Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. - Seneca WEB SITES click on the blue letters tp learn more Fort Donelson National Battlefield Shiloh National Military Park Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Tennessee November 1, 2009, Sunday Just a bit of history…“The morning of February 14, 1862 dawned cold and quiet. Early in the afternoon a furious roar broke the [View Full Entry]

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“A wise traveler never despises his own country.” - Carlo Goldoni On The Road Again...Well, we are off on another trip. Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas Texas. The route we are taking is based on the Civil War Battlefields. Bob has been reading and studying what happened and where. But we will have side trips/stops and other points of interest.. KENTUCKY Carter Cave Resort State Park This region has the highest concentration of caves to be found in any area of Kentucky. We toured Cascade Cave one of the largest caves in [View Full Entry]

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“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” - Seneca October 30, 2009, Friday We left Berea and drove west to Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site. This is our first Civil War Site visit on this Historic Tour. The day was bright and breezy, but the history of this place is dark and sad. After viewing the video we walked the battlefield. This is “Lincoln Country” Abe’s birthplace and where he grew up. There is also s fine Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville. Distances back in the U. S. are long, we got spoiled [View Full Entry]

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I should like to spend the whole of my in life traveling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home. - William Hazlitt [View Full Entry]

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I should like to spend the whole of my in life traveling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home. - William Hazlitt July 27, 2009, Monday, Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Schiffdorf Spaden, Germany, just outside of Bremerhaven. Today is a “drive day” and we arrived at Schiffdorf Spaden mid-afternoon. Since we plan to ship our motor-home back to the US from Bremerhaven, this campground seemed convenient. It is about 12 kms to the dock. July 28, 2009, TuesdaySchiffdirf Spaden Germany to the shipping office [View Full Entry]

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. - Douglas Adams July 24, 2009, Friday, Gaasper CG to Amsterdam and back. We met some nice folks from Colorado; they have been visiting Europe/camping for 19 years! We are just novices; they have a camper in Europe and one in Colorado. So today we will see “Amsterdam according to Judy and Jeremy”. The weather this morning started with a downpour, but this is Amsterdam. So with raincoats, and umbrellas we are off to the Metro. Kalverstraat, a [View Full Entry]

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· The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. - Saint Augustine July 22, 2009, Wednesday, Gaasper Camping, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Metro is less than 300 meters from the CG, and the last stop on #53 is Central Station, Amsterdam. A stop at a very crowded Information Center was a disappointment, the ticket we got showed we needed to wait for 60 other people to be waited on. So with map in hand, we decided to brave it and look for the Stop/Go bus on our own. Amsterdam is a bustling city [View Full Entry]

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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~Lao Tzu July 19, 2009, Sunday, Cochem, to Beilstein, and back to Cochem Mosel Valley Germany Another changeable weather day and we are off to Cochem on our bikes. There is a small shuttle bus that travels the tiny medieval cobblestones streets up to the castle, and this is the bus we are on. It is amazing how the driver maneuvers around the shop awnings and sharp turns. The Cochem Museum dates back to the year 1000 AD, however, its history is abit bumpy. In 1684 the [View Full Entry]

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The other day I opened a fortune cookie " It is up to you to create your own adventures today! " July 16, 2009, Thursday, Potsdam to Cologne (Koln), Germany A long drive day across Germany to Cologne, Germany, our campingplatz Berger is right on the Rhine River, and we are right on the bike trail. There is a nice Restaurant/Biergarten… time to have dinner and relax. July 17, 2009, Friday, Campingplatz Berger to City of Cologne and back to the campground. We bike 6/7 kms along the Rhine River bike trail into Koln, and to the Colog [View Full Entry]

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Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. - Seneca July 14, 2009, Tuesday, Potsdam to Berlin and back to Potsdam, Germany. The location of this campground requires some effort and time to get into the city of Berling. From our readings, there simply are not any campgrounds closer. So we bike to the bus/tram station, take the bus to the train station, and take the train to Berlin. No matter how much reading and map studying we do before we start off in a new city, step out of the train station and it takes a [View Full Entry]

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