Paris

Eiffel Tower

Arc de Triomphe
Lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe Paris (total tourists)

Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris

Dinner at a French Restaurant

LouvreBoat Cruise on the Seine River
Perfume Museum

Palace of Versailles

Ettal/ Garmisch, Germany/ Innsbruck, Austria

Andrew's folks arrived on Feb. 28th, I was able to take Thursday, Friday and Monday off to travel a bit with them....and Andrew had Friday and Monday. Thursday we took care of IDs and checked out the bases. Friday we ran a few errands and Saturday we headed south. On the way we stopped in the town of Ettal at a beautiful Abbey.



After we continued to Garmisch. Garmisch is the location of a military base, as well as, a very nice military hotel (Edelweiss Lodge and Resort). We enjoyed a several great meals at the hotel and in the area and Andrew's folks checked out the surrounding neighborhood on foot. The next day we took a drive into Austria to see Innsbruck and the mountains. Unfortunately, it was Sunday and basically everything was closed. But the mountains were great and we had a nice stroll along a river.



On the way home we were able to see a ski jump from the Olympics.
We headed home on Monday, but were able to stop at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. Andrew and his folks took a trip up the tower. And we enjoyed lunch at the bottom.

Andrew's folks are headed on a tour to downtown Stuttgart tomorrow. They will experience a German meal, watch a video on Stuttgart, and see all the historic landmarks. Thursday they are headed to two castles in Germany, Hohenzollern and Sigmaringen. Friday nite, late, we are all headed to Paris for the weekend.

February

I began my second job today, respite care for exceptional family members of deployable soldiers. So, we went bowling yesterday (free games, $1.50 shoes) for 3 hours. It was a long three hours, but it is GREAT money. I think I will be working with one family for 6-9 hours a week. It's nice to have a new time filler and make money on top of it. Andrew has been traveling off and on since he's been back. His folks arrive on the 28th for a couple of weeks. We hope to travel to several places with them on the weekends and to send them to a few during the week. It will be great to see them!! It's been quite a while. Hopefully, we can avoid illness with this round of guests.

Tubingen Fasching Parade

The Curtis' and we went to a parade today. Last year, with the USO is where I met Veronica and Kailyn. The men joined us this time. We ate at a Italian Restaurant and watched the VERY VERY LONG parade (98 groups). I felt the masks were better at the parade I went to last year. The masks frightened Kailyn and in turn the people felt bad and gave her lots of candy. The men were ready to leave halfway through, but they signed on for the trip which meant staying for the whole thing. It was a nice day, no rain, no wind, and light coats.

Glockenspiel/ Deutsches Museum of Technology & Science

The glockenspiel bell tower has figures that come out and dance at 11am and noon during the winter and in the summer they also come out at 5pm. It is quite pretty and it definately brings out the tourists, but it is very very long. We watched for a bit then hit the souvenier shops.

The Tech and Science Museum was huge. We all enjoyed it and could have spent days there if we had read all of the descriptions.