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SUMMARY — Monday, June 17, 2019 was our big travel day – Carson flew home to San Diego from Paris. Once she was airborne, Conrad and I made our way to Rome (and then on to Amsterdam, Berlin, & back to Frankfurt to fly home to San Diego on Monday,…
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Our trip from our Airbnb in Normandy back to Caen to return our rental car included a stop in Bayeux. If you are going to this part of Normandy I would consider Caen over Bayeux for renting a car. The city is bigger and the rental agencies are all near…
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Our AirBNB was excellent (photos). We would highly recommend staying there. And the area around our AirBNB — known as Les Bateaux — was so historical and visually stimulating. It was a short walk down to the beach from the AirBNB. As we walked there were still D-Day (June 6th) decorations…
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The trip from Ottignies to Normandy started out great. We went from Ottignies station to Belgium Central station, and then took a high-speed train (French – Thalys) from Belgium to Paris, France. We were very concerned about our transfer from our arrival station (Gare du Nord) in Paris to the…
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Health Update (Bulged Disk & Bike Injury) Things have been improving since my last month's update (May). I think I've returned to my overall health level from February . I am tentatively planning my next Sprint Triathlon for the end of July. Strongest Conference I attended Mike Foster's Strongest workshop…
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Health Update Things have been slowly improving with my back since my bike fall in February (and it is almost to 1 year since my full-on bulged disc incident). I switched my morning runs to morning walks in March by switching my regular "run" days (Mon., Tue., Thu., Sat.) to…
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Marlies “Lee” Ingrid Holden (Mecke) was born November 25, 1942, in Bad Pyrmont, Germany, and passed away unexpectedly on October 31, 2018, in Roseville, California. Marlies was a wonderful mother, loving wife, devoted Omi (grandmother), and a friend to many. She met Marion “Ray” Holden (USAF Retired) in Germany, and they were married…
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Brown Wood Plank Sorry I never got around to posting in March 2019 … Getting Back To Healthy I went a little backwards on my back injury (bulged disc), and issues with my left leg (sciatica) since the last post in February. The week before my last sprint triathlon I…
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Photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash Slowly Improving To A Better State Per previous posts (Nov Dec Jan) — my Mom's sudden and unexpected passing on October 31, 2018 — is still consuming a great deal of my energy and attention. Things are slowly getting sorted out, and there appears to be on the horizon…
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Photo by Steve Holden** World Stabilizing Per my November and December posts — my Mom's sudden and unexpected passing on October 31, 2018 — this event is still consuming most of my energy and attention. I wouldn't be functioning though if it wasn't for the support, prayers, comfort, and help I've…
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