CPT Trips

I am enjoying the action on the field, despite all the corruption ( not sure I’d call it politics) that got us into this mess in Qatar. The Netflix documentary series, “FIFA Uncovered” is worth watching.

@notamermaid Well, I will be watching. On almost any Sunday this time of year I would be torn between my local American Football team and this do or die game for die Mannschaft. Fortunately the NFL scheduler made today a night game. Bad sushi?

Are the markets noticeably dimmer this year? https://apnews.com/article/sports-business-wrestling-europe-8cb163439782aea4260b525270b142d9

We also visited Mauthausen, several years ago. Information the guides provided revealed the shortcomings of my (and also those with us) formal education. It was a grim day.

Relocation camps has nothing to do with POWs. It refers to the inland sites where people of Japanese decent (US citizens and non-citizens) were moved to from their homes in the west coast of the US. Their homes and businesses were also confiscated. https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation gives a good overview. Years later (during the Reagan administration) reparations were paid ($20,000 to each survivor) and the US government formally apologized.

@notamermaid Yes, now I understand your point. With the camps near Remagen, as with the “relocation” camps in the US, it seems there were active efforts to avoid wide spread public knowledge. To keep us in the dark as it were. Thank you for the post WWI history lesson. I learned somethings.

Was the US involved in any fighting in Germany during WWI? And I don’t believe we had troops in Germany on a long term basis after for any length of time after WWI. The US took many casualties in Germany during WWII, has a military presence there to this day, and had occupation forces in all or part of Germany for almost 50 years. That could explain the difference in questions about the two wars.

I don’t understand what you mean by this.

The DDay sites definitely deserve much more time than one has on even the longest day tour available with a river cruise.

The military did teach a lot of us geography. The US had a significant military presence in the Horn of Africa (Eritrea/Ethiopia) at least since the end of WWII and until the late ‘70s. Many of us in the Signal Corps hoped not to be assigned to the ASA unit at Camp Kagnew.

@notamermaid The existence of these “camps” was, to me, a totally unknown part of history until we visited the Peace Museum on a diy side trip to Remagen during a port stop in Bonn. @Canal archive There is something special about visiting the American Cemetery with a veteran! Something that will soon be impossible. We had a man on our cruise that we all referred to as a DDay veteran. He regularly corrected us saying he was not a DDay veteran as he didn’t hit the beach until DDay+2!

The million plus “disarmed enemy forces” kept by the US in the Rheinweisenlager didn’t have it nearly as well as those that spent part of the war in POW camps. That designation was a way to avoid the requirements of the Geneva Convention.

Grand Circle Travel visits Omaha Beach on their Seine river cruise. We toured several sites (WN60, the DDay Memorial, Sainte-Mère-Église, and Arromanches-les-Bains) in addition to Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery. It was a long day, but we’ll worth it. ETA: Our visit was six or so years ago. The current itinerary can be viewed at https://www.gct.com/trips/river-cruises/europe/the-seine-paris-to-normandy/2021/itineraries?icid=global:itineraries:europe-by-river-cruise:river-cruises:sen

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@Canal archive Help. I’m confused by the reference to Idi Amin, Baghdad, and Boer War.

Trivia time. Aldi and Lidl are not related in any other than each originated in Germany. Aldi was started by two brothers, the Albrechts. They had a business disagreement, not as serious as that of the Dassler brothers, and agreed to split and operate cooperatively in different areas of Germany. One corporation is Aldi Süd; the other is Aldi Nord. Aldi Süd expanded into the US as the Aldi we know. They operate similarly to the way they do in Germany. Aldi Nord later decided to operate in the US. Rather than split the country and also operate under the Aldi name as they did in Germany, they acquired and operate as Trader Joe’s.

You might want to look at Overseas Adventure Travel. Their clientele trends older and they are paced for that. https://www.oattravel.com/destinations/country/galapagos?ds=true&icid=glbsbx%3Asugclk%3Ar_c_t%3Ac%3Agalpagos Their itineraries are longer, 2 plus weeks, as they include either Machu Picchu or the Ecuador’s Amazon.

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That’s true, but realize that the park itself has taken steps limit access and limit deterioration of its natural environment. A reservation is now required to drive up Cadillac Mt. In all likelihood motor vehicle access to some popular sites in the park will be similarly restricted. I wouldn’t be surprised to see that only buses or vehicles with campground reservations will permitted on additional roads in the park.

I recall really enjoying a Princess shorex that took in the amazing nature in Costa Rico.

If you opt for an ocean cruise, there are ports close to city center. Lisbon and Barcelona come to mind.

Oops, I was focused on 2.5 weeks and overnights forgetting the other, important aspects of your trip.

Sure, more than happy to assist you. The ‘23 C8 Corvette Z06 fits the bill nicely at less than half the price of the least expensive Ferrari and a third the price of a Ferrari that might beat it on a track day.

^^^ This!

Try an Obama coffee blend, Kenyan and Kona. 😉