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2018

Anchored in Fresno with no extraordinary events planned as of January 4th. Hopefully, something good will happen.

January 1-5, Start Another Year	January 11-21, Fresno to Monterey (and a little Los Gatos)	January 31-Feb 2, Another Elipse (Lunar)	February 12-18, Los Gatos and Home (Sick)
February 23-25, Blossom Trail and Sequoia Snow	March 3-8, Uni and Ava Birthday	March 16-18, Spencer Checkup and Monterey	March 23-25, No Trips - Fresno Action
March 28-April10, Mamo, Hawks, and Neighbors	April 8-12 10, Sinzen and Yosemite	April 14-27, Jazz and Little Things	April 27-29, Hungarian and Swim Fests
May 1-6, ArtHop to Cardella Wine	May 10-14, Mothers Day Miscellaneos	May 15-16, Kings Canyon Night Skies	May 20-24, Mostly Sam's Birthday
May 31, Photography Practice at Chaffee Zoo	June 3-6, Ventura Adventure	June 21-25, U of P Reunion	June 25-30, Civics Lessons
July 2-10, Marianne Coast Visit, Backyard BBQ, Video Training	July 11-19, Sierras East and West	July 21 & 31, A Flower to End July	August 1-9, Birthday to Colorado and Back
August 5-9, Rocky Mountain National Park	August 12-19, Family Notes	August 24-28, More Family	September 3, Labor Day
August 28-Sept 3, Family Film and Baseball	September 28-30, Quick Yosemite	October 5-7, Sierra Art Trail	October 14-19, Grandkids and Health Tests
October 21-24, Joshua Tree National Park	October 26-Nov 4, Halloween to Reunion	December 6-15, Early Christmas	December 21-25, Christmas

2017

Still settled in Fresno, with obligations, and still thinking we should travel more. One trip planned for Cuba in March and we will add as much as practical. Always practical.

January 1-5, Start New Year	January 9, Los Banos - Art Business, Elk, and Birds	January 21, Women's March in Fresno	January 25, Kings Canyon and General Grant in Snow
January 29, No Ban - No Wall March	January 30 - February 1, Yosemite in Winter	February 12-16, Death Valley Again	February 25 - March 3, Fresno Events
February 4-8, Fresno to Montesereno	March 8-12, Florida	March 13-20, Havana Cuba	March 24-April 8, Fresno Home Activities
April 15-22 Family, Easter, and Friends	April 27-29 Flowers, Asian Fest, and Luau	May 5-7, Stockman's Visit	May 7-12, Brian's Birthday in Colorado
May 9-11, Rocky Mountain National Park	May 11-29, Fresno Activities	May 17-June 4, Friends and Family	June 6-8, Yosemite Guided Tour
June 9-25, June (Heat) Swoon	June 23-July 4, Fresno Routine and Holiday	July 8-12, Escape to Monterey	July 16-23, Fresno Fruit Trail and More
July 25-August 7, Baseball and Other Local Activities	August 7-10, Sacramento Anniversary	August 13-19, Eclipse Preparation	August 20-21, The Great American Eclipse
August 21-26, Oregon after the Eclipse	September 1-13, Start Baseline	September 14-27,Family Vist, Art, Photos	September 29-30, Sierra Art Trail
October 3-7, Sierra Photography and Scotts Valley Zentangle	October 14-15, A Regular Weekend	October 19-21, Art and Other Benefits	October 28,One Day University - Genius
October 31, Neighborhood Halloween	November 2-17, ArtHop, Vets Day, and Activism	November 8-12, Mostly Monterey	November 22-24, Thanksgiving in Monte Sereno
November 29 - December 4. Sedona Arizona	December 5-10, Jerome to Flagstaff	December 20ish, 2017 Christmas Letter	December 21-25, Christmas

2016

Settled in Fresno. Want to travel, but we'll see.

January 1-15, Start New Year	January 16-25, Visit With Sam and Ava	January 26-29, Yosemite	February 5-8, Carson City
February 10-12, Tom and Kate	February 29, Kids Visit Fresno	March 1-15, First Half March: At Home	March 15-22, Cambria, Monterey, Los Gatos
March 23-Apr 8, Normal Fresno	April 13-15, Camera Test Zoo and Roses	April 7-21, Art	April 27-29, Art to Cats to Kings (Canyon)
April 30 - May 5, Luau, Mamo, Yosemite	May 22 - June 9, Graduation and Babysitting	June 1-16, Grandkids in Fresno and Hospital (Sam)	June 18-24, Ashland, Crater Lake, and Bend
June 25 - July 4, Fresno Heat	July 7 - 19, Mamo, Market, Huntington, Neighbors, and Rich & Family	July 22-30, Fresno Miscellaneous, From Art Hop to Wine Tasting	July 27 - August 7, Birthdays
August 7-17, From Neighborhood to Cambria	August 18-24, Sean, Ryan, Suzanne, Geoff	August 27-31, Greek Fest to Wine Tasting Picnic With Mamo	Sept 1-7, Art Hop and Hub, Neighbors, City Shoot
September 8-15, Sickies in Monte Sereno	September 17-21, Monterey and San Juan Bautista	September 26 - 30, Home and Kings Canyon	September 30 - October 2, Livermore
October 6-22 - Marianne's Art and John's Pictures	October 22-30 - Hungarian Fest, and a Cirque	October 30 & 31 - Yosemite Stars	November 3-5, San Louis NWR
November 15, Moon Over Yosemite	November 20-24, Thanksgivings	November 30 & December 1, Cambria

2015

Is this the year we will really See The USA? Health cooperating, of course

January 1-15, Start New Year	January 16, Tanaya and Yosemite	January 26, First Week in House	January 31, Death Valley
February 4, Bizarre Grafitti	February 15, Family Gatherings	February 28, Babysitting	March 6, Mendocino
March 15, Hungarian Party	March 22, Sierra Madre and Azusa	March 25-29, Heart Repair	April 1-10, Back Home, More Heart, More Family
April 11, Fresno State Luau	April 13-17, California Missions	April 29-May 10, Babysitting	May 16 & 17, Kings Canyon with Pedro and Isabelle
May 19-31, Nancy's Visit and Other May Events	June 1, Sonora Gold Country	June 2-15, Art Hop, Friends, Graduation Party	June 12-14, Grandkids
June 19-24, Wedding and Sonoma	July 27-30, Around Home	August 6 and 8, Marianne's ArtHop Showing	August 1-10, Sacramento Tennis and Other Home Events
August 16, Kids Visit	August 23, Ashland	August 26, Florence	August 29, Cannon Beach
September 5, Portland	September 8, Walla Walla, Coeur d'Alene, Kalispel	September 11, Glacier	September 15, Spokane, Grand Coulee
September 20, Seattle	September 28, Mount Hood and Bend	October 4, Back in California	October 23, Back Home in Fresno
October 25, Marianne's 70th Birthday	October 29, Chin and Peter Visit	October 30, Lane and Alexis Wedding	November 7-17, A Visit to Maryland and Virginia
November 25, Back Home	November 29, Thanksgiving Weekend	December 15, First Half of December	December 22-25, Christmas and More

2014

Our new life in a "new" country: Fresno, California, USA. What will happen?

January 1-9, New Year	January 19, Move In	January 26, First Week in House	February. First Half
February 19, Kids	March 5, Fresno	March 7, Ava Birthday	March 9, John's Weekend
March 17, Family Gathering	March 21, Sequoia	March 24, Mamo's New Power Pole	April 4, Around Home
April 7-10, Ava and Sam Visit	April 13, Car Show	April 20, Easter Week	April 27, Another Week
May 3, Painting Week	May 17, Luau	May 26, Babysitting	June 6, Week at Home
June 11, Ava and Others	June 22, Bocce Construction Week	June 30, Mamo Wine Tour (Paso Robles)	July 15, Half a Month, Garden and Garage
June 20, More July Garage and Garden	August 8, Birthdays, Kids, and Grandkids	August 15, Rich and Ava/Sam	August 24, Gold mountain B&B
Sept 1-7, Local Scenes	September 1-21, Wine, Bocce, and Baloons	September 22-24, Cool Coast (Paso Robles, Monterey, Los Gatos)	October, through the 12th, Events: Harris Ranch, Boccee Party, and Jazz
October 16-26, Guests, Reunion, and a Pacemaker	October 31, Halloween	November 8-24, Cars and Hospital Visits	November 29-30, Thanksgiving and A Grandkid Visit
December 10, Preparing for Christmas	December 25, Christmas

2013

Now we ARE retired. What next?

January 4-7, Goslar	January 20, Snow at Home	January 23-27, Hamburg & Cirque du Soleil	February 5, Arizona Visitors
February 16, Plans and Records	February 17, Rothenburg ob Der Tauber (again)	March 4, Starting two trips	March 6-7, Völklingen and Remagen
March 8-13, Belgium Canals and Mines	March 17, Around Home	March 28, Bad Windsheim	April 9, On the Road Again
April 14, Beaune and the Dordogne	April 18, Basque Country, San Sebastian and Bilbao	April 21, Picos de Europa	April 24, Oviedo
April 26, Santiago de Campostela	April 29, Porto	May 3, Portugal Wine Country	May 10, France Again
May 14, Home in Germany	June 1 & 2, Settled Back in (And Tractors)	June 7, Six Weeks at Home and Family (Rich)	July14, Würzburg
July 27, Ava and Sam	August 22, Around Home	September 6, Three New Museums (John)	September 20, New Houses (Marianne)
September 20, Pommersfelden House	September 20, Cambridge House	September 30, New Plans	October 12, Miscellaneous Around Home
October 17, Prague with Ron and Nancy	October 21, Ron and Nancy in Franconia	October 31, Things for Sale	November 16, Kellerhaus Going Away Party
November 17, More Goodbyes	November 20, Last Visit to Bamberg and Rothenburg	November 30+, Moving Week	December 1, Empty House
December 5-20, American Visit - VA and MD	December 20-24, Fresno Birthday and Christmas	December 27, Monte Sereno Christmas

2012

THIS year's plan is retirement, eventually. Hopefully about the first of July. We'll see.

January 31, A Summary	January 31 (too), Marianne's Paintings	February 26, Another Monthly Summary	March 24, Trip to Lynchburg
March 25, Rainy Weekend in Virginia	March 31, Asheville NC	April 1, Biltmore Mansion, NC	April 9, Easter Weekend
April 14, To Kaernten, Austria	April 15, Into Slovenia	April 16, Klagenfurt	April 17, Morning Lake Photos
April 17, Into Italy	April 18, Quiet Day in Austria	April 19, To Heilligblut	April 20, Back around "Home"
April 21, Klagenfurt Shopping	April 22, Morning Mountain Pictures	April 23, Back in Slovenia	April 24, Drive Home to Pommersfelden
April 26, Offenbach Art Show	May 11, Looking Back and Looking Forward	May 18, Garden Weekend	May 27, Last Weekend (Before Marianne's Return)
June 4, Erfurt, Jena, and Wartburg	June 10, Pommersfelden Dorffest	June 23, Visit by Hidas Family	July 1, Retirement
July 3, Start Travel	July 4, Beaune	July 7, Lyon	July 8 Perigord
July 12, Cognac	July 18, Bordeaux	July 27, Brittany	July 29, Vernon and Giverney
August 8, Paris	August 4, Epernay	August 5, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	August 6, Home Again
August 19, Really Retired	August 31, Germany before Italy	September 9, Kitzbuhl	September 6, Sank Jakob
September 7, Bressonne/Brixen	September 8, Treviso	September 10, Chioggia and Ravenna	September 11, Urbino
September 16, Ascoli Pisceno	Rodi Garganico, Sept. 17-18	Masseria Selvaggi, Sept 18-23	Lecce, Sept 23-29
Pompeii, Sept 29 & 30	Orvieto, Oct 1 &2	Driving Home, October 3 & 4	Last Home Diary, Oct 14
American Tour Overview, Oct 15	Maryland, October 16+	Virginia, October 18+	Colorado, October 25+
Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada, October 28+	California, Through November 19	California, Through December 3	Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, Through December 12
Back Home, December 15	Nuremberg, December 18-20	Year End, December 29-30

2011

THIS year's plan is .... ooops, no plan. John's work keeps him away from home during the week, but we'll try to see if that can be controlled. And we have resolved to travel more. We'll see.

January 9, A New Year	January 24, Dresden	January 24, Meissen	February 5, Bamberg Night
February 12, Weekend Chores	March 10, Catching Up	March 27, Gnomes and a Bunker	April 17, Home in Spring
April 22, Bautzen	April 24, Goerlitz	May 14, Garden Show	May 24, Grandkids
June 4, For Gabby	June 4, Train	June 11, Home with Weeds	June 25, Photo Testing
June 26, FRAPort Tour	July 3, Independence Day BBQ	July 4, Cherry Picking	July 11, Trier
July 31, Ingolstadt	August 1, Audi Factory	August 2, Mercedes Factory	August 2, Porsche Museum
August 3, Stuttgart	August 5, Family Bluegrass	August 6, La Roche, France	August 7, Alps
August 8, Lucerne	August 9, Rhine Falls and Home	September 11, An Oversease Blog	September 14, Visitors
September 24, Frankfurt Auto Show	October 1, A Note to Marianne	October 3, Bamberg (again)	October 9, Schloss Weissenstein
October 30, An Update	November (plus), Why Visit?	December 9, Christmas in Maryland	December 13, Christmas in Colorado
December 29, Christmas in California

2010

THIS year's plan is .... ooops, no plan. John's work keeps him away from home during the week, but we'll try to see if that can be controlled. And we have resolved to travel more. We'll see.

January 30, A Quick Trip to Cologne	February, Diary of the Month	February 28, Munich	March 7, Pommersfelden
March 12, Another Paris Business Trip	April 5, Good Easter Guests	April 18, A Two-Week Wrap-up	April 24, Emptying the Cameras
May 9, A country Weekend (Tauber Valley)	May 16, Traditional Garden Show	May 23, Bodensee (Lake Constance)	June 28, June Catch-up
July 4, An American Bar-B-Q	July 10, Other July Things	July 30, The Rest of July	August 2, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
August 22, A Mosel Valley Weekend	August 29, Helsinki for Work	September 11, Driving Home from Frankfurt	October 10, A Note to Marianne (in California)
October 24, Grandkids in America	October 31, American Haloween	November 20, A November Diary & Blog	December 3, Starting the Christmas Season
December 6, More Christmas Markets	December 10, Snow Chaos	December 11, Sommerhausen Xmas Market	December 19, Negins Arrive
December 21, Part 1 of Lisbon	December 22, Belem	December 23, Lisbon Aquarium and Tiles	December 24, Xmas Eve in Lisbon
December 26, Home to Snow

2009

The plan is to recover from the expenses of 2008 (and the market collapse!) A grand-daughter is expected in March. Beyond that, who knows?

January 10, A Cold Start to the New Year	January 24, Marianne in California	January 25, John in Virginia	January 25, Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum (again)
February 14, Robin and Art Visit	February 14, Michaelsberg in Bamberg	February 15, Catching Up	March 8, Ava is Born
March 13, Opa Visits Ryan	March 14, Opa Visits Rich	March 17, Mountain Photo Tour	March 21, Ava is Growing
March 28, Friends	March 29, Packing Out Our Storage Bin	April 3, Home Garden	April 5, A Slow drive to Offenbach
April 10, A Slow Drive From Offenbach	April 12, Pommersfelden Evening	April 17, Pictures for Marianne	April 19, Frankfurt Walk
May 15, Tokyo Business Trip	May 25, Around Home	June 2, Bergkirchweih in Erlangen	June 6, Paynes' Party
June 7, Eltville	June 14, Castel	June 20, Henry Arrives	June 21, Henry in Bamberg
June 25, To Mittenwald	June 25, Dachau	June 26, Mittenwald	June 27, eON Dam and Local Art
June 28, Austria	June 29, Karwendel Cable Car Ride and BMW Factory	July 3, Deutsche Bahn Museum (Nuremberg)	July 4, American Bar B Que
July 5, Hoechstadt to Africa	July 7, Henry Leaving	July 31, Bad Elster	July 31, Schloss Schoenberg
August 1, Franzenbad	August 8, Erlangen Celebrations	August 9, Erlangen Botanical Gardens	September 1, Manchester, England
September 5, York, England	September 7, Chatsworth Manor	September 8, The Peaks District	September 11, Paris Again
October 11, Strasbourg	October 25, Quiet Birthday	December 7, Keeping Track	December 22, Christmas Trip to America

2008

Marianne is still happily retired. The house had been done but the barn was just starting. May was a wedding month in Maryland and Maui and December was devoted to Christmas Markets.

January 20, Barn, Art, Stuff	May 25, Gabby and Mamal's Wedding	August 30, Helsinki Markets	November 27, Thanksgiving at Home
January 26, Driving West Toward France	May 28, Still More Maui	August 31, Suomenlinna Fortress	November 28, Nuremburg Christmas Market
January 27, Nancy	June 15, Parties and Fests	September 5, Helsinki Harbor	November 29, Erlangen Christmas Markets
January 29-Feb 3, Paris, Luxembourg, Tongeren	June 27, Porzellanikon	September 7, Helsinki Overall	December 5, Windsheim Historical Park
March 24, Reichenschwand	June 27, Karlsbad, Czech Republic	September 11, Car Drop Off	December 6, Dinkelsbühl Again
April 12, Behringer Winery	July 6, Backyard Baloon Landing	September 26, Fall Art Fairs	December 7, Ansbach and Rothenburg
April 30, At Home Catch-up	July 19, Ceramic Fest	October 3, Wolframs-Eschenbach	December 11-14, Hamburg
May 10, Mike and Becca's Wedding	July 27, Werner's Bar-B-Que	October 3, Harburg Castle	December 19, California Xmas Package
May 14, Geoff, Suzanne, Ryan	July, Music, Fields and Other Things	October 3, Donauworth	December 22, Regensburg
May 18, Fresno Visit	August 1, John's Barn Birthday Party	October 4, Gunzburg	December 23, Landshut
May 23, Maui	August 18, Bamburg, a Quick Visit	October 4, Ulm	December 24, Wasserburg
May 23, Maui Flowers	August 23, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Again	October 5, Nordlingen	December 30, Christmas Market Summary
May 24, Wedding Rehersal	August 24, Bob's Going Away	October 5, Dinkelsbühl

2007

Marianne is retired. The house is done. Will we be happily settled? Who knows?

January, Walks in the Neighborhood	August 8, Catching Up
January 20, House Details	August 11, North Carolina Wine
February 16, Paris	August 12, Virginia History Sites
February, More Neighborhood Walks	August 13, Small Hotels in Lynchburg and Charlotte
March 27, House Activity	September 9, Blue Ridge and Blowing Rock
March 28, Ryan Daniel	October 20, Oktoberfest and Family
March 30, Montpelier	November 3, Lowe's Motor Superspeedway
April 1, Monticello	November 3, Charlotte NC History
April 8, Family Easter	November 10, Old Cars
April 14, Roanoke, Virgina	November 11 Blue Ridge Color
April 15, Appomattox	November 17, Lynchburg History
April 16, California Family	November 18, Natural Bridge, VA
April 22, Staunton, Virginia	November 21, Engagement Party
April 23, Waynesboro, Virginia	November 25, Back for Thanksgiving
April 30, Sully House (near Dulles Airport)	December 9, Ryan Trotter
May 12, Back Home	December 15, My (Almost) Son-in-law, The Dentist
May 19, Garden Party	December 16, Monterey CA
June 22 - July 4, Hungarian Adventure	December 21, Rich Trotter
July 4, Passau, Germany	December 23, Birthday and Christmas
	December 31, New Year's Celebration and Resolutions

2006

February 18, Spa and Tongeren, Belgium	August 20, Neighbors	Oct. 28 - Nov. 13, Mamo's Vacation
March 12, Cold Pommersfelden	August 28, Gardens	November 12, Fall Color
April 17, Big Red One	Sept 10-30, Garden Shows	November 19, Crystal (Zwiesel)
April 26, Monticello	Sept & Oct, Visitors	November 23, Thanksgiving
April, Miscellaneous	October 6, Rosie's Birthday	December 2, Wernigerode
June 19, Lisa and the Boys	October 13, Monticello & Hazy Center	Dec 9, Würzberg
July 23, Fulda	October 21, Visit Gayle	December 23, Rotenburg odT
July, June & July Catch-up	October 22, Marianne's Reunion	December 26, Markets and Christmas Time
August 1, Bamberg Birthday	October 26, California Family & Friends	December 28, Gabby
August 15, Summer Pictures	October 19-23, Colorado Grandpa	December 30, Bayreuth

2005

February 18, Madison's Virginia House	July 10, Mamo Visit	October 30, Pommersfelden Evening
February 20, Pommersfelden	July 16, Mulhausen and the Franken Alps	November 27, Thanksgiving Drive: Prerow, Wismer, & Strahlsund
April 1, Family Update	August 13, Marianne's Farm	December 18, Christmas Markets
April 2, Winter to Spring in Frankfurt	August 18, Moving Daze	December 24, Rotenberg Christmas
April 2, Miltenberg	September 4, Giessen and Alsfeld	December 26, Back in Pommersfelden
April 11, Geoff and Suzanne Visit Castles	September 18, Rauma, Finland	December 29, Regensberg, Germany
May 5, Tour of Our Old House	October 9, Antique Games	December 29, Passau, Germany
May 28, Garden Show	October 15, Bamberg Evening	December 31, Bamberg New Years

2004

January 18, Staying in Touch	April 24, Frankfurt Flea Market and Regular Weekend	October 10, Obernai, France
January 25, A visit to Bonn	May 11, After Work: Nurnberg Castle	October 18, USA Home
February 1, Still Home in Frankfurt	May 16, berlin Airlift	October 20, German Class
February 15, Munich Weekend	May 20, Frankfurt's Tropical Gardens	October 27, Regular German Diary
February 22, Frankfurt Fasching Parade	May 28, Friends Wedding	October 31, Dresden
March 7, Brussels	May 30, Edinburgh	Nov 13, Ghent in Flanders
April 2, Frankfurt Friends	June 12, Nephew Visit	Nov 25, Paris Thanksgiving
April 3, Easter Eggs and Bluegrass	July 26, Tours and Turmoil	Dec 5, Marianne's Christmas Party
April 4, Spring Break	August 1, Marianne Visits California	Dec 19, Weinachts Markts
April 5, Driving in France	August 1, John Visits Maryland	Dec 21, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
April 6, Sarlat	August 6 and 7, Geoff and Suzanne's Wedding	Dec 25, Family Christmas
April 7, Beynac	August 21, Garmisch
April 8, Other Parts of the Dordogne	August 29, Frankfurt
April 12, Easter Monday in Frankfurt	September 26, Netherlands

2003

January 10, New Year, New Challanges	On the Road Again (July 1)	Sanctuary at La Verna (July 25)
January 26, Pots, Pans and An Emperor	In a Mountain Valley (July 3)	Arrezzo and Other Towns and Villages(July 26)
April 6, Spring Break in Normany and Brittany	Rainy Independence day (July 4)	Colle di Val D'Elsa (July 27)
April 11, France's Battlefields Tour	Schilthorn (July 5)	Siena - Not (July 30)
May 4, Colmar in Alsace	Saas Valley (July 7)	Castello Val D'Elsa, Monteriggioni, Montalcino, Pienza, Mazola, and so forth (July 31)
May 10, Normal (School) Life	St. Bernard Pass (July 8)	Perugia (Aug 3)
May 26, Brugge, Belgium	Cervina in the Italian Alps (July 9)	Split Vacations (August 10)
May 31, Saturday Home Tour	Mountain Wildflowers (July 10)	Treviso and Villas (August 12)
June 7, Neuschwanstein	Villa Emilia (July 11)	The Dolomites - In Season (August 14)
June 8, Reutte, Austria	Filetto, Medieval Village (July 11)	Last Big Mountains (August 16)
June 9, Austrian Alps Drive	Bagnone (July 11)	Appenzell, Switzerland (August 17)
June 30, Mother-In-Law Visit	Parma , Cheese, Ham and More (July 12)
	Pontremoli, Great Home Base (July 13)	August 30, Back Home
	Cinque Terre, Trains and Tourists (July 14)	September 17, Frankfurt Auto Show
	Barga and Lucca, Quick Look (July 15)	September 28, Solingen and the Cutting Edge
	Pietrasante, Hard Art (July 16)	November 9, A Walk in the Odenwald
	Florence, Tour Guide (July 19)	December 5, Catching Up With Tours
	Florence, Art Impressions (July20)	December 6, Catching Up With Life
	Florence, Views and Vistas (July 21)	December 20, German Christmas
	Tuscan Farm Stay (July 23)	December 29, US Christmas

2002

On the Road		Not on the Road
Christmas and New Year Back in Maryland (Jan 5)	Evora, Bones and All (Feb 17)	June 18, Committed to Frankfurt
Back to Europe, New Plans (Jan 11)	Lisbon History and Life (March 7-10)	June 30, Was It Worthwhile?
Orange and Avignon, History Lessons (Jan 13)	Belem, Colonial gateway (March 8)	July 21, Austria Tour
A Drive Through the Pope's Vineyard (Jan 14)	Lisbon Oceanarium (March 10)	August 23, Pack and Move (Duck and Cover)
Good-bye France, Hello Spain (Jan 15)	Fatima (March 11)	September 28, Day Trips
Cadaques Spain, and the Costa Brava (Jan 17)	Coimbra, University Town (March 12)	October 26, Normal Life
Dali Museum in Figeueres (Jan 18)	Paradors, Castle and Other (March 14-17)	October 27, News Analysis
Barcelona Architecture (Jan 22)	Salamanca, Another University (March 16)	December 4 Weinachts Markts
Barcelona Art (Jan 24)	Spain to France (March 18)	December 13 Gabby's Graduation
Life in Barcelona (Jan 26)	France to Austria (March 21)	December 15 New Grandson
Barcelona to Granada via Costa Blanca (Jan 27)	End of the Road, Almost (March 24)	December 30 Christmas
Tales from the Alhambra (Jan 31)	Graz, Austria, More Than Parking (March 25)
Granada City Tour (Feb 1)	Vienna in a Day or Two (March 27)
White Hill Towns (Feb 6)	Hungarian Family Tour, The Story (March 29)
Cordoba, More Than The Mezquita (Feb 9)	Hungarian Family Tour, Fotos (March 31)
Portugal Beach Life (Feb 13)	Slow Train Back (April 2)
Day Trips from The Beach (Feb 14)	Part-Time or Two (June 5)

2001

May, 2001 We're Still Here	** ROAD TRIP **
May 1, Istanbul Again	Going Aways (Sept.)	Vaxjo to Berlin (Nov 1)
May 13, Victory Day May 10	Helsinki and The Car (Oct 1)	Berlin - Tourist Impressions (Nov 3)
June 3, Kyiv Days and Routine	Uusikaupunki Car Factory(Oct 3)	Berlin - Museums, Churches and Places (Nov 4)
June 23, Trip to Brian's Wedding	Turku, Old Capitol(Oct 4)	On the Road Again, to the Bad (Nov 6)
July 7, Trip to Italian Lake Region	Long Road to Rovaniemi(Oct 4/5)	Saltzburg (Nov 8)
July 8, Lake Como Photo Tour	Arctic Circle(Oct 6)	Bad Reichenhall, Base Camp (Nov 9)
July 22, Med Evac	Road to the Norwegian Mountains(Oct 8)	Munich (Nov 12)
August 28, Visitors and the Train Chase	John's Norwegian Roots(Oct 9)	Pinakothek Art Quiz (Nov 13)
September 1, Gabrielle's Visit	Tromso Norway(Oct 11)	Romantic Road (Nov 14)
September 2, Independence Celebration	Hurtigruten Ferry South(Oct 14)	Two Romantic Cities (Nov 15)
September 3, A New Train Station	Picture Highlights fro Hurtigruten (Oct 15)	Frankfurt (Nov. 17)
September 12, Being American	Fjord Spectacular (Oct 16)	Together Again in Aschaffenburg (Dec. 2)
	Flam to Myrdal Train (Oct 17)	Heidelberg (Dec 3)
Christmas in Maryland (Dec 15-29)	Flam to Olso (Oct 18)	Strasbourg, France (Dec 5)
	Norway's Boats - Viking to Ra II (Oct 20)	Obernai, France(Dec 6)
	Oslo Tour (Oct 21)	Obernai to a Roadstop(Dec 7)
	Stockholm (Oct 24)	Roadstop to Beaune (Dec 8)
	Vaxjo and Smaland Glass (Oct 27)	Beaune, Capital of Burgundy (Dec 9)
		Lyon, Base for a Break (Dec 12)

2000

January 6, Babi Yar &St. Cecil's	March 19, To Marianne for Home	June 14, Parties, Paris and London
January 7, Gabby with New Flat	April 1, Istanbul, Part 1, Arrival	July 8, End of School
February 12, Christmas (!?)	April 2, Istanbul, Part 2, Tuoring & Eating	July 27, Tallin, Estonia
February 19, House Progress	April 4, Istanbul, Part 3, Spices & Rugs	September 15, Summer & Visit Home
Febrary 26, Message Home	April 12, Bucharest, Romania	October 15, Normal Life Toward Winter
March 8, Quick House Tour	April 21, Chornobyl	November 19, Lviv Again
March 10, Tom and Kate	April 21 continued, Opachichi	December 10, Pre-Christmas
		December 25, Christmas (Constructed in 2016)

1999

January 16, Back at Work	March 27, Travelogue	June 13, Graduation and Other Celebrations
January 21, Busy Workweek	March 27, People Pictures	June 27, First Bachelor Diary
January 24, Friday and Saturday	April 3, Antalya Turkey	July 11, Fourth of July and More
February 1, Catching up	April 24, First Trip to Chornobyl	August 24, St. Petersburg
February 1 too, Winter	May 15, A Window Into Our Life	August 26, St. Petersburg Part 2
February 20, Gabby's in Town	May 16, Lyon and Paris	September 13, An Ordinary Start of School
February 22, Chernihiv	May 23, Odessa and a Park	October 2, Can't Find a Theme
February 23, Winter Travel	May 30, Kyiv Days	October 17, It's Not Snowing Yet
		December 25, Christmas (2016 backfit)

1998

September 6, The Flight Over	October 4, New Home	November 14, Party & Snow
September 7, Brief Introduction	October 17, Shopping	November 17, House Show
September 11, Buildings	October 19, Weekend	November 22, Real Snow
September 12, Transportation	October 31, Nothin' Special	December 6, Start Holidays
September 13, School Picnic	November 7, Ordinary Things	December 25, Christmas (backfit in 2016)
October 2, Housing Search	November 9, People & Places

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