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We went to Auschwitz. We didn't stay very long because Gary was so uncomfortable. He lost distant relatives in concentration camps. They should never be removed. I am glad you took your students there, Erin. It is the only way future g
enerations will feel the truth first hand. Remember our German exchange student, Johannes? He told me he didn't believe the Holocaust actually had occurred. Keep up the great trip comments and pics! We love it!

Sounds like a real adventure getting to Frankfurt. The storms here in Chicago the morning you came through were really something. I don't think we actually saw any sunlight until about 11a.m. We get some impressive storms here, and this wa
s right up there with the best of them. I think the temperature dropped almost 40 degrees from the day before.My own story getting to Frankfurt was about 3 weeks ago when I was traveling from San Francisco, through Frankfurt to Manchester City in the UK. We were delayed 5 hours leaving SF and then 3-4 hours into the flight, the man 2 seats over from me in first class began to have breathing problems. Both a doctor and nurse were on board, but despite their and the crew's best and extraordinary efforts, the situation worsened over about an hour, ultimately resulting in the man's death - very sad... We were diverting to land at Halifax, Canada to get him to a hospital, but aborted that after he died. About 15 minutes after this man died, another man collapsed in the business class lavatory and they had to tear the door off and pull him out and attend to him. We again began to circle before going out over the ocean, not knowing how the 2nd man would progress. Turned out he was stabilized pretty quickly and we went on to Frankfurt. We arrived to have the Frankfurt police, airport officials, customs, the US embassy and airline representatives greet the plane and the man's wife. United Airlines gets big points with me for how they handled everything. That said, we were now 7 hours late getting into Frankfurt and missed our connection to Manchester, my rebooked tickets were to the wrong city and had to be reworked. At this point we were now 25 hours from leaving the hotel the previous morning in San Francisco with several hours to go. In the end, we got to Manchester at 1:00 a.m. - 37 hours door to door and then 6 hours after that greeted clients to host them for a day at the Manchester United premier league championship game. Flew to London that night for meetings the rest of the week until the ash cloud from Iceland threatened so we headed back to the US a day early. t was a long trip.....Enjoy Europe in spite of the travel ordeal - there's always Tylenol PM to get you to sleep and give you a bit of new energy for the day ahead... its well worth it! Have fun! Love, Aunt Kristi

Wow! What an experience. I share your struggle with trying to get comfortable on the plane. An admirable, but likely unachievable goal. Nevertheless, I'm pleased to hear you arrived safely. Hopefully there can be a nap soon to catch up. Lo
ve, dad