by John Curtis | Sep 12, 2013 | John's Blog
On the way to a wedding in Poland we stayed a couple of days in historical Berlin. In the twentieth century there were two losing world wars and the loss of Berlin as the capital of Germany. These events created untold hardship on the citizens of Europe. After World...
by John Curtis | Sep 3, 2013 | John's Blog
On the way to the wedding in Poland we realized that to traverse across Europe by train on our planned route was too much. The night before our departure from beautiful Luzern, Switzerland we had to modify our route and cut out Austria and Hungary. We needed to...
by John Curtis | Aug 20, 2013 | John's Blog
I went to a wedding in Poland recently. We landed in London, bounced around like a ping pong ball with the rest of tourists, and after a couple of days headed for Normandy, France, Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc. We boarded a ferry out of Portsmouth in Southern,...
by John Curtis | May 30, 2013 | John's Blog
Many years ago, while in the U.S. Army on active duty, I had an incident where my right knee was injured. The ligament that stops the knee from over extending was snapped and cartilage was torn. The ligament was never repaired and the Army said I was disabled....
by John Curtis | Feb 12, 2013 | John's Blog
A few years ago I had an opportunity to travel to El Salvador for a mission trip. My wife, Ann, and I landed at the San Salvador airport at 10 PM one rainy evening via Minneapolis and Houston. We were greeted by 23 children, two adults, and no English. Our...
by John Curtis | Jan 10, 2013 | John's Blog
Sometimes we hang onto old appliances and tools because they work well enough. One of mine was not as accurate as it used to be, so I planned on replacing it. The springs in the old bathroom scale seemed to be losing it. I have proudly held my current weight for...
