Today marked the halfway point of our trip.  We have been in Europe for five days, and will be here for five days more (well, as of this morning… as I write this, we have four full days left before returning home on Saturday).  It was time to head for Paris, something I have been looking forward to for months.  I’ve never been able to explain why Paris hold such a special place in my heart, or why I feel […]

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The night before the party it rained, which I think had people a little nervous for the following day, but we woke up to clear skies – and a breeze!  Germany is seeing a heatwave and it was slightly broken that morning.  However, this did not last long.  By the time mom and I were ready to head to the party and had walked over to the brewery to meet Evelyn and Gunter, it was already getting close to scorching […]

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