Browsing Archive: June, 2014

June 28th - Switzerland

Posted by Bill Bickford on Sunday, June 29, 2014,
What an incredible day to say the least.  Being so close to so many different places I want to go, I chose to visit Switzerland for the day.  Zurich to be more precise.  After a nice drive on the autobahn, where I reached speeds of 120 plus mph, and the scenic views and small towns were incredible, I reached the border of Germany and Switzerland.  The road I crossed was less heralded than I was expecting but it was still very cool to cross the country lines.

After visiting some smaller towns o...
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June 21 - Summer starts and a castle touring it was

Posted by Bill Bickford on Saturday, June 21, 2014,
Greetings from Germany.  Been here now for just about 2 weeks.  It's been interesting when it comes to work,  or should I say, the flustercluck that is going on out here.  Haven't been doing nearly what I thought I would be or as much and it is a bit frustrating.  But hey, it's just temporary and then back home.

So today went to Burg Hohenzollern which is a castle sitting on top of a mountain about 45 minutes away from Stuttgart.  Gonna be putting some pictures up here as well to show the sigh...
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June 9, 2010 - The BBP has landed

Posted by Bill Bickford on Monday, June 9, 2014,
Well, we actually landed yesterday but due to technical issues, weren't able to post anything on here.  So posting today from Germany.

It's a beautiful country and I saw a little bit yesterday  but am looking forward to seeing more of it in the following weeks.  Lots of things to see, do and places to go.  Not to mention all the countries I am going to try to hit and see.  We have France with Euro Disneyland, Switzerland and Austria with the hopes of getting some skiing in.  Might try to hit I...
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June 6th - June is hereand so is Change

Posted by Bill Bickford on Friday, June 6, 2014,
Wow!!!  Been a busy time the past few days for me.  As some of my friends know, I am leaving for Germany for almost 2 months.  I am super excited about this opportunity and hope more comes out of it.  But if not, it will be an awesome experience none the less.  So much to do with so little time but I am chugging along and hopefully will have everything set to go tonight.  I've been to Germany twice for a total of about 4 hours for layovers when I was going to Afghanistan and coming back from ...
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