Tag: Europe

• A little more Rhine-The Colmar Pocket

  

  Before our trip down the Rhine, I had never internalized the real impact of World War II on Europe.I knew the standard history taught to every American child, plus a few stories from my father about that time in his life in Nashville, Tennessee, on the other side of the globe from the actual battlefields. […]

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  September 17, 2017

  General, Inspirations, Life, Travel

  America, Colmar Pocket, cruise, Czechoslovakia, Europe, France, History, Rhine River, World War II

• My personal Tannenbaum

  

  This year’s tree: The top is waiting for husband to get home from Vietnam (on a OneSight mission). He has two jobs: picking out the tree and putting the star on the top.  When he gets home, we’ll be waiting. I have waxed nostalgic about my Christmas tree before (December 2013): I have a tree […]

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  December 7, 2014

  Christmas, Family, General, Travel

  Asheville, Bavaria, Biltmore House, Christmas, christmas decorations, Christmas ornaments, Christmas tree, covered bridge, Europe, Florence, Germany, Italy, Neuschwanstein Castle, New Hampshire, North Carolina, travel, Venice

• European Holiday, Part 7: Munich

  

  I have a real soft spot in my heart for German music boxes, so imagine my delight at the biggest music box I’ve ever seen: the glockenspiel in the New Town Hall at the Marienplatz in Munich.  Think of it as the biggest cuckoo clock in the world, without the cuckoo.  I tried to video the […]

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  September 27, 2014

  Family, General, Travel

  BMW, Europe, Germany, Glockenspiel, Hofbrauhaus, Munich, travel, Viktualienmarkt