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MaPaCupps: STUTTGART
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Friday, July 18, 2014. We arrived at our friends, Ron and Keri Downers after leaving. Goslar. It was a long train ride but the train was a great. Way to see the countryside. They live in Stuttgart. The Downers drove us to Tubingen. It is a college town. With a lot of old history. The buildings are beautiful and old. In the town square:. Next to the old church (cathedral). It was too big to get. The entire church in the picture. The next morning we got up really early (5:00am) and drove. Had an Alpine sli...
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MaPaCupps: June 2014
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Monday, June 23, 2014. We've had a very hectic two weeks. We arrived in Toledo on June 7th to. Celebrate with Josh and Krista on Josh's completion of his. Emergency Medicine Residency, to help them pack for their. Move to Cincinnati and for Tom to meet grandchild #9, Piper. Why do the granddaughters love Grandpa? Avery loves her dogs. Poor Snarky and Rowdy have. To put up with a lot of abuse (and love). Avery and Grandpa at Josh's BBQ celebration. Avery also loves Uncle Nick and Aunt Jenny.
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MaPaCupps: May 2014
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Saturday, May 31, 2014. Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Today, a group of University of Michigan Alumni had the opportunity to. Go aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier in Norfolk, VA. I knew these ships were big, but did not realize how massive. They are until I went aboard. One of our fellow alums served as a captain on the carrier and. Gave us a personal tour (along with some other young seamen). We boarded the carrier on the deck where the aircrafts are. On the carrier at one time.
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MaPaCupps: Katrina's New House
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Friday, July 4, 2014. July 3rd we went to Washington D.C. to attend our niece's, Nadja, wedding. Sorry, no pictures, but we then traveled to New Tripoli, PA. To spend a day with Katrina and Tamar. They just recently moved. Into their new house. The following pictures are of their house and. Many family members who could not attend the wedding wanted to. See the new house so I am posting a few pictures. I didn't think about going outside to take a picture of the house but. Sorry for the beach chairs.
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MaPaCupps: Third Day in Berlin...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014. Third Day in Berlin. Today we rode a bus to church. Tom knew right. Where it was because he attended church in this building. When he was here on his mission. Not only that, he and the other elders help build this. Building. It was nostalgic for him to come back. The elders. Who are serving here now where taken back when Tom told. Them this story. He understood the entire Sacrament meeting. After church we took the bus up to a memorial that we. Because the guards would shot them.
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MaPaCupps: February 2014
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Saturday, February 1, 2014. We decided to take a side trip on our way home. We drove to Whites City, NM so we could see. You can see the switch-back pathway we had to walk. Down to enter the cave. The big hole is where the. Thousands of bats exit the cave each night. The pathway is about 1.5 miles and we descended to. 800 feet below ground. Once in the cave we took a tour of the "King's Palace". Which can only be seen on a tour and then we walked. Through the "The Big Room" which is a self-guided. We qui...
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MaPaCupps: Rothenburg, Germany
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Saturday, July 19, 2014. The Downers drove us to a wonderful little city north. Of Stuttgart, Rothenburg. It's also a very old city with a lot of charm. You enter the city through the archway under that. Tower I'm looking backwards, so we are in the city. Walking down a street to the marketplace. All over Germany there are plaques that have. Been placed to memorialize those who suffered and. Were killed during WWII. This plague was really cool because the "shadow angel". Tom and Ron taking a stroll.
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MaPaCupps: Barcelona
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Monday, July 21, 2014. Our trip to Germany came to an end, sadly. We went to church with the Downers and were so. Excited to see Elder Talbert. He is from our ward in. Cincinnati, serving his mission in Germany. It was so fun to see him. We packed up and Ron and Keri took us to the airport. In Stuttgart. It was so much fun spending 5 days with them. They were the best hosts and tour guides. We arrived in Barcelona after a very rough plane ride. After we checked into our hotel we went out for dinner.
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MaPaCupps: Neuschwanstein Castle
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Saturday, July 19, 2014. Today I wish I had my granddaughters with us. We drove to. Neuschwanstein to see two very famous castle. In the Alps, the first castle was acquired in the early 1800's by. King Maximillian II. It was in ruins, but was remodeled and. A lot of rooms added on. It was called. The Castle at Hohenschwangau. Walking up to see the first castle:. The lake below the Castle of Hohenschwangau. King Maximilian II of Bavaria built this for his wife and. Their two sons for a summer home. I'm ju...
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MaPaCupps: Bike Tour of Berlin...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014. Bike Tour of Berlin. We decided the best way to see a lot of Berlin was to take. A tour. But I don't like tours, like on a bus where you have. Some person talking in a microphone and just giving you a. Memorized script of the sights. So we decided to take a BIKE tour. Of the city. We rode for 5 hours and got to see so many sights. That we would have never gotten to see otherwise. As we were walking to the plaza where we were going to. When they were little about a bear. WWII, so ...
