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This is the Cemetery where Francoise GrandFather and Mother are buried (9/18 Tours) |
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SOE (Special Operation Executive), F Section Memorial Buckmaster - Organizer and DuBois Radio Messenger (9/19 Valencay FR) |
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Lunch Pizza over open fire - (9/19 Valencay FR) |
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Lunch at Chateau du Ducs de Mortemart, wonderful small town, waitress from NY - (9/20 France) |
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Lunch at Chateau du Ducs de Mortemart, met interesting tourist from England - (9/20 France) |
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Center de la Memorie - ORADOUR - Town where Germans burned town and killed over 900 people (9/20 Oradour,FR) |
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Town left just as was after destruction - (9/20 Oradour,FR) |
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(9/20 Oradour,FR) |
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(9/20 Oradour,FR) |
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Tracks to Limoges FR - Germans took townpeople off train to kill, sent others back.(9/20 Oradour,FR) |
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Church where women and children were rounded up prior to burning. People who tried to escape thru windows were shot (9/20 Oradour,FR) |
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(9/20 Oradour,FR) |
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(9/20 Oradour,FR) |
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Ron and Frans neighborhood hedge, Carolyn in front of Ron & Frans home - (9/21 Fondettes, FR) |
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Downtown Tours - American Memorial Fountain - (9/21 Tours, FR) |
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Downtown Tours - American Memorial Fountain - (9/21 Tours, FR) |
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Roman Ruin Aqueduct near Ron and Frans home late afternoon - (9/21 Fondettes, FR) |
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Roman Ruin Aqueduct near Ron and Frans home late afternoon - (9/21 Fondettes, FR) |
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Back Patio at Ron and Frans and picnic on road - this the Center of France (Auto Route A71) Soberest - (9/22 Fondettes,FR) |
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Picnic at Soberest and view from Motel L'Embarcadere - (9/22 Nantua,FR) |
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Swans on lake by motel - (9/22 Nantua,FR) |
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Small Town on way YVOIRE, FR along Lake Geneva - (9/23 Sion, SW) |
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Town St. Gingelph, FR had lunch where Fran and Mother often went - near Swiss Border (9/23 Sion,SW) |
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View of mountains and vines. Vines either picked or covered with plastic netting (9/23 Sion, SW)
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View of mountains and Church and Monestery high above Sion (9/23 Sion, SW)
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View of Monestery and city (9/23 Sion, SW)
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View of town from Church and Monestery (9/23 Sion, SW)
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View from Hotel du las de Cheville (Chambres Hotel), Valais (9/23 Sion, SW)
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Hotel du las de Cheville (Chambres Hotel), Carl looking over Valais and Sion from deck (9/23 Sion, SW) |
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On the Road to CHUR a place to stretch (9/24 - Chur, SW) |
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Wood building with ROCK plate at base where piller meets, stop rodents from entering. On the Road to CHUR (9/24 - Chur, SW) |
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After BRIG in town RITZINGEN stopped for lunch(9/24 - Chur, SW) |
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After BRIG in town RITZINGEN stopped for lunch(9/24 - Chur, SW) |
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RITZINGEN cowbell chorus and then after FRUKA PASS LLANZ SW - Postal Bus carries people and mail to small towns (9/24 - Chur, SW) |
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Opps, a very red faced guy herding cows down the road. Cowbell chorus again(9/24 - Chur, SW) |
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More cow from day before and lunch in CHUR after nice dinner and night at Hotel STERN (9/25 - Chur, SW) |
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Old Town CHUR at Hotel STERN (9/25 - Chur, SW) |
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Old Town CHUR and then ALTSHAUSEN and Gafthof zum Schutzen. Picture of Helene and Carl at her Moms home (9/26 - Altshausen, GR) |
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Steinhausen The most beautiful painted church in the World (9/26 - Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munich - two hour drive from Altshausen. This a picture of fish roasting for the days sale. (9/27 - Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munchen - "Hockey" looking at crowd, next shot of a person in attire while we waited for a beer tent to open up (9/27 Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munchen - Crowded tent standing room only, of which there are 10 as large. Music, smoke, heat, singing and drinking. (9/27 Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munchen - Drinking and sweating boys at our table, tried to get them to drink more so we could have the entire table. (9/27 Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munchen - View of the tent crowd, the center is where the band plays. Along one side they serve foods like, 1/2 chicken, sausage and sauerkraut, LARGE pretzels, fancy sliced Radish (white) (9/27 Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munchen - Table 54 so waiter knows where to serve beer or food. Orders are taken only from those seated at tables. Fight breaks out and everyone stands on table to take a look. (9/27 Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munchen - Hockey held plate at bottom to catch "eggs" from chick. Table left Enge, Hockey and frauleins in costume. On right Helene. (9/27 Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munchen - View of Food area and from left Hockey, Enge other side of table Karl and Helene. Twist your neck to see the tent we were in. Each Brewer had their own tent. Pauliner was our tent. (9/27 Altshausen, GR) |
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OctoberFest Munchen - We left tent at about 10:00 PM (12 hours after we came) This view of large Roller Coaster, other large rides. We, four German friends and I had a shootout while riding bucking horses at a shooting range, sort of had to be there. Was fun. (9/27 Altshausen, GR) |
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Carls' only fun - wearing the hat from OctoberFest Munich. View of the lake outside guesthouse where we stayed Galthof zum Schutzen. Carl was ill while here. (9/28 - Altshausen, GR)
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Downtown Tuebingen along the Neckar River about 1 1/2 hour through rolling hills. University put us up in Hotel Krone downtown.(9/29 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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Downtown Tuebingen (9/29 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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Downtown Tuebingen - Ornate and decorated Town Hall, beautiful clock built 1511. Weddings are performed here (9/29 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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More Town Hall, then view from Hohentubingen Castle built in 16th Century. (9/29 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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More from inside Castle walls, fountain and fancy doorway. (9/29 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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Carl and Helene at one of Renaissance style Castle gates. View of the old town tiles roofs. It is said that tiles were formed on the knee. (9/29 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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This car, very small all over, SMART. Can use 1/2 a parking place head on. Helene and Carl at statue of Friedrich Silcher . (9/30 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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Carolyn & Carl with Friedrich Silcher composer on Plantanenallee avenue. The island with river on both sides. (9/30 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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Holderlin Tower of poet Friedrich Holderlin on the Neckar, spent 36 years here when he died mentally deranged, in 1843. Boats on the river are driven by long sticks (9/30 - Tuebingen, GR) |
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Eberhard Bridge to Island stairs at the base a Pigeon House. Picture of Hotel Krone (Crown) where we stayed. Left Tuegingen early AM on October 1 at 5:06 AM for Paris Nord. Train station just a block from hotel. (9/30 - Tuebingen, GR) |