This adventure was a last minute, no planning adventure. I went to see my brother Sam, who was stationed at an Army base in Germany, for Christmas. I got to meet his beautiful fiancee Nadia (shown with us on the park bench). We were passing a train station, and decided to take a -fly by the seat of our pants- adventure. We booked train tickets from Frankfurt (Germany) to Calogne (Germany) to Amsterdam (Holland) to Paris (France), all in the course of 5 days. We made no hotel or hostle reservations, we just got out of the trainstation and started looking for lodging. This worked out well, because Nadia can speak 7 different languages. If we did not find lodging fast, we worked on plan H, for Hammett (when plans A,B,C,D,E,F&G did not work out!!) which envolves finding the nearest bar and drinking a beer...planning our next move. The girl giving me a hug is Naima, the bartender of the Peace and Love hostel in Paris. I taught her how to make a Bloody Mary. It was a shame to have to leave Europe, but I am looking for a good excuse to return!
