Frank is once again off on his annual trip to Europe with a group of teenage students.
As you’ll recall last year he sent pictures as they travelled around Europe. He’ll be doing it again this year.
So stay tuned to see what interesting places they visit this year.
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Frank makes it to Berlin … Rough life … !!!
Berliner Kendl isn’t the best German beer, but its better than US BUD…..Ken
Ken – when Ba Muoi Ba or Tiger are your favorite beers …. ANYTHING is an IMPROVEMENT!!! … ha ha ha … 🙂
This just in from Frank in Germany …
German breakfast with Frank – 🙂
June 15th – This just in from Frank in Europe
Frank,
Good thing you showed us some pictures of the kids or I would have thought you just made up some story to tour Europe and drink!
My son and I toured some of Europe last November and just loved Paris. I hadn’t been there since I was in sixth grade when I lived in Vienna, Austria.
Let me know when you need a female supervisor on one of these trips.
Ruth
I arrived home about midnight on Saturday. I must say that I was totally exhausted and glad to be home. The trip was a very good experience for everyone. At the last dinner, Carlos and I bought escargot for all the kids that wanted to taste them. It was fun watching them!
We only had two experiences that we could go without. The first one was when a French couple standing near the Subway track accidentally dropped their cell phone. It bounced once and went onto the track. One of our athletic female students, thinking she was a good Samaritan, jumped down onto the subway track and retrieved their phone. I must say my heart skipped a beat…and I said a few words…But all turned out well.
The second thing that happened was when Carlos and I were getting on the last subway to our hotel on our last night in Paris. The students had gone ahead of us for we had stopped at a store. The subway platform was almost empty and the train coming in had few passengers. Just as we stepped on the train two nice looking young girls (about 20 to 24 years old) bumped into Carlos and got between him and me. I thought that they were acting strange with so much room in the car.. I made eye contact with one and then they both backed off the train and the door closed. Carlos instantly knew his wallet was gone. He had it in his right front pocket. He lost about 300 euros, two credit cards, bankcard, retired military I.D., driver’s license, teacher I.D. and everything else one puts in a wallet. Fortunately he had his passport and a friend still with him.
Aside from being extremely upset, within 10 minutes he had his wife on the phone. She canceled out all their cards and bank account within minutes (The age of cell phones have some good things about it). We then spent the next few hours returning to the stop where it took place, searching through the garbage cans, and going to the police station. The police were very polite, but there is little they can do. We were told it is part of organized crime out of Romania. They not only want a person’s money, but they want to steal people’s identity. Carlos has “life-lock”, so hopefully that will help protect him.
Yes, Carlos (I mentioned in an early posting that he lost his older brother Frank to a snipers bullet in Vietnam) and I still love Paris…. and we plan to return next year.
Ah yes Ruthie, the food and drink were exceptional…and there has been some trips that after some students actions I thought I’d never return. This year they were all super! I also placed my foot on that brass plate in front on Notre Dame that guarantees my return to the city of Love!!
Side note…Bob thanks for the blog and sorry you have had problems with some folks. You do enough work, where someone’s negativism is not necessary. Also glad to hear that Melanie has someone like you to watch over her.
Frank
Frank – Good to hear you made it home safely. So, do you have *flash backs* to the days of your, sometimes mischievous, youth when one of the students on these trips misbehaves – LOL – you know what they say about *pay back* – 🙂
Thank you for once again sharing your travels with all us Saigon Kids. I’m sure everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.
Thank you for your continuing support of the Blog and our Saigon Kids family – much appreciated by all.
I was sorry to hear of Calos’ unfortunate experience in the Subway. I suppose it was a good thing he had you with him, as girls always did run away after looking at you … ha ha ha … I think Bo Diddley made a song about that, didn’t he!?! – 🙂
Rock Onnnn … my friend!
Bob