Charleene Fell:  

Life I just returned in early October from a 3 week trip to Europe in September. Scott had been travelling for over a year and I decided to join him for a trek through Italy, Germany, Austria, France, and England before he ended his travels and headed back to the U.S. We met up in Rome, then went on to Venice, Florence, Pisa, and Milan, Italy. Drove through the Alps and we then stopped in Salzburg, Austria, and then went on to Munich, Germany for opening day of Oktoberfest. What a bachannal! Those Germans sure love their beer and drinking songs. We visited the Hof Brau House while there. What a hoot!! We met a business associate of my older son, Kevin, who lives in Germany and had dinner with him and his wife. Then on to 3 days in Paris, France, then took the Chunnel train to London which runs beneath the English Channel, and I finished up with 4 days in London before I flew home to Arizona. While in Paris and Munich, we met up with friends that Scott had met on his travels in India earlier in the year. They were wonderful hosts and friends to almost perfect strangers since Scott had only been acquainted with them for a few days before moving on to another travel location. We were overwhelmed by their hospitality. I had a wonderful, unbelieveable, awesome 3 weeks of vacation in Europe that I will never forget (barring Alzheimers.....Ha!). Now I am off for a week in the Reno, Nevada area to visit 4 girlfriends from high school (and two from elementary school). We should have a great time together laughing and appreciating what a treasure long-time friendships are. That's over 50 years now. Wow!!!!!! We can't be THAT old. Ha! Besides California, I've lived in Florida and Oregon, and now Arizona, but have travelled through about half of the states in the U.S. including Hawaii, and now 5 countries in Europe. I have 2 great sons, Kevin and Scott. Kevin has a company that manufactures parts for vehicles for off-roading (kevinsoffroad dot com) and is into real estate investing. Scott was a computer engineer for General Dynamics in Scottsdale. He quit after working there for 10 years and made a trek around the world (Oct 2007 that took a little over a year, returning in Oct. 2008). (He is back in Arizona and was rehired at General Dynamics in April 2009. And he is also teaching computer instruction at Collins College this semester.) During his world trek, his first stop was in Belize where he got his SCUBA certification so he can enjoy the underwater world too on his travels, including the Great Barrier Reef near Australia and New Zealand. He was in San Pedro de Atacama, Northern Chile on Feb. 1st. He sailed to Antarctica for 11 days and loved it! He headed to Araquipa, Peru on Feb. 2nd and Machu Pichu and Lake Titicaca. Scott flew out of South America Feb. 22nd and landed in Sydney, Australia. He took a plane to...Expand for more