Wednesday, May 04, 2005


An old windmill. The Dutch are known for these, among other things.

Lisa and I in front of a Napolean statue. I assume that is what the big N is for at the base of the statue.

Here are Lisa and I in front of the Waterloo Monument. Don't worry Napolean, if I had to run up this hill to fight, then I would give up too.

This is the Brasserie Des Six Colonies. I don't know why I think this is funny, I just do.

Apparently we had taken a wrong turn. This is Parker Wright who is accusing me, a Geographer of all people, of messing things up. Well, on our 1 hour wrong direction (cardinally) we got to see the Waterloo Battlefield. "You drove 1/6 of the way across the country in the wrong direction!"

We're headed for DreamLand. It's right next to sleepytown.

This company's slogan was, no lie, "Every Shrimp is Unique"

Tyler after his sandwhich was claimed by the Americans.

On the way home, we stopped at an "American" themed diner. Now I don't wonder why McDonald's does so well worldwide.

The "pinnacle" of the trip. Acutally, it rained all but the day we were leaving, and look what happened!

The whole GeoBase crew!

Costi (of EnSafe fame) and Jim Irvine. Costi works with me at Ramstein and Jim works at one of our bases in Italy.

Lisa and our Oracle DBA, Tammy McCracken.

What Lisa got at the restaurant upon the waiter's suggestion. This is tradional Bavarian "Pig Knuckle". Knuckle sandwhich anyone?

Usually, "Dancing Boys" is not a good thing on an advertisement. Fortunately, these were German lads in full stereotypical German gear doing the "slap dance". If you haven't seen European Vacation (the movie) watch it.

Either manmade or the neatest natural waterfall/staircase ever.

Picturesque mountain stream and Lisa.

Picturesque mountain stream and me.

Nature's way of saying "This ice is not thick enough to hold you".

This is the much famed Plansee on the border of Austria and Germany. We drive by it everytime we are in the area.