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| Sunset on the tour - Tschuss |
A special thanks to the many, many, many people who touched our lives this tour in Europe from family, friends, co-workers, team mates, teachers, volunteers, etc.
Top Ten things we will miss:
o Daily visits to backerei (bakery)
o Food, Beer and Wine
o Rigatoni Alforno, Hawaii Pizza, Orange Fanta, McRib
o Fests – Small and Large Christmas markets, Weinfest, Farmer's Market/ Fests, Local Beer Fest Garmish, Town Fest, May Day Fest, etc.
o European Bread
o Family and Friends
o Kim’s two treasurer jobs
o German Grocery stores
o Ability to use and learn more German
o Driving 100mph on the Autobahn
Top ten things excited about getting in the states
o Air Conditioner
o Plain Water
o Foods: Krispy Crème Donuts, 5-guys Hamburgers, Wendy’s frosties
o Watching sports at normal times
o A mall with American fashion clothes
o More than 10 TV channels and reruns
o Country/Christian radio stations
o Commercials
o More than one store to shop for American stuff
o Not showing ID every time you go somewhere!!!
Top 10 Favorite Memories in Europe
o First Trip to Slovakia - Going to meet Tina's family in a country we never visited and knew SOO little about was great. Meeting families that grew up under Communism, seeing a different culture, meeting Tina's Dad who served in an Army that was an enemy of the US and now we share a daughter, cooking with Babka, hunting mushrooms, Vodka, anniversary boat ride with Slovak navy, cooking goulash, DONUTS!!!, everything - it was just priceless.
o Jamie wins 10 yr old 50m Breaststroke Division Champ - Cannot say more. It showed Jamie that she CAN win if she puts her mind and ALOT of work into something!!! VERY proud of her efforts.
o Michael’s Graduation - What a special day. Being invited to be part of the family at Michael's High School Graduation was wonderful. It was a very different experience from an American HS graduation but hey!! That is why we were so happy to go!! What a great event to be apart of!!!
o Travelling Europe Pool by Pool - Visiting England, Spain, Netherlands, Berlin, Belgium and numerous small bases in Germany with the swim team. We had a great time, had some GREAT food and wonderful memories.
o Europe Tour 2010 with students - What a WONDERFUL event taking the family and our extended family to 9 countries, 15 days, 2,800 miles.
o Coffee and Cake with Family and Friends - It is truly about friends, food and fun. Often we would visit German friends and family and talk over coffee and cake.....
o Holiday Meals with Unnold/Arnolds/Stoffels – Truly great events. We enjoyed the meals we cooked for or shared with our friends. We cannot share alot of American culture with our European friends but we can share FOOD. Just some of the enjoyable events - there we too many to count!!!
4 July 09 - American Meal with Unnold family - ribs, burgers - the works
4 July 10 - American meal with Stoffel Family - cooked at Michael's - ribs, burgers the works!
Christmas 08 - German meal with Stoffel family
Chirstmas 09 - Raclette with Stoffel family
BBQ meal cooked with Malinak family in PRESOV - we took all the items needed there!!!
New Years Day 09 - American meal with Stoffel Family
New Year's Day 10 - American meal with Pecho and Arnold family
Thanksgiving 09 - American meal with Stoffel Family
Thanksgiving 10 - American meal with Unnold family - 20 Germans!!
Sunday lunch with Unnolds - German meal
Lena Sophie's 16th Birthday - homecooked Greek food with Arnold family
Slovak Goulash (Hungarian's stole it) cooked with Martin in Presov
Any meal that Babka Cooked
Traditional Winepicking Meal with Stoffels - on roadside by wineyard picking grapes :)
Hunter Meal - German Deer from Eifel cooked by Petra
o Girl Scout trip to Our Chalet in Switzerland - Truly a highlight. Jamie and the scouts visited the gorgeous Chalet in Adelboden Switzerland, met some wonderful young ladies, earned some patches and enjoyed the international girl scout experience.
o Egypt Trip - WOW. travelling back thousands of years in time to see what you have always heard about. Nile, Sphinx, Pyramids, Tut's treasures, etc. Food, history it was all there. Except for the camel ride and Jamie being sick, it was a perfect vacation!!
o Malinak Family Trip to Germany with 3 family reunion at Stoffel’s: It was truly an honor to have Tina's family ask to spend their yearly vacation with us in Germany. We visited Strausborg, Rhine River, and teh most special was the day we spent at Michael's. It was a family reunion - 3 families brought together by fate. We are truly blessed to have 2 wonderful additions to the Kennedy Family and we enjoy and have the deepest respect for their parents.
We'll that's it folks. We've wrapped up 26+ months on this tour and a lifetime of memories. If we left out something, we are sorry but let us know!!!! Everything was special!!!!!!!
A special thanks to the many many many people who touched our lives this tour in Europe from family, friends, co-workers, team mates, teachers, scouts, volunteers, etc. This tour was sooo special and we are much better people and family because of each of you.
Good Bye
Tschuss
Ahoj
An Jung
The Kennedy's
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| Auf Weidersein Deustchland!!! |
Stay Tuned for our new blog - Kennedy's adventures in Washington, DC----coming soon to a computer screen near you..
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