and buon giorno, mia bella Vicenza! It's about that time, folks. We are trekking down to Italy in a matter of days.
We have a new mailing address --
CMR 427 Box 3804
APO, AE 09630
And a few fun pictures of the bouts of relaxation we have had over the past month. Click right here! As you'll see, we relax by doing various exercises, and we tend to enjoy both day and night in jammie gear. With no A/C to speak of in this country, there is little motivation to get dolled up unless we have a valid reason.
Speaking of -- we are getting dolled up tonight for dinner with the Ecklors, some dear friends we have made here in Bamberg. We will miss them, even though we are excited about our next adventure.
Enjoy the pictures!
16 July 2013
10 July 2013
Independence Day, Bamberg Style
And this time, we had Daddy and the boys home to help us celebrate one of the greatest holidays ever established.
We managed to take a few shots while we enjoyed the gorgeous weather, fun events, and fabulous company. You can check them out here!
This year serves as the last one in which Bamberg will celebrate America's independence. Although the post will still technically be open next July, there will be only a few soldiers and families around -- not enough to support the financing and efforts needed to conduct the day's events. We are thankful that we had a celebration at all; many American bases overseas were not given the funding to celebrate the holiday this year. #EFFTHEFURLOUGH (disclaimer: not really a hashtag link. Just a link to a related article. This revelation should not surprise anyone reading this blog... but we don't follow the hashtag craze. It is funny though.) What's not funny is that we have soldiers stationed around the world that can't even throw down on our nation's birthday. The men and women sacrificing everything to give us cause to celebrate are stuck watching the NYC fireworks on July 5th on their TV screens. It's not the same, and it doesn't seem right at all.
However, Bamberg did a nice job of giving us all that patriotic feeling, with hamburger, hot dogs, brats, drinks, bouncy houses, dance floors, and live music. After the sun went down, the fireworks went up -- a show lasting around 10+ minutes. As you'll see in the video below, the fireworks were beautiful! And yours truly (Jess here, not Zeke... sorry to disappoint) hopped up on stage and sang our nation's hymn to complete the event. (And Pappy, notice I threw in a verse of "O, America!" at the end -- enjoy!)
Happy Berfday, 'Merica. We miss you dearly.
We managed to take a few shots while we enjoyed the gorgeous weather, fun events, and fabulous company. You can check them out here!
This year serves as the last one in which Bamberg will celebrate America's independence. Although the post will still technically be open next July, there will be only a few soldiers and families around -- not enough to support the financing and efforts needed to conduct the day's events. We are thankful that we had a celebration at all; many American bases overseas were not given the funding to celebrate the holiday this year. #EFFTHEFURLOUGH (disclaimer: not really a hashtag link. Just a link to a related article. This revelation should not surprise anyone reading this blog... but we don't follow the hashtag craze. It is funny though.) What's not funny is that we have soldiers stationed around the world that can't even throw down on our nation's birthday. The men and women sacrificing everything to give us cause to celebrate are stuck watching the NYC fireworks on July 5th on their TV screens. It's not the same, and it doesn't seem right at all.
However, Bamberg did a nice job of giving us all that patriotic feeling, with hamburger, hot dogs, brats, drinks, bouncy houses, dance floors, and live music. After the sun went down, the fireworks went up -- a show lasting around 10+ minutes. As you'll see in the video below, the fireworks were beautiful! And yours truly (Jess here, not Zeke... sorry to disappoint) hopped up on stage and sang our nation's hymn to complete the event. (And Pappy, notice I threw in a verse of "O, America!" at the end -- enjoy!)
Happy Berfday, 'Merica. We miss you dearly.
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