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Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Mönchengladbach October 17th 2009

Sans the marzipan and tea this time, I am ready for writing again. I left off on the visit to Michael and his friends at the army base. Great people and good memories. The southern Canadians (thatd be Mike and I, so-called by his friends) faithfully cheered the Badgers, seeing a sweet victory of the axe, and then we all walked to the Arena (the U.S. Army base bar) while singing a little Taylor Swift. We sound pretty good as a group, maybe well go on tour some day, ha. Then checking into the army base, I always have to get a signed permission form showing my passport and whatnot, however this time I understood more of the Italian guards dialogue while they issued my permission form, and realized they were signing me in as Mikes ... read more
Like the Huggies commercial: "Im a big kid now!"
Gabri and I
Fall colors on German cobblestones

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Mönchengladbach December 22nd 2006

(June 10 to June 16 2006) Mönchengladbach is a town in western Germany. The center of town is nice, and the buildings are beautiful. The town is small, however the population is surprisingly +260,000, and we found little to do during our time. A NATO or British Armed Forces base (Pilar told us differently everytime) is set up there, and is where we spent most of our time--we spent most of our time at our friends place, bored. The main attraction is the football stadium, and many locals told me they were very disappointed it wasn't selected to host a match for the 2006 World Cup. June 10 We left Düsseldorf late afternoon and arrived in Mönchengladbach early evening. The town was quiet and the streets were empty. We walked up the hill, where the main ... read more
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