Mike got alerted last night at 2 AM for his fourth trip into Iraq. He says they normally stop in Kuwait prior to jumping into the "HotZone"
Jerry, you're right on, it's 40 degrees of flaps, steep glideslope, lights out and full armor on the approach.
Told us about several patients he's bringing out. A new twist to the IEDs; now they are putting gels and combustibles into the explosive devices so that our guys are getting burned too...same idea as Napalm.
Told us about a Navy Corpsman he treated...driving in a vehicle, you put your 9mm in your lap pointed toward the door...if you are attacked, you simply pick it up and shoot...i.e., you are ready. When the IED went off under the vehicle, the blast came up under him and propelled the 9mm up into his head...he'll make it but it will take lots of repair.
Here with Mike in Landstuhl after a great night at Strasbourg. We drove through the Alsace in Southwest France yesterday, went to a fabulous castle up on a mountain top (vosages) and then had the best room at the Strasbourg Hilton. I think that made the trip for Dad, as we had two bedrooms and three bathrooms!!!! We also had the best dinner of the trip there... I had penne pasta with a cream sauce (not at all heavy) with smoked salmon and parsley!!!!!! And our wine was only like $11. It was great, our waitress was from Romania, and Dad thought she was from England.
The Crusaders carved the decoration seen in this building.
Mom with Sandi, in Melissa's house in Borgomale, Italy.
We are in Lucerne Switzerland now. We have internet here, yeah. First time the whole trip.
Jerry and Sandi Henderson.
Melissa and Sammi Henderson at their home in Italy.
Greetings.
Things are going well, we're not posting as often as we like due to limited internet access and the price for access when it is available.
Rest assured we will stay in touch when we can.
We are in Borgomale Italy with Jerry and Sandi, their friends,
and daughter. We move on to Lucerne in the morning.
Best to all,
J and J
Hi Folks,
We arrived in Lugano, Switzerland (nearly on the Italian border) somewhat unhappy with the place, although the lake is surrounded by mountains, it just had that touristy- expensive for what you get feel. We had a lousy meal for 85 Swiss Francs, pasta with a tablespoon of sauce, two salads with nothing but lettuce, an expensive bottle of wine. Our room at the Holiday Inn is small, and nothing special, and the tourist bus drops off 50 Japanese down the hall.
Then today in the clouds, we headed out to climb a mountain, a suburban mountain, 9 km and all uphill for three hours. Got some beautiful views of the Lake, saw some very expensive homes on the hillsides with pools, and then had to figure out how to take the bus back to town and what to pay. Our meal tonight was wonderful, huge salads and pizza and pasta, and a good liter of wine. So, Lugano is safe from our where not to go list.... would have been nice to see in the sunshine. Tourism is the big income for so much of Europe. We go south to Alba in the morning, most likely will not have internet until we get to Mike's later in the week, but will do what we can.
Tonight we veg in front of the BBC on TV. Time to relax and take it easy.
Hope this finds you all well and happy and safe.
Love
Joanne and Joe
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