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My favorites from the trip (in chronological order)...

Favorite Moments
- In Munich, as I take delivery of my new car
- Just outside of Munich, driving the new car 133mph on the German Autobahn
- In Fussen, the horseride back down from Nieschwanstein
- In Berlin, standing at Checkpoint Charlie with a Russian soldier actor (I was here as a U.S. military man in 1987 when the wall was still up)
- In Amsterdam, biking down the streets and then sipping coffee at an outdoor cafe while Locke and I watch the tour buses go by
- In London, watching the original Phantom of the Opera production
- In London, having high tea & lunch at the Kensington Palace's Orangery
- In Mont St-Michel, as we approached the abbey and the view took our breath away
- In Paris, having a wonderful lunch with Locke at Paris' best cafe
- In Versailles, huddling up with Locke as we stay dry under an umbrella during a thunderstorm
- Just north of Genoa, driving like an Italian racecar driver on the A7 Autostrada
- In Florence, as I gazed upon the Statue of David in the Galleria Accademia
- In Positano, as we drive up the wrong way on a one-way street and the locals are yelling "Senso Unico, Senso Unico!" (One way, One way!) and we're yelling back "Turistas, Turistas!" (Tourists, Tourists!)
- In Capri, with Locke smiling so broadly when I took his picture on the hotel balcony
- In Austria's Salzgammut region, as Locke and I go on a luge run

Poignant Moments
- Witnessing a tourist literally drop dead at Nieschwanstein
- Walking in the Luxembourg American Cemetary to General Patton's grave
- Wave of emotions flowing over me while in the Anne Frank House
- Walking along the D-Day beaches – specifically, Omaha Beach – and the Normandy American Cemetary >>>
- Finding out my cat had passed away via e-mail while in Rouen, France
- Walking the Dachau Concentration Camp grounds

Unforgettable Landscapes
- Bavarian Alps @ Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Rhine Valley
- Tulip fields in full bloom in the Dutch countryside
- English countryside with skinny lanes to drive on
- Mont St-Michel
- High Swiss Alps @ Simplon Pass
- Lago Maggiore
- Portofino Harbor
- Isle of Capri
- Apennines Hills @ San Marino
- Austrian countryside with the Alps in the background
- Czech countryside filled with fields of mustard

Incredible Cities
- Munich
- Amsterdam
- London
- Paris
- Rome
- Salzburg
- Vienna

-- Al