the Soviet threat to free Europe.

Then on to Prum where I helped set up and open ...

Hannelore's younger sisters picked me up in Bad Bertrich this morning and we drove to Bernkastle to the rehab facility where their mother Katja was unergoing rehab for a new hip. It was a special reunion from times back in the early 50s when my w9ife and I were friends with Katja, her husband and their three little girls. The rehab facility is really ...

... Commission. After getting a few hours of lecture from some important guys from the EU, we were off again. This time we were on our way to Luxembourg. It was not that easy though. When the bus finally arrived, all of the students hadn't. Apparently some had wondered off for food, or to see the "violent" demonstration down the street that we were supposed to stay away from. So we waited on the bus for Brandon and Nick to return for ...

... city has been around in one form or another for over 1000 years, and has been coveted by many different countries. Because of this, the many rulers, and several conquerors, built up all sorts of walls and tunnels to protect the city. We took a tour through two sets of Casemates as they call the tunnels, and got a bit of history about the ...

... it was interesting to see. The museum had various very old paintings of various Portugeese viceroys over the last 300 years all looking like stern 'Louis Figo's' with wigs and beards. We leave the old town and head to the next stage of the trip, the spice farm. This is situated in a secluded forest area on the edge of Goa. We are met by our guide, a Portugeese looking character speaking flawless English. You can really see the Portugeese influence in the peoples faces. For 6 ...