Monthly Archives: July 2011

Paris is not a place…

Posted on July 30, 2011 by ejhowle23

…it’s a way of life and different for everyone who visits, works or lives here. Some know Paris by night. We know Paris by day.  July 29: We’ve been in Paris for a week now having driven Stewball to Amsterdam for shipping … Continue reading →

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On the Road Again

Posted on July 26, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 25: It should have been an easy day. We took our time, had breakfast in our favorite cafe and left the Pullman with Stewball for the drive to Nieuw Vennep just outside of Amsterdam to ship Stewball back to the US. We … Continue reading →

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A Lingering Death

Posted on July 23, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 23: It’s over. It was a lingering death. The cars are lined up in front of the Pullman hotel. The last time they will all be together and last night was the last time we will all be together. Lots of … Continue reading →

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Stewball’s In Paris!

Posted on July 21, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 21: We all made it! All four cars are in Paris. We left Troyes,, a very old city on the Seine about 90 miles SW of  Paris. It was not damaged during the two world wars and has a very picturesque … Continue reading →

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Dachau

Posted on July 20, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 19: The bunks are three deep with thin straw mattresses. There is no space between them, you sleep head to foot, coughing, moaning, turning. You climb off the end of the bunk without the use of a ladder. The prisoners … Continue reading →

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Never ignore a new noise

Posted on July 19, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 18: The day started out easy enough. Good roads, good speeds. Then we stopped to change drivers, telling the others to run on and we would catch up. So now we are speeding along at 65mph, maybe more, when … Continue reading →

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Back East-Through Russia?

Posted on July 17, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 17: Stewball isn’t even tired and neither are we (well, not at this moment). In spite of the horrible roads we haven’t even changed a tire. The Great Race movie with Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood and Jack Lemmon ended in Paris … Continue reading →

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How many ways to Prague?

Posted on July 17, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 17: Did we start something when we left the group and ran with Klaus? It seems that everyone is ready to find their own way. Today we started with the group-minus Jerry. He wanted to get a photo with … Continue reading →

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We leave the group

Posted on July 16, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 13-16:  Wednesday we arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, a really old, beautiful city. Our friends, Klaus and Maja VonDeylen, from Germany, surprised us. They were sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for us. Initially they had planned to join us … Continue reading →

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Borders and Bureaucracy

Posted on July 13, 2011 by ejhowle23

July 12:  Today we did not have a lot of miles to cover, but we did have a border to cross and honestly we always have to plan for some car problem. Today it was Clay. Just 2km from the border … Continue reading →

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