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Bryan, Amanda, Emma, and Natalie's visit to Kuhn's Estate in May of 20 ...
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Bryan, Mandy, Emma, and Natalie's visit to Lancaster PA in May 2008
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Practice for Emma's first Dance recital on 12 June 2008.
Updated: Jun 12, 2008 9:47pm PST
Mandy & Bryan's 10th Anniversary
We celebrated our 10th Anniversary with a trip to Las Vegas.
Updated: Jun 19, 2008 8:40pm PST
The 4th was the day after we arrived in Germany after an 11 hour fligh ...
Updated: Aug 11, 2008 2:53pm PST
A neat mountain top Castle and petting zoo about 10 kilometers from ou ...
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Pictures from of our house and the town we're living in while statione ...
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Pictures from our spur of the moment trip down to Bavaria to visit Neu ...
Updated: Nov 11, 2009 12:31pm PST
Berg Lightenberg is the largest castle ruins in all of Germany and is ...
Updated: Aug 18, 2008 2:07pm PST
The Felsenkirche, a church built into a natural niche in the rocks, ri ...
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Pictures from our trip to Germany's best preserved Middle Ages town...
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![Trier : Our trip to Trier back in October. Trier claims to be Germany's oldest city dating back to 16 B.C. It was also the capital of the Western Roman Empire.
From Wikipedia:
Trier (French: Trèves; Luxembourgish: Tréier; Latin: Augusta Treverorum) is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC.[1] Trier is not the only city claiming to be Germany's oldest, but it is the only one that bases this assertion on having the longest history as a city, as opposed to a mere settlement or army camp.[citation needed] It is also one of the few cities in Europe that have been capitals of the Roman Empire.
Trier lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of ruddy sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the German border with Luxembourg and within the important Mosel wine-growing region.
Trier is the oldest seat of a Christian bishop north of the Alps. In the Middle Ages, the Archbishop of Trier was an important ecclesiastical prince, as the Archbishopric of Trier controlled land from the French border to the Rhine. He was also one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire.
With an approximate population of 100,000, Trier was until 2005 ranked fourth alongside Kaiserslautern among the state's largest cities, after Mainz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Koblenz. The nearest large cities in Germany are Saarbrücken, some 80 km southeast, and Koblenz, about 100 km northeast. The closest city to Trier is the capital of Luxembourg, some 50 km to the southwest.
Trier is home to the University of Trier, the administration of the Trier-Saarburg district and the seat of the ADD (Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion), which until 1999 was the borough authority of Trier. It is one of the five "central places" of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Along with Luxembourg, Metz and Saarbrücken, fellow constituent members of the QuattroPole union of cities, it also forms a central place of the greater region encompassing Saar-Lor-Lux (Saarland, Lorraine and Luxembourg), Rhineland-Palatinate and Wallonia.](http://bkredash.smugmug.com/Family/Trier/Trier044-13Oct2008/425127429_YwE66-Ti-1.jpg "Trier : Our trip to Trier back in October. Trier claims to be Germany's oldest city dating back to 16 B.C. It was also the capital of the Western Roman Empire.
From Wikipedia:
Trier (French: Trèves; Luxembourgish: Tréier; Latin: Augusta Treverorum) is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC.[1] Trier is not the only city claiming to be Germany's oldest, but it is the only one that bases this assertion on having the longest history as a city, as opposed to a mere settlement or army camp.[citation needed] It is also one of the few cities in Europe that have been capitals of the Roman Empire.
Trier lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of ruddy sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the German border with Luxembourg and within the important Mosel wine-growing region.
Trier is the oldest seat of a Christian bishop north of the Alps. In the Middle Ages, the Archbishop of Trier was an important ecclesiastical prince, as the Archbishopric of Trier controlled land from the French border to the Rhine. He was also one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire.
With an approximate population of 100,000, Trier was until 2005 ranked fourth alongside Kaiserslautern among the state's largest cities, after Mainz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Koblenz. The nearest large cities in Germany are Saarbrücken, some 80 km southeast, and Koblenz, about 100 km northeast. The closest city to Trier is the capital of Luxembourg, some 50 km to the southwest.
Trier is home to the University of Trier, the administration of the Trier-Saarburg district and the seat of the ADD (Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion), which until 1999 was the borough authority of Trier. It is one of the five \"central places\" of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Along with Luxembourg, Metz and Saarbrücken, fellow constituent members of the QuattroPole union of cities, it also forms a central place of the greater region encompassing Saar-Lor-Lux (Saarland, Lorraine and Luxembourg), Rhineland-Palatinate and Wallonia.")
Our trip to Trier back in October. Trier claims to be Germany's oldes ...
Updated: Nov 26, 2008 12:44pm PST
Here are a couple of quick snaps with the new Canon 5D MKII...
Updated: Dec 10, 2008 11:24am PST
Family trip to Garmisch and surrounding areas the week before Christma ...
Updated: Dec 22, 2008 6:51am PST
Pictures just prior to and including Christmas day...
Updated: Dec 28, 2008 1:45pm PST
She's growing up so fast. We'll have to start looking at colleges soo ...
Updated: Jan 13, 2009 10:14am PST
Pictures from our family vacation to Paris and Euro Disney 16 - 19 May ...
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Pictures from Emma's 4th Birthday party at the Vogleweg Community Cent ...
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Family visit Amsterdam, the world famous Keukenhof gardens, and Kinder ...
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Family trip to Rothenburg the weekend of 30 May 2009...
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Emma's Jun 2009 Ballet Recital in Lanstuhl Germany
Updated: Jul 06, 2009 1:05pm PST
What better place to spend the 4th of July then in London. Ironic no?
Updated: Jul 06, 2009 2:49pm PST
The kids working off some energy before dinner...
Updated: Aug 09, 2009 12:42pm PST
Our stop in Salzburg on the way down to Italy...
Updated: Sep 02, 2009 1:56pm PST
Our trip to Murano, a small island next to Venice famious for its glas ...
Updated: Sep 03, 2009 10:31am PST
Aviano AB TDY - Santuario del Monte
Sunrise pictures of a beautiful church about 10 minutes from Aviano AB ...
Updated: Sep 03, 2009 11:15am PST
Back for our second day trip to Venice. Don't recommend going during ...
Updated: Sep 03, 2009 12:52pm PST
Aviano AB TDY - Day at the beach
A relaxing day at beach was needed after a day in Venice...
Updated: Sep 07, 2009 11:34am PST
A few runs down a local alpine slide with the girls...
Updated: Sep 07, 2009 11:24am PST
Just a couple of quick video's of the girls after dance class...
Updated: Oct 23, 2009 2:27pm PST
Some pics of Emma and Natalie in their Holloween costumes with daddy.. ...
Updated: Oct 26, 2009 1:25am PST
Natalie's 3 year old pictures & family pictures taken at "our castle", ...
Updated: Nov 11, 2009 11:32am PST
Emma's 4 year old pictures taken at "our castle", Burg Licthenburg.
Updated: Nov 11, 2009 12:22pm PST
Emma's rehearsal for her school Christmas concert.
Updated: Dec 13, 2009 1:30pm PST
St. Wendel's Christmas Market with the girls, Mom, Kathy, Jesse, Adria ...
Updated: Dec 13, 2009 11:02pm PST
Breakfast with Santa for children of deployed parents, hosted at the O ...
Updated: Dec 13, 2009 2:58pm PST
Emma, Natalie, Mom and I headed outside for some fun in the first snow ...
Updated: Dec 13, 2009 3:31pm PST