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Geo: 54.6076, -5.89061I was 17 with out my own passport, I was still on my mothers who wouldn't believe me I needed my own once I reached 16. So great drama at the airport as they wouldn't let me fly, then my mother someone managed to persuade them to let her sign a waiver that'd she wouldn't sue them when we reached Turkey and weren't let in. So arrived in Turkey with me in pigtails for the 16 year old effect & no one even looked at us or our passports ( or lack there of), phew...... read more

Lake Chiemsee Learning to Sail Week

Europe » Germany » Bavaria August 7th 1987

Preparing to board

Home and Away

As we had already done some travel this year and we would be going back to the States for Christmas. Besides, Linda was due to deliver our second child, Rosanna, in October. So we decided for our summer vaction to take a trip where we could stay in one place for a week. We hadn't been to Lake Chiemsee, south of Munich and at the base of the German Alps, since 1978 so I checked into what we could do there. I found out the the Armed Forces Recreation Center offered a six day "Learn to Sail" week with Red Cross Certification. Linda didn't think she would be able to do any sailing, but was more than pleased to be able to relax around the hotel. Besides, we could explore the countryside after my lessons, much ... read more

Bob at the tiller on the way to Herrenchiemsee Island

Memories of Corfu

Europe » Greece » Ionian Islands » Corfu July 21st 1987

Cave boat at paleokastritsa

markh

I am not a traveller. Really, I'm not. One day I hope to see so much more of the world but for now I have my memories. I thought I should write them down. Not for you out there.....for me. So I thought where should I start and since I remember with great fondness the village of Paleokastritsa in Corfu then the decision was easy. It was 1987 when I went to Corfu together with my wife to be, Jo, her daughter Joanne and Joanne's friend, Kerry. I seem to recall landing in the dark on a narrow strip of land that fed out into the sea and which was called a runway but could have been a thrill ride in its own right. We were actually staying in a would-be resort on the south end ... read more

Bavaria, Italy and Switzerland with my parents

Europe » Italy April 17th 1987

Flying over the Alps

Home and Away

My parents had volunteered to babysit Tamara while we went to Portugal. We returned on a Monday and four days later the Easter holiday week began. We took this opportunity to take Mom and Dad for a nine day vacation to some of our favorite places in Europe. 17 April 1987 Good Friday. We drove from Brussels to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. On the way we drove down the Rhine River from Coblenz to Bingen to see the many castles that dotted this most interesting stretch of the Rhine before returning the the autobahn to Rothenburg. We arrived at Rothenburg about 3 pm. We stayed with our farmer friends in their zimmerfrei, the couple we had first stayed with some ten years earlier when we lived in Germany. We talked with them a bit before heading ... read more

Portugal: NATO Infrastructure Committees Visit

Europe » Portugal April 6th 1987

Street scene in the Alfama district of Lisbon

Home and Away

Our next NATO Infrastructure Committee visit was to Portugal. Mom and Dad volunteered to babysit Tamara, so that Linda could go. Linda was now three months pregnant with our second child. So this would be her third trip while pregnant; the others being Norway and Germany in 1985. My parents arrived in Brussels on 2 April, so they had a few days before we left to settle in. 6 April 1987 Monday. The committee members and spouses met at Zaventum Airport in Brussels where we caught a commercial flight on TAP to Lisbon. The committee then proceded to the Ministry of Defense for lunch, briefings, and an overview of what we would see in the coming week. Following this meeting we checked into our hotel where we had the rest of the evening free. Several of ... read more

Woman filling her bucket at a fountain in Alfama, Lisbon

ENTRY 32 -- An Extraordinary Parley

Europe » Germany » Bavaria March 28th 1987

Bryan

An Excerpt from the Travel Journal of Nigel Fox (c. 1945) Entry 32 -- An Extraordinary Parley The Armanenschaft believed that the death of an individual was a tragedy, but the deaths of a millions of people was merely a statistic. When it come to the Holocaust is hard to express the magnitude of the evil that has been done. This extermination process was carried out on a regular basis during the final years of the war. The efficiency and massive scale of the genocidal procedure perpetrated with the help of modern technology staggers the imagination. The wasteful tragedy must be multiplied by millions. The Two witnesses I too had suffered personal loss. It had been confirmed that my old and dear friend Pastor Hans Hoff was dead. He was condemned to death on April 8, ... read more

ENTRY 29 -- The Fourth Horseman

Europe » United Kingdom March 25th 1987

Bryan

An Excerpt from the Travel Journal of Nigel Fox (c. 1940) Entry 29 -- The Fourth Horseman The German High Command was assembled at Wolf's Lair, the command centre for their new Roman Empire that was devouring the world. The leaders of this ten nation url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=2sW808jaEekC&pg=PA25&dq=%22revived+Roman+Empire%22+%22universally+accepted+view%22+%22The+ten+horns+then+represent+ten+rulers+who+will+rule+with+the+anti-Christ.+The+anti-Christ+will+then+be+given+ten+nations+under+the+authority+%22&hl=en&ei=0epSTP_NIcKBlAep3-DXBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22revived%20Roman%20Empire%22%20%22universally%20accepted%20view%22%20%22The%20ten%20horns%20then%20represent%20ten%20rulers%20wh... read more

ENTRY 26 -- The First Horseman

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London March 19th 1987

Bryan

An Excerpt from the Travel Journal of Nigel Fox (c. 1940) Entry 26 -- The First Horseman Whilst Hans was once again in the thick of his travels in Germany, my excursions took me to Wewelsburg. The Spiritual centre for this New World Order was in the shape of a spear. On the surface, Wewelsburg was a glorious Teutonic castle, majestic and somewhat overpowering. Its depths held many mysteries: there could be found a complete library of the Dark Gods; a secret printing complex which published 'Sigrunen' (the Armanen newspaper); a planetarium; a courtroom. Runic symbols permeated the entire complex: the Evil could be felt at every level. The Round Table of the New Order was where the elite of the Armanen gathered. This intricately carved... read more

ENTRY 25 -- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Europe » United Kingdom » England March 16th 1987

Bryan

An Excerpt from the Travel Journal of Nigel Fox (c. 1940) Entry 25 -- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare I knew that Hans was a double agent of the url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=X98lYJBMGf0C&lpg=PR20&dq=%25!A(MISSING)bwehr%20This%20was%20the%20counterintelligence%20agency%20of%20the%20armed%20forces%20in%20Nazi%20Germany.%20The%20Abwehr%20became%20a%20centre%20for%20the%20resistance%20movement%20against%20Adolf%20Hitler%20and%20his%20Nazi%20government%25!&pg=PR20#v=onepage&q&f=falseAbwehr and served as a spy for the German resistance. The position had been secured by his brother-in-law. To the German High Command, he was a brilliant spy who used his position in the Confessing Church as an ingenious cover. In reality he was a faithful Christian who used the Abrwehr as cover to preach the Gospel of Christ an... read more

ENTRY 24 -- The Confessing Church.

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Nuremberg (aka Nürnberg) March 14th 1987

Bryan

An Excerpt from the Travel Journal of Rev. H. Nigel Fox Entry 24 - The Confessing Church There are some women who, in saintly fashion, can bare any ordeal with stoic calm. My Norah however did not fall into this category of person. She had first burst into a passion of weeping, being fairly devastated by the fact that her life's work was no more; then her passion cooled into a dark anger, a vindictiveness, so very black and terrible, that I feared for her immortal soul. "Who could have done such a dastardly thing?" Norah asked, in a wretched tone that was truly unsettling. Hans paused for a moment as we entered the taxicab, then said in a low voice, "Armanenshaft!" "Who the devil are they?" asked Norah, her countenance changing. "The Devil is right!" ... read more

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