My Brother-in-Law is in the Armed Forces and currently assigned overseas, specifically Iraq.  We got the call that he was flying in to Spokane Washington for a two week holiday and his wife wanted all of the family there to welcome him home.  So it was off to Spokane we went.  The drive was about four hours and the roads were clear.  We, being my wife and two sons, took our four wheel drive truck up I-90. The...

Creation began on The Berlin Wall early in the morning of Sunday, August 13, 1961. It was a frantic yet effective effort by the GDR (German Democratic Republic) to bring to an end East Berliners escaping the Soviet-controlled East German state into the West of the town, which was then dominated by the Americans, British and French. You should go to Berlin yourself to check this out and stay in one of the many...

I was standing in Toulouse, France on the Rua Du Taur. The day before I had seen some impressive sights and yet there was more to be seen in this wonderfully old city.  As I started down the road Taur I noticed that the architecture is great but overpowering everything else.  It was driving me further down the road where I saw a tower.  It was very medieval looking with a pointy roof top.  I have included...