We flew in to Frankfurt, Germany Monday morning Dec 23, 2014. At the airport we met up with Cindy's sister Christy, her husband Andrew, and son & daughter, Brooks and Alison. They were coming to Germany to spend two weeks with Andrew's brother John, an Army Sargent stationed in Germany. What a trooper John was (a pun without trying). he rented a large van to accommodate all of us, drove three hours to pick us up at the airport, then drove us all back (three hours) to the beautiful German town of Rothenburg. then he stayed up to show us the town. Rothenburg is a fantastic, preserved, walled (with moat), midieval city. a fantastic place to be for Christmas. the whole town was decorated for Christmas, and the first night we joined in the town's christmas market. then we returned to the B&B where corrinnes cousins introduced her to poker. she may have been the big winner that night.
we woke Christmas eve and John drove us all to the base he is stationed at, where he is in charge of the team that maintains apache helicopters. we got an up-close look at these muscle copters. very interesting, very high tech.
The next day was Christmas, cold and beautiful in the town of Rothenburg. we were all hoping to see the town covered in snow, but did not happen. John made reservations months earlier at a very nice restaurant where we had a four hour lunch and Brooks ended up playing piano in the piano bar while the hired pianist was on his break. it was a very relaxing day in a beautiful place.
next morning, up and out, back to frankfurt to catch a flight to Istanbul, turkey. Huge thank-you to Sargent John Macdonald for handling all the logistics of this visit. he made the whole thing very easy.
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| one of the entrances to the old town |
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| another entrance |
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| Brooks & Allie on up, me, Christy, Andrew, John (in green), & CB |
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| Brooks was piloting, Corrinne co-pilot for this flight |
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| They asked my advice about a rotor problem |
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| CB decided to pilot the next flight. wicked trigger thumb |
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| Corrinne Marion 10 years old still loves hanging out with the daddy |
I'm thinking that Corrinne is making up for the 10 years of spinach that Dad has served her with her European pastries that I keep seeing in these photos! Keep on enjoying!!!
ReplyDeleteSo great following you three, Kev. Excellent narrative and photos, and looks like you're all having a blast. Keep it up! (From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
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