Jul

Welcome to Bounding Main’s EuroTour 2008 Blog!

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Ahoy, mates! Dean here. Welcome to the blog of our EuroTour adventures to Europe! Our passage will begin with a flight out of charming and customer-friendly Mitchell Field in Milwaukee. From there we’ll fly to the possibly apocryphally smelly Newark airport for a lengthy layover before we take off once more [...]

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Aug

Note from Dean

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I cant believe that were so close to finally leaving. Freaking Krivitzky is going to turn into a were-skunk by the time we reach Holland . . . David split his pants already - true story.
Magoo is off eating again - true story.

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Aug

Radio interview

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We started off the day wandering the waterfront and making our way to a radio show featuring several of the groups performing at the festival. There are some amazing performer here including Banana Boat from Poland and les Pirates from France. The reception has been so gracious and positive; we are simply overwhelmed.
We just [...]

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Aug

We make our own party

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This is Dean, dictating to Maggie while I drive.
So after the final performance, Maggie, Jon and I were feeling peckish. We dragged the group off in search of food. As it was the last day of the festival and midnight, all of the vendors were boarding up. In the distance we spied an open [...]

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Aug

Back at the Frankfurt Airport

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After David and John Wohlers made it through security we dashed to our gate to discover . . . our flight was delayed. Surprised?
So, my apologies for my lack of blogging, but I’ve been doing all of the driving and I’ve yet to master driving at 100 mph while finger-typing.
We’ve just heard the boarding announcement, [...]

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Aug

First hitch in the program!

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After an uneventful flight from Frankfurt to Newark we arrived to discover that our flight to Milwaukee was cancelled! So we picked up our luggage, made a quick trip to the head, took an obligatory “Dashed on the Rocks” photo and head off to the “Ho-ho, you’re so screwed” line. Several fist shakes and [...]

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Aug

Driving in Germany

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I confess that I have lived in great dread of driving in Europe. There are very many and subtle rules of the road that you tend to not think about that had me somewhat in dread. That said, even though Magoo, Christie and Gina had their international drivers licenses and could drive stick shift I [...]

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Aug

Ode to John Wohlers

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Oh, John Wohlers, we praise thee. You did honor us with your company on this adventure and for us you recorded our antics, our music, our thoughts and reflections. You kept by our side over water and through nations new to us. You shepherded us through festivals, shows, meals and meetings. [...]

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Aug