We are living in Florida now.  A link below takes you to our European travel journal.  We hope you enjoy our pictures and writings as we try to keep everyone informed about happenings over here.  We would also like many of you to come and visit us if you can in Florida.  The weather is much better here than in most other parts of the US!

 

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UPromise (part of the little Luke & Jack college savings plan) 

 

 

We used to live about a half-hour drive from Luxembourg and an hour's drive from Belgium.  The region is called Eifel.  We measured the distance to Paris - 350 miles away!  A nearby city called Trier was one of the Roman's northern outposts and the Porta Nigra ruins are over 2000 years old!  Trier is considered the oldest town in Germany.  The nearby town of Speicher is known for its pottery where the local tradition also goes back to the time of Christ.  The farmers who work this rich farmland can thank the region's history of volcanic activity.  If you bump into a circular lake around here, it is most likely a dormant (not extinct) calderas.

 

 

Here is a view from our second floor of our hometown on Thanksgiving 2005.

Click here for an article on Riesling Wine and climate change: Part 1 (part 2 released later)

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