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Palatinate Forest & Hohenecken Castle
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Today we must leave our village and head to our first apartment and the chance to experience “living locally.” But before leaving the village we needed to do some hiking. So on Sunday morning Tommy and I took off into the mountain to explore the many hiking trails in this…
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European Music Educators Conference!
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For the last couple of days we have had the privilege to speak at the European Music Educators Association Conference (EMEA) which is being hosted this year by the USAG Rheinland-Pfalz Kaiserslautern Military Community. To get to the conference we left our hotel in the village and headed to the…
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London to Paris to Kaiserslautern Germany
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Today we take the Eurostar from London, through the Chunnel to Paris, where we walk to a different station and take a Deutsche Bahn train across France and into Germany where we stop at the main station in Kaiserlautern. As a little boy I remember reading in the “Weekly Reader”…
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Lunch with Howard Goodall!
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Today was quite a day! It began with a father and son trip to Trafalgar Square where I was able to take Tommy around the National Gallery and show him my favorite works of art in one of my favorite museums. It was also a morning for me to sit…
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We are in London!
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We have made it to London. The first of the major European cities on our agenda! Sarah and I have always loved London and for a long time have wanted Tommy to experience it. We have always thought it would be a city that would resonate with him. And we…
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Southampton, England
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Two days in Southampton to get our land-legs back, and to prepare for the next stage of our adventure. To be honest, this was not a part of the trip we really expected to be interesting. But we were wrong! For anyone who likes American History, and especially coming from…
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We Made it Across the Ocean!
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Hello Everyone! We made it across the ocean to Southampton, England. We even had the scary experience of crossing over the wreck of the Titanic during a bit of North-Atlantic storm! But, we are here and our 1930’s time travel has come to an end. Actually, as we reach the…
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Choir on the QM2
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(thinking of UMD Chorale, SJC, BSU, and my old Castleton Singers!) We joined the choir!! Yes, the Queen Mary II has a choir and Sarah and I are now members! It is a really interesting group in that many of the singers have been regular passengers on the QM2 and…
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Life on the Queen Mary II
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I can’t believe we are on the high seas heading across the ocean. Life on the ship has been really interesting with a mix of people using the ocean liner for its historic purpose of transportation (like we are), but also people using it as a vacation community. The ship…
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Who Ya Gonna Call?
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Today we are are supposed to be excited to board to board the Queen Mary II to finally achieve our (well Ronnie’s) dream of crossing the Atlantic by Ocean Liner (something I have learned is very different from a Cruise Ship). BUT, instead as the parents of one of Plymouth,…