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Mike's Excellent Adventure to Europe 1993Table of Contents Part 1: The Trip Over Introduction In 1993, my office went to Germany to install our software at some of the bases over there. Everyone in my office went a week ahead of us; my friend Gary and I came out a week later to help teach the users how to operate the software. The rest of the office left after being there for three weeks, and my boss and I went down to Italy to install the software at a base there and to instruct the users on how to use it. I can't get into too many details on the software, but rather I will show you what we did on the weekends with our spare time. Prior to going to Germany, I called my grandfather, whose family was from Germany. "What the hell you want to go there for?" my grandfather asked. "Well, grandpa, the Air Force is making me go there. I thought I might take some of my spare time and go visit where our family is from, if I get a chance," I replied. "I've been there. It's not worth it," he replied. "Everything is all run down and burned out." "Well, grandpa, when were you there?" He replied, "1945." Well, no wonder. I am sure that everything was run down, burned out, and bombed! I finally did get him to tell me where the family was from. He said they were from Alsace-Lorraine near Strasbourg. This would be my first time leaving North America. I had been to Canada and Mexico, but going there isn't much different than going anywhere in the US. I was looking forward to going overseas for the first time. So, I packed my bag, and Gary and I jumped on the plane for our trip over to Germany. Continue on to Part 1: The Trip Over |