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USA 1989
29th of January 1989 - 6th of July 1990
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1989 |
| 29th of January |
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Flight
to New York |
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Arrival
on Kennedy Airport |
| 5th of February |
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Visit of
Manhattan for the first time : World Trade Center |
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Slowly it's darkening |
| 6th of February |
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Our new home
on Clover Lane 31 in Bloomfield /NJ |
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Across the street |
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Our neighborhood behind
the house |
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Our backyard |
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In the entrance our
office and the steps to the first floor |
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Living room with dining
corner |
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The kitchen |
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TV and homework place |
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View in the backyard |
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The parents and Mathews
bedroom |
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View in the backyard from our bedroom |
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Stephens and Christophs and
Nicolas bedroom |
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The basement with
playground, laundry room and heating |
| 12th of February |
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Our trip to Sandy Hook
and Toms River |
| 14th of February |
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Bloomfield
Middle School-Brookdale School -
OAK View School |
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Stephen goes to
Bloomfield middle school |
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In the first weeks Christoph
and Nicolas visit Brookdale school
on Broad street |
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Later then they Christoph
and Nicolas change to
OAK View school |
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And Heini is working here |
| 15th of February |
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We are awaiting the
schoolbus for Christoph and Nicolas |
| 19th of February |
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Our visit of
Manhattan for the second time |
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On the
way we pass by Hoffmann-La
Roche Nutley |
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We visit the
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan |
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St. Patrick Cathedrale |
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The Rockefeller Center |
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From
far away the Verrazano bridge (Staten
Island NY) |
| 26th of February |
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Our
trip to Long Island (may be to the Robert Mosses
State Park
on Fire Island |
| 27th of February |
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The first snow on Clover Lane |
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The kids |
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Herzlich Willkommen in Amerika! |
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| 3rd of March |
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Stephen and
Mathew reading a storybook |
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Outside in our backyard |
| 17th of March |
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Mathews
2nd birthday with family Moine |
| 18th of March |
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Trip to
Strasburg-Lancaster and Philadelphia (PA) |
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The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania |
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Philadelphia (PA) |
| 16th of April |
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Cherry blossom
in Branchbrook Park in Belleville Newark |
| 18th of April |
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Our Street
Clover Lane |
| 20th of April |
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We visit
Hoffmann-La Roche Nutley where Heini is working |
| 23rd of April |
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Trip to
Delaware Water Cap
National Recreation Area |
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It's a selfmade "Engadiner Nusstorte"! |
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High Point
State Park NJ (highest point in NJ 550m/1803feet) |
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| 3rd of May |
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3 |
The
kids playing in the garden |
| 14th of May |
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Palisades Interstate Park (Englewood Cliffs) on Hudson
River to
Bear Mountains (1305ft) and Seven
Lakes Drive |
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Palisades Interstate Park (New Jersey section) |
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Baer Mountain Bridge |
27th of May -
3rd of June |
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One
week of vacation in Washington (DC) because Heini
is
visiting a course there |
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At the school of the kids it was well appreciated, when we
asked for a dispens to
take them to Washington! |
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The
US Capitol |
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Here you can touch a piece of the moon! |
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We visit the Hirshhorn
Museum |
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| 1st of June |
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4 |
National Museum of American History |
| 2nd of June |
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National
Zoological Park Washington |
2nd of June -
3rd of June |
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Kinder im Hotel Day Inn Washington ! |
| 3rd of June |
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Potomac River Festival |
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Jefferson
Memorial |
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Lincoln Memorial |
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Washington Monument |
10th - 18th
of June |
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Visit
from the grandparents from Switzerland |
| 11th of June |
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Boattrip
with the Circle Line around Manhattan |
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The Chrysler building |
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The Cloisters |
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China Town
Manhattan |
| 12th of June |
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Christoph's
10th Birthday Party |
| 18th of June |
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Worthington
State Forest near Delaware Water Cap |
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Widow Skimmer the dragonflies |
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On the way back from Hight Point to Bloomfield |
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The Old Clove Church Cementery in Wantage
Sussex County NJ |
| 24th of June |
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Barbecue
with Wanda and Doug Morgan |
| 25th of June |
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Delaware
Water Cap with Marianne and Joachim Bäckert |
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28th of June-
4th of July |
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Trip
to Canada (Toronto) to Annie and Werner Thüring |
| 29th of June |
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Letchworth
State Park |
| 30th of June |
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Niagara
Falls NY |
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A boat tour with the Maid of the Mist |
| 1st of July |
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Trip
to Elmira to Annie and Satchmo |
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We are visiting the Farmers- Market in Waterloo with Werner |
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This
is the place where Satchmo is working |
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Home of Annie and Werner (Satchmo) in Elmira |
| 2nd of July |
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We
visit Annies und Satchmos summer cottage on
Chesley Lake |
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Mathew is very busy with cooking |
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Sauble Falls |
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Lake of Huron on Sauble Beach |
| 3rd of July |
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We
are visiting Toronto |
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Motel near Wellington/Toronto |
| 4th of July |
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On
the Ferryboat from Glenora to Adophustown (Canada) |
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Thousand Islands |
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1000
Islands Bridge (Border
of Canada-USA) |
| 9th of July |
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Seaside
bei Lilo und Fred Miller with Brigitte |
| 10th of July |
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Lightning
bugs in our garden |
| 11th of July |
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Barbecue
with Inge, Dieter and Christina Querfeldt |
| 15th- 29th of July |
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Vacation
in Seaside |
| 17th of July |
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Lilo und Brigitte |
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Gemeinsames Nachtessen mit Lilo, Brigtte und den Kindern |
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The Horseshoe-Crab |
| 22nd of July |
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Birthday-Party
of Kevin in Point Pleasant |
| 23rd of July |
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Back
in Seaside |
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Fishing
with Fred Miller |
| 29th of July |
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How
to become a butterfly from a beetle |
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| 2nd-30th of August |
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Our
vaccation to the Wild West of USA |
| 2nd of August |
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Flight
from Newark to Denver |
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In
Denver (Colorado) we get the Mobilhome and
drive to Leadville |
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We drive vom Denver (CO) to Sugar Loafin
Campground (CO) (
119
miles) |
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Denver and the Rocky Mountains still with some snow |
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We have a break and see big trucks and a chipmunk |
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Leadville (Colorado) |
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Here
we eat Pizza in the highest situated Pizza
Hut of the World |
| 3rd of August |
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Sugar
Loafin Campground Buena Vista (Colorado) |
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Buenavista
(Colorado) |
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Lake
Capote Park near Chimney Rock |
| 4th of August |
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Mesa
Verde National Park (Colorado) |
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We
stay in the Mesa Verde NP Campground Morefield |
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Montezuma
Valley Overlook |
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Mesa
Verde Museum |
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The
Cliff Palace Mesa Verde NP |
| 5th of August |
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Chaco
Canyon National Historical Park (New Mexico) |
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Albuquerque
(Arizona) und Weiterfahrt bis Grants |
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We arrive in Albuquerque
AZ |
| 6th of August |
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Petrified
Forest National Park (Arizona) |
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| 7th of August |
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7 |
Canyon
de Chelly National Monument (Arizona-
Navajo Nation) |
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Near Monument Valley
(Arizona) |
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We arrive in Tuba |
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Grand
Canyon National Park (Arizona) |
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Grand
Canyon Look
out |
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We stay over night in the RV Camper Village Grand Canyon |
| 8th of August |
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On the way to
the Navajo Bridge over the Grand Canyon |
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Navajo Bridge over
the Grand Canyon |
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Coral Pink Sand
Dunes State Park (Utah) |
| 9th of August |
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Bryce Canyon
National Park (Utah) |
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Zyon
National Park (Utah) |
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We stay over night in the Zyon National Park South |
| 10th of August |
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On the way to Las Vegas
(Nevada) |
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We
arrive in Las Vegas (Nevada) |
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We stay in the
RV Park California Hotel in Las Vegas |
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| 11th of August |
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On
the way to Death Valley (Nevada-California) |
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Death Valley
National Park (Nevada) to Bishop
(California) |
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Zabriskie Point
689 feet above sea level
(210 meters) |
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About 100 feet below sea level! |
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Townes-Pass (4956 feet/1511m) |
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We pass Lone Pine ( with the Motel Mt. Whitney where
my brother Urs
and Margrit and I stay over night 2010) |
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We arrive in Bishop and everybody is happy.
No driving anymore for today! |
| 12th of August |
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Bishop
(California) |
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Mono Lake
(California) |
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This
is all salt on the face of the kids! |
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Negit
Island |
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We climb Panum Crater |
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Yosemite
National Park (California) |
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We arrive in the Yosemite National Park |
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Tioga Pass 9945 feet/3031
m |
| 14th of August |
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Near Headquater Yosemite NP (Village/Housekeeping Camp)
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Half
Dome |
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El
Capitan |
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Mariposa
Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National Park |
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The
Grizzly Giant sequoia |
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We
stay in Oakhurst RV Park
over night |
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Mariposa,
once known as gold-digger city |
| 15th of August |
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On
the way to Monterey (California) |
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Monterey
on the North Passific Ocean (California) |
| 16th of August |
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Seacliff
State Beach near Santa Cruz (California) |
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Over night we stay in the Cotilion Garden Recreational
Vehicel Park in Santa Cruz |
| 17th of August |
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On the coast-line
to San Francisco |
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Ano Nuevo
State Reserve and
the sea elephants (California) |
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| 17th of August |
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9 |
On
the coastline to San Francisco |
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We are near the Lighthouse Pigeon Point |
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On
the Half Moon Bay |
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Pedro point Paifica |
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We
stay over night in
RV park Pacific |
| 18th of August |
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San Francisco
(California) |
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The
Golden Gate Bridge |
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We meet Gabi
Surber |
| 19th of August |
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Our
walk with Gabi and Christian Surber to the cliff house |
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The Cliff house |
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Breakfast in the Cliff House |
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The Golden Gate
Bridge from Fort Point |
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We
visit Fort Point |
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We
leave San Francisco and cross over
the Golden
Gate Bridge |
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We
take a break at Stinson Beach |
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Stinson Beach |
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On the Highway 1 North |
| 20th of August |
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On the way to
the Lassen Volcanic National Park
(California) |
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Lassen Volcanic
National Park |
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Emerald
Lake |
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Summit Lake |
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Reno (Nevada) by night |
| 21th of August |
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Walk through Reno
(Nevada) |
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On the
Interstate 80 East to Wells-Wendover |
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We
take a break on I 80 east |
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Humbodt
River Tunnel on
the I-80 East near Elko |
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| 21th of August |
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RV-Camp in Elko
(Nevada) |
| 22nd of August |
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On the
Interstate 80 east to Wells-Wendover |
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Salt
Lake Desert on I 80 East |
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Footsteps and Hoof Prints |
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Great
Salt Lake of Utah |
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Saltaire
Beach State Park historical |
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We are in Salt Lake City |
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The Temple Square |
| 23rd of August |
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Welcome to
Idaho (the potato country) |
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Wild Rose Ranch RV Park on Henrys Lake |
| 24th of August |
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We
visit the Museum of the Yellowstone (Montana) |
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West
Yellowstone MT |
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Yellowstone
National Park (Wyoming) |
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Gibbon Falls |
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Porcelain
Bassin |
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Mammoth
Hot Springs (Wyoming) |
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Camping place Yellowstone North |
| 25th of August |
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Grand
Canyon of Yellowstone/Old faithfull geyser |
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Pronghorns |
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| 25th of August |
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Floating Island
Lake (Wyoming) |
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Grand Canyon of
the Yellowstone |
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Fountain
Paintpot Trail |
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Old Faithful
Geyser (Wyoming) |
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We
stay in the Bridge Bay RV Park over night |
| 26th of August |
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The
bisons, the moose and the
cutthroats |
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Lake
Yellowstone |
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The moose |
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Buffalo Bill
Historical Centre |
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On Buffalo Bill's saddle |
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Cody |
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Thermopolis (Wyoming) |
| 27th of August |
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Boysen
Reservoir (Wyoming) |
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| 27th of August |
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We
drive through Cheyenne |
| 28th of August |
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Someplace in the
Rocky Mountains with humming birds |
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May
be on the Moriaine Campground
in Este Park |
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The hummingbirds |
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Rocky Mountain
National Park |
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Mathew
is busy in the kitchen with washing the dishes |
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The Fall River
Pass Elev. 3595 m (11796 feet) |
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We
arrive with our camper on 3713m on the High
point |
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Deers |
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Chipmonks |
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Greyjay |
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Buejay |
| 29th of August |
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Bear Lake
in Rocky Mountain National Park |
| 30th of August |
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We
arrive back
in Denver |
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We flight
back over Detroit to Newark |
| 10th of September |
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Stephen's 13th
birthday party with Family Bäckert |
| 15th of September |
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Kids
playing outside |
| 21st of September |
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Visit from
Switzerland from Hanni and Hugo |
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We visit Sandy Hook |
| 13th of October |
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Visit from Mamama
and Elsbeth (Heinis mother and sister) and uncle Vic from Chicago |
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We visit Sandy Hook with them |
| 14th of October |
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The Indian summer
near Hudson River-Baer Mountain |
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7-Lakes Drive |
| 25th of October |
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The
kids playing outside with Michael and Susen and Kevin |
| 31st of October |
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It's Halloween |
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Halloween
Celebration at OAK View School |
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Trick or Treat ! |
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Stephen the Ghost - Christoph the Vampire - Nicolas the Which - Mathew the Pumpkin |
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| 5th of November |
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Heini's
run on the
New York City Marathon in company
with Doug Morgan |
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All of us and Family Bäckert are awaiting him in the
Central Park |
| 11th of November |
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We visit the Great
falls of the Passaic with Marianne and Joachim Bäckert |
| 12th of November |
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Trip
to the University of Princeton |
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University of Princeton |
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View from Eagle Rock
Reservation (near Highlawn Pavilion Restaurant) to Manhatten |
| 17th of November |
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The
kids playing in the basement |
| 18th of November |
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European
Starlings in our garden |
| 19th of November |
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A walk to the
Branch Brook Park nearby |
| 23rd of November |
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The
first snow
on Clover Lane |
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Thanksgiving |
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I tried to make the traditional American meal for Thanksgiving |
| 24th of November |
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A Cardinal and
a Bluejay in our garden |
| 29th of November |
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The
school bus. The kids come home from school |
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Visit from
Switzerland from Ernst Vogel |
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| 2nd of December |
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A
female Cardinal bird in our garden |
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Decoration of a
typical American Christmas tree |
| 3rd of December |
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The kids
playing |
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The
Christmas count down
calender |
| 5th of December |
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The
squirrel and the pumpkin in our garden in the backyard |
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The great Kiskadee |
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Nicolas
8th Birthday with Phillipe and Corinne Bäckert |
| 6th of December |
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It's St.
Nicolas Day and we are making Reindeers |
| 7th of December |
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Our Christmas Decoration
from outside the house |
| 12th of December |
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Visit to Lilo Miller
and Brigitte |
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Some Christmas decorations on the houses on the way back home |
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"Pizza
Hut"- Pizza with Marianne and Joachim Bäckert and the kids |
| 13th of December |
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Mathew playing
with cars |
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Outside on Clover Lane |
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Nicolas and Mathew are drawing together |
| 14th of December |
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OAK
View School Winter Programm |
| 17th of December |
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Wanaque Reservoir and Long Pond Iron works State Park New Jersey |
| 21st of December |
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Clay
Cellar in Montclair from Carla Horowitz (She was my pottery teacher in Montclair) |
| 23rd of December |
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New York City
at Christmas time |
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The Rockefeller Center with his big big Christmas tree |
| 24th of December |
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Christmas Eve |
1990 |
| 17th of February |
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Trip
to Boston (Massachusetts) |
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Providence (Rhode Island) |
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Cape
Cod ( Massachusets) |
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Our car |
| 18th of February |
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We
arrive in Boston (Massachusetts) |
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We visit Linda,
David and Jessica Hamlin in Brookline (Boston) Massachusetts |
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| 19th of February |
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We
visit Boston with Linda and David Hamlin |
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Public
Art on Asaroton in concrete |
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The famous Cheers Restaurant from the TV-Serie |
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The Boston Tea Party |
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On
the way back home we have a break in New London (New Hamshire) |
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King
Ridge Ski Area Sutton NH |
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The old Riverside Cemetery 1889 |
| 20th of February |
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On
the way back home |
| 17th of March |
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Mathews third Birthday with Kevin and Susen Fortkiewicz |
| 31st of March |
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Visit
of Manhattan |
| 7th of April |
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Easter with
Diana & Victor Fortkiewicz, Diane & Pat Frustaci and Vicky
& Walter
Mergner |
| 8th of April |
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Cherry blossom
in Branch Brook Park with Marianne and Joachim Bäckert |
12th-21st
of April |
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Trip to New
Orleans (Luisiana) with Marianne and Joachim Bäckert and kids |
| 12th of April |
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Bloomfield
(NJ)-Harrisburg (PA) |
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We stay over night in the Best Western Hotel in Cumberland near Harrisburg |
| 13th of April |
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Harrisburg
(PA)-Radcliff
(KY) |
| 14th of April |
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Radcliff
KY-Nashville TN(164 miles) |
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We visit the Mammoth Cave National Park |
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Great Old Opry in Nashville Tennessee |
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In
the Doubble Tree Hotel in Nashville TN |
| 15th of April |
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Nashville
TN -Slidell LA (499 miles) |
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This Saturn
IB rocket stands at the
Alabama Welcome Center on
I-65 at Elkmont,
Alabama |
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We
take a break in Tannehill Historical State Park for lunch |
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| 16th of April |
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Slidell
to New
Orleans (36 miles) |
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Our Hotel de la Poste in New Orleans |
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On the Steamboat Creole Queen on
the Mississippi |
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Here we get some Aligator Sandwich.It's absolutely not our taste! |
| 17th of April |
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Torres Swamp Tour |
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The
Destrehan Plantation house 1787 |
| 18th of April |
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French Quarter in New Orleans |
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On Jackson Square |
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St. Louis Cathedrale on Jackson Square |
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After more than one year the first fresch French Croissants in the Café du Monde |
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The
first really good bakery with
hot chocolate since
we are in the USA |
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The
Louis Armstrong Park |
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| 18th of April |
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French
Quarter in New Orleans |
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La
Madeleine" French bakery in New Orleans |
| 19th of April |
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On the way back home from New Orleans to Atlanta (Georgia) (499 miles) |
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On
the Mexican Gulf on the way back home |
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Chickasabogue
Park (Alabama) |
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They transport a whole house on a truck |
| 20th of April |
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Georgia's
Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta (Georgia) |
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The Confederates of America on Stone Mountain |
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Atlanta (Georgia) - Georgia's Stone Mountain Park- Great Smoky Mountains Park - Roanoke (Virginia) (448 miles) |
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Great
Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee-North Carolina) |
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Oconaluftee
Indian Village (Smocky Mountains) |
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West-Virginia-Maryland-Pensylvania-New
Jersey (21. April 1990) |
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Roanoke
(Virginia) - Bloomfield (New Jersey)(453 miles) |
| 26th of April |
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Dogwood
flower from our Dogwood tree on Clover Lane |
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Spring Musical Oak View
School with Christoph and Nicolas |
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Mr. Desiderio |
| 30th of April |
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High
School of Montclaire-Pottery course with Carla Horowitz |
| 6th of May |
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Visit
from uncle Victor from Chicago-Trip to the Statue of Liberty |
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| 6th of May |
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Back
to Manhattan with uncle Victor |
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In the middle of the skyscrapers this little Greek church |
| 12th of May |
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Trip to Peters Valley with Carla and
Milt Horowitz |
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The Anagama
kiln fired from Donald Thieberger |
| 20th of May |
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The famous
Lobster-Meal with Diane and Victor Fortkiewicz in Pt. Pleasant |
| 23rd of May |
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Visit of
Mountainside Park (New Jersey) with it's Iris Gardens |
| 25th of May |
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Nicolas
and Mathew playing with
Diane and Karen Morgan |
| 1st of June |
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Farewell Party
with Heini's staff from Hoffmann-La Roche Nutley |
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Visit of Glen
Mulins, Stephen's best
friend |
| 7th of June |
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Ned Heydt my pottery teacher in West
Caldwell |
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The kids are glazing
their masks |
| 8th of June |
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Special visit in our garden |
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Visit of
Bloomfield Middle School, where Stephen went to school |
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Visit of OAK
View school, where Christoph and Nicolas went to school |
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The school class from Nicolas |
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The school class from Christoph |
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At
lunch time the kids take a break outside before lunch |
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It's lunch time
at OAK View school |
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Bloomfield Fire
Engine |
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Farewell from
the kids best friends Glen, Ramis and Eddy by Bowling |
| 9th of June |
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Manhattan Greenwich Village Market |
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| 9th of June |
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Downtown
Manhattan |
| 14th of June |
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Don Thieberger Platypus-Pottery
in Orange |
| 16th-25th of June |
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Flight Newark- Cancun
- Our trip to
Mexico |
| 17th of June |
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We stay for two
nights in Cancun in the Aquamarina Beach Hotel |
| 18th of June |
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On the way to
Chicken Itza |
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Visit
of Chickén Itzá |
| 19th of June |
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On the way to
Merida |
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We stay in the Hotel Caribe in Merida |
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Merida-Progreso
(Yucalpetén) |
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| 19th of June |
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Hotel Villanueva
in Yucalpetén (near Progreso) |
| 20th of June |
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Progreso
(Yucalpetén) - Uxmal |
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Art and Craft
Shop in Muna |
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Hotel Villa
Arqueologica Uxmal |
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Uxmal
the pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization |
| 21st of June |
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On
the way from Uxmal to Ticul |
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On
the way from Ticul to Yotholin |
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We
arrive in Oxkutzcab, where is market day |
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On the market place of Oxkutzcab |
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We
visit Grutas de Loltún (caves) near Oxkutzcab (caves) |
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On the way to Tulum |
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We
stay over night in the Hotel El Faisan y el Venado |
| 22nd of June |
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We visit the Maya ruins of Tulum on
the Carribean Sea |
22nd-25th
of June |
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We
stay for three nights in the Club Aventura
Akumal |
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22nd-25th
of June |
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Club Aventura
Akumal |
| 24th of June |
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We enjoy the
beach, the snorkeling and the all you can eat! |
| 25th of June |
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We
drive back from Akumal to Cancun
and flight to Miami Floirda |
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Flight from Cancun (Mexico) to Miami (USA) |
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We drive to Homestead Florida. We stay in the Motor Inn over
night. |
| 26th of June |
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Visit
of the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park FL |
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We make a tour with a glas bottom boat to the coral reefs |
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Everybody is a little bit seasick |
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A very gentle Racoon |
| 27th of June |
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We visit the
Everglades National Park FL |
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The
snapping turtle |
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Miccosukee
Indian Village in the Everglade National Park |
| 28th of June |
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We
visit Sanibel-Island FL |
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Kona Kai Motel for two
nights |
| 29th of June |
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We expected to
find big sea shells and went for a walk early in the morning |
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Mathew is still very tired,but
it is about 5 o'clock in the morning |
| 30th of June |
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On the way to Orlando, where Heini
leaves us for a business-trip |
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We
stay for two nights in the Econolodge
Orlando |
| 1st of July |
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The
kids and me visit Disney
World Magic Kingdom Orlando FL |
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The Street
Parade of Magic Kingdom |
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| 1st of July |
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The Street
Parade of Magic Kingdom |
| 3rd of July |
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Visit of the
John F. Kennedy Space Centre FL |
| 4th of July |
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On the way back to Miami
at Hobe Sound |
| 5th of July |
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On
Miami South Beach |
| 6th of July |
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We meet Heini on Miami Airport and flight back
home to Zürich Switzerland |