Update from Germany

Hallo from Germany!

Recap of the past several days since I was unable to obtain Internet…

Prior to arriving in Italy three of us counselors had an 8 hour layover in Paris. So we made the best of it and left the airport by train and went downtown to visit the Eiffel Tower.

A fellow American tourist took this picture: Reid, Jean Marie, and Anthony

Upon returning to the airport we were met with the terrible news that the BLFAC International Orchestra was not able to leave the US due to several cases of the flu. We were told that we would attempt to perform Carmina with double piano accompinament and percussion.

The past three nights in Italy I stayed with a very nice family in Foresto Sparsa, a small Italian village in the hills of the Milano area. My family owned a rather large farm near the center of the village and also a rubber molding company that made various rubber and cilicon parts for automobiles and tractors. The two brothers spoken very little English, so I was able to communicate rather well after my two semesters of Italian.

The land in the back yard.

Today we arrived in Germany after a 16 hour overnight bus ride. The ride wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be. I was able to sleep after I took some Equate Nite-time meds. We stopped in Kassel, Germany for a long lunch and Jean Marie and I enjoyed a nice German meal of sausage and fries. Our waiter happened to speak English as well, hopefully communication will be easier here than in Italy.

I'll have wireless access these next few days as I'm staying with a family in a huge house. It's me Dr. Webb, and two campers - Eric and Marcus.

More later...