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Home Again

May 06, 2004 Comments Off by

Well it’s a sad day as my plane touched down at Minneapolis-St. Paul International at 12:35 pm… Which would make it 9:35 pm in Romania….. Jet lag is beginning to set in since I’ve been up since 3:00 am Romania time, 7:30 pm Central Time… Ish….. I am going to have my phone turned back [...]

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Back in Transylvania

May 04, 2004 Comments Off by
Well the monasteries in Suceava were GOREGOUS.. I can't believe the designs of these places they are awesome.. The colors and designs have withstood the weather and time since they were built, approximately in the 1300 - 1500 time period.... The frescos are on both the outside and the inside of the monasteries..... For the [...]
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Greetings From Transylvania

Apr 29, 2004 Comments Off by
I trust that everyone is doing well.. I am doing just about as well as I can given that my time here  is almost over with... Sadly it is true.... But, I am currently in Romania.. Transylvania to be exact... I arrived here yesterday and have been walking around the 'city' of Cluj-Napoca, which is [...]
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Greetings From Prague

Apr 24, 2004 Comments Off
The weather has been good for the most part.. Except for Today of course.... Let us review what has been happening over the past few days April 6 Flew MSP to AMS to MUC overnight train to Naples, Italy April 7 April 8 Pompeii ruins; Naples, Italy April 9 Rome, Italy; Vatican City; saw the [...]
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Greetings from Salzburg

Apr 18, 2004 No Comments
I am still in Salzburg and really enjoying my time here. It is very peaceful and there are many things to see and do.... Yesterday went on the Sound of Music tour and learned so many different things about the movie.. Some of which I already knew and some of which I didn't have a [...]
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Gruße von Salzburg

Apr 15, 2004 No Comments
Today I am in Salzburg Austria. Home of Mozart and the famed, and dear to my heart, Sound of Music. Tomorrow the plans is to go on a Sound of Music tour, which will take in the some of the places which are shown in the movie...... although it is going to be fun for [...]
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Happy Easter from Rome, Italy

Apr 11, 2004 No Comments
Afternoon and Happy Easter Things are going well here in Rome...I have been having such a great time.. I wish 2 things could happen.. The prices would go down and you didn't have to pay 5 euros just to get in to see some of these things, or that the exchange rate would go up [...]
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Greetings from Italy

Apr 09, 2004 No Comments
Hello. Many greetings to you all coming from Italy. The flight over was pretty good. KLM always has a great service and it's always nice to have inflight entertainment so that you can remain occupied. Better than the good old days when you had to watch on a screen projector. Arriving in Munich was interesting. [...]
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And so it begins

Apr 06, 2004 No Comments

I find myself sitting here at the computer in what can only be described as a horrible hour. It’s 4:00 am and I’ve been up since 3:00 am, although that’s 5:00 am to some and 12:00 pm for others. I’m not sure what prompted this early awakening; perhaps its madness or maybe it is excitement, [...]

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