Friday, May 21, 2010

Church in Hungary

Here is one of the churches in the old part of Budapest.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Budapest, Hungary


We went to Budapest, Hungary for a meeting. The streets look like Riga but the Parliment building is spectacular.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Castles


Here are two castles that we visited in Latvia.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Cesvaine, Latvia

We were out driving around Latvia and came to this little town that had these amazing structures. One picture is the largest Lutheran church in Latvia and the second picture is an old manor converted into a high school.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Battle of the Bulge

We went to the site of the Battle of the Bulge. The sign says that 76,000 US troops were killed, injured or lost during this winter battle. The battle is still very much in the minds of the people who live here.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Karl Marx

When we were in Trier, Germany we happened to see a sign that this house was the birthplace of Karl Marx. The house has been turned into a museum.

King Arthur


Here is the actual King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. It has been placed on this wall to preserve it.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Vianden, Luxembourg

Here is the community that it appears that our Schumacher side came from. As you can see it has a castle.

Schumacher Hotel

Just outside of Vianden, Luxembourg is a hotel run by some of our distant relatives.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Freddy Mercury




Here is the statue of Freddy in Switzerland.