Archive for July, 2014

  • Umbrellas and Winston Churchill in France
     

    Umbrellas and Winston Churchill in France

    The day after we attended the ceremony for the 70th anniversary of D-Day, we visited a couple of other towns in the area. As I mentioned in the D-Day post, we had been to Normandy before.   […]

     
     
  • D-Day, 70 Years Later
     

    D-Day, 70 Years Later

    We were lucky enough to be living in Europe on June 6th, 2014. That day marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the day of the Allied invasion at the beaches of Normandy, France.    When […]

     
     
  • Get That Schmetterling Off Me!
     

    Get That Schmetterling Off Me!

    During several recent local road trips, we found ourselves driving along the same autobahn where we kept seeing a sign for the town of Sayn, Germany. The sign is noticeable because it has a painting of a very colorful butterfly […]

     
     
  • The Highest Cold-Water Geyser in the World
     

    The Highest Cold-Water Geyser in the World

    Among the seemingly endless amazing sights in Germany is the Geyser Andernach, the highest cold-water geyser in the world. I didn’t even realize that there are both hot-water and cold-water geysers until I found out […]

     
     
  • Leiden – City of Keys
     

    Leiden – City of Keys

    On the last full day of our four-night trip to Leiden, the Netherlands over the Memorial Day weekend, we actually explored the city of Leiden instead of doing a side trip as we had the […]

     
     
  • UNESCO Sites in the Netherlands
     

    UNESCO Sites in the Netherlands

    As I mentioned in the Alkmaar post, we spent 4 nights in the Dutch city of Leiden over the Memorial Day weekend. Our second full day there was spent making another side trip, this time to three UNESCO […]

     
     
 

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