Speaking of antiques, or "treasure hunters": Nicholas Cage has a castle by Vilseck Germany about 15 min's from my old house. LOL! I've never seen him there, and honestly you can't swing a cat over here without seeing a castle. I'm really itching to get back to the states though. I really want to see places like Yellowstone Park, Mt Rushmore, the Blue Ridge Mt's, and the Badlands of South Dakota. The history here is interesting, and I love Europe but my heart belongs in the U.S.A.
Joey --- On Mon, 9/7/09, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 5:27 PM > Where > would keep one if you had it ? > > --- On Mon, 9/7/09, Creative Residential Designs > <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Creative Residential Designs > <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 5:20 PM > > > That's awesome! I would love to see some of those old > fortresses and > castles. I've been an antique dealer for a lot of years > and these things > appeal to me. Hotrod. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Letourneau" <[email protected]> > To: > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:50 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday > > > Didn't get a whole lot of pics on the drive. That > is kinda difficult > especially at speed on corners. > > The citadel is a fortress originally built on orders from > Louis XIV. It has > been beat up quit a bit since then. > > The French love it because in the Franco-Prussian war of > 1870 the Citadel > held out against the Prussians even after all the rest of > France surrendered > (big surprise). Prussians still whooped the French > and the Citadel. > > The Prussians left the Citadel in 1918 (huh). They > came back a few years > later with a swastika. Allies beat/bombed the crap out of > the place and the > French surrendered the fort for last time in > 1945. In 1960 the fort was > given back to the townspeople. > > It's now a museum with a "Garden of Peace" > right below the southside walls. > The French are much better at sueing for peace than > prosecuting a war so the > garden seemed appropriate. > > Awesome countryside. Awesome villiage; they really > make great coffee and > bread. > > joey > > > --- On Mon, 9/7/09, Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride > yesterday > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 10:32 AM > > > > PICTURES! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joseph Letourneau" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:42 AM > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride > yesterday > > > > > > > > > > Took the 93 NH750 out through the Rhineland Pfalz > region > > (Germany) towards > > France, over into the Vogues Mt's and through the > old > > Maginot Line. Wound > > up at the Citadel, an old french fortress in the town > of > > Bitche. > Took > > nothing but back roads. What an awesome ride! > > > > Joey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
