Europe Trip January 2013 Laurie DeWitt, Patti DeWitt Folkerts This commentary is a joint effort of Laurie and Patti.  When Patti writes it is in normal font, when Laurie writes it is in italics. Sunday January 13 Laurie I went online to check my flight status, as I was to fly out of Little Rock Tuesday morning and make the connections in Houston.  Found out that they had changed my flights all around and I would be getting into Houston after my flight to Europe left. (little did I know)  They had me flying out of Little Rock in the afternoon, connecting with a flight from Memphis in the morning and ending up in Houston before I started.  Or something like that.  I ranted and raved, and they offered to send me through Atlanta with a 12 hour standover, still getting to Houston after my flight was supposed to leave from Houston.  So I loaded up the truck and headed for Patti’s early Monday morning.  Saved some on flight, will spend a lot of it on gas. Monday January 14  The trip was uneventful except for one problem.  About Waco I stopped for gas.  When I restarted the motor there was no power steering etc.  Looked under the hood and the idler pulley for the serpentine belt was kind of side ways and the belt was hanging down.  Probably would have heard some noise if I could hear.  The really good thing about all of this was that it happened within a mile of a parts store, so I was able to drive there to get a new pulley and bearing.  And they had them in stock!! If that had gone on one of the long vacant stretches, I could have been in a lot of trouble.  Someone looking out for me today.
1-16  Wednesday In the Air Charles de Gaul 1-17  Thursday  Jewish Memorial Berliner Dom 1-18  Friday Checkpoint Charlie Berlin Wall Pergamon Museum 1-19 Sabbath Wittenburg Luther Museum  1-20 Sunday Eisleben Brehna Church St Andrews Church Erfurt 1-21 Monday Eisnach Wartburg Bach Haus 1-22 Tuesday Nesuchwanstein Dachau 1-23 Wednesday: To Holland 1-24 Thursday Noah’s Ark 1-25 Friday Amsterdam The Hiding Place Harleem 1-26 Sabbath Windmill 1-27 Sunday:  To Rome 1-28 Monday Around Rome Vatican Ceilings Vatican Egypt Vatican Mosaics Vatican Sculpture Vatican Animals Middle East Vatican Etruscan 1-29 Tuesday Colosseum Forum Arches 1-30 Wednesday Catacombs Appian Way San Angelo Castle St Peters 1-31 Thursday Churches Fountains Pantheon Tricycle Ride 2-1  Friday - Home, James
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