To say that the past 10 weeks has been crazy would be an understatement... We went to Luxembourg, Belgium, Bernkastel (twice), and have had to say good-bye to each other twice for deployments.
Luxembourg
We went to Luxembourg for the day with a few friends and toured the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, and walked around to check out the city. The cemetery was established on December 29, 1944, and was so amazing to see. General George Patton is buried there.
This is a picture from their website:
Here are a few photos we took:
Beautiful Luxembourg:
Belgium
We went to Tongeren, Belgium for the day for their Antique Flee Market. Every Sunday during the warmer months out of the year, hundreds of vendors set up in downtown Tongeren and even more people get up early to shop for a good deal (the flee market is open from 6am-2pm). You can find close to anything antique there and bargain for a good price. We have purchased some neat things to help decorate our home. We also had the most amazing Belgium waffles while we were there. A man has his table and sets it up on the side of the street and makes the fresh and they are fantastic, no extra toppings needed. Unfortunately, we have no pictures of this trip, but will post pictures of the things we purchased when we upload pictures of the house once it is all put together (this may be awhile, sorry).
Bernkastel, Germany
Bernkastel is an amazing village off the Mosel river that is about 10 minutes from our house. We have been there twice now and are looking forward to going there many more times. The first time we went to Bernkastel, we went to look around and grab a bite to eat at a place that was listed in the Panther Paws (a travel guide put together by spouses of the A-10 squadron here on base for traveling Germany and Europe). Unfortunately, the place we were looking for was closed, so we parked the car and decided to walk around to check out Bernkastel. It is such a cute place and the food is amazing. We ended up picking the place to eat based on which place Dave thought look the coolest from outside. The menu was in all German, and our waiter did not speak English, which made for an interesting meal, but still delicious.
This is the two of us at lunch that day
The second time we went to Bernkastel was with another couple from the squadron. We went wine tasting at a place called Vino Thek. This was by far the coolest place we had been to to go wine tasting. You pay 15 Euro and they give you glass along with a list of all their wines an information on each of them and you go down into this cellar and taste wine. They have over 130 wines you can taste, and you pour your own wine into your glass. If you decided you like that wine you simply pick up (it's right there next the wine you just tasted) and pay for it on your way out.
Downstairs in the cellar at the Vino Thek
Us wine tasting
On a bridge that crosses over the Mosel River
The Mosel River
Castle in Bernkastel
Bernkastel
Military Life
The military life is always so unpredictable. One minute you can be home, and the next your off at war. One thing is for sure, when duty calls you answer. Our squadron left abruptly with no idea of when they would return, which was not the easiest thing to swallow especially for our first deployement. In the end, our Warhawks returned home safely and were welcomed home with open arms and lots of love!
Here are some pictures of David's return
So happy to be together again!
Our time at home was short lived, as our squadron got ready to leave again for another deployment. Before we moved to Germany, we knew they would be deploying for 6 months starting in the spring, so this one we were more prepared for. Although being separated from your spouse for 6 months is not ideal, it's part of being in the military. We are both doing well, and of course miss each other.
The Lady Warhawks are making a scrapbook deployment calendar for every day that our boys are gone. One of the themes for a page is "patriotic kids" and here are ours!
