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M&T

Made it to Midland

Well this is the finally part of the journey. We got on the El Paso
flight and landed at 11pm. Then I had to convince a rental car agent
to rent me a car as a one way to midland. Tiff and I got into a hotel
at about midnight and finally got some sleep. I woke up at 630 though
and decided to get on the road. So we drove back to Midland and got in
at 11 am. I had a regional meeting at work so I got dressed and got up
to the office just in time to help my teams in their presentations.

It is good to be home. We had alot of fun and will be posting pictures
this weekend so be sure to check back.

Headed back to Midland

What a eventful day...

We were up at 330 Munich time and got on the bus at 430 to make our
710 flight. All went well and we landed in brussel reboarded for our
transatlantic flight and took off at 1045 (445 am Texas time). We got
to Chicago in time and that was when the fun began.

We landed at 2 pm cst. We went through customs and were informed at
the AA connection desk that DFW was shut down and that they were going
to send us through Houston on a continental flight. So we went to the
other terminal to check in with continental and they informed us that
they had cancelled all flights into Houston and Dallas 5 hours ago and
AA should have called. So then we went back to the AA terminal but
this time we had to sit in the line for an hour with all the other
people with cancelled DFW flight connections. Our travel agent told us
that it looks like getting back through DFW would not happen till
Thursday so she booked us a flight to el paso and we will rent a car
and drive the 4 hours home to midland tomorrow.

Currently we are sitting at the terminal. The plane that us suppose to
take us to el paso just pulled up to the gate.

Wish us luck.
M&T

Day 8: Salzburg and back to Munich

We got to sleep in until 730 today which was great. At 845 we were off
on a city tour of Salzburg by foot. Our guide showed us through the
old gardens and the old pedestrian walkways. We actually got to see
more Sound of Music sights today than we did yesterday. We saw the
fountain where the sang do re me in, the place where the entire family
sang before they ran away (it had an excavation going on near it so no
pic), and we saw the place where the police came looking for the
parents while they were on there honeymoon. I think that was all.

We went through an old cemetery near the abby that is still used
because they do not embalm the bodies and put them in wooden boxes so
they will turn back to dirt and then 15 years later they can bury the
next family member in the same spot.

We did not get to go up to the castle we decided to shop instead. We
bought chocolate ate a great lunch, Italian again, then we bought some
more tourist trap stuff.

We went through Mozart's house and museum which was kind of cool. All
in all Salzburg should only be a daylong stop.

We drove on to Munich for the night and had our farewell dinner with
the group for the last time.

We had a great trip.

Oldest Restaurant in Europe

Salzberg Castle

Sound of Music Gazebo