Someday I would like to travel to Europe and swing cats. -Kyle
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Joseph Letourneau <[email protected] > wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
