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11/23 - Thanksgiving week

November 23, 2015
Hello all.  Been a few weeks since I've updated this part.  I used to say I was going to try to update it a couple of times a week and I believe I did for a while while I was in Germany, but here, things just aren't moving like they were there.  However, with the seasons coming and the weather, hopefully cooling, there will be more to do and places to go.  Plus, I'll make myself get out there more.  Been so focused on work these past few weeks as I'm trying to learn and get acclimated to the way things are done here.  It will come.

Hope everyone has a good week and enjoys Thanksgiving.

Until next time...

Bill out

Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

11/2 - Welcome to November

November 2, 2015
Greetings all you foolish mortals!  We have survived another Halloween season and this year was quite interesting.  I managed to go to 3 "haunts" this year.  The first one was Horror Nights at Europa Park.  The second one was Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa and the final one was Knott's Scary Farm at Knott's Berry Farm.  They were all different and unique in their ways and designs.  I attempted to try to visit the Queen Mary Haunted Harbor but it was so crowded that I couldn't even get o...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

10/29 Just about 2 weeks

October 30, 2015
Here we are coming up to the end of the 2nd week of being out here in California and it's been great with the job and all I've been given, but it's also been stressful trying to find a place to live.  I've looked at numerous places and found a few but when I call them, they don't have anything.  Why then do they advertise if they don't have anything available?  Just wasting my time but they won't refuse if you want to fill out an application and spend money only to find out if they don't have...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

10/21 - Wow

October 21, 2015
Before I start off with this update, I just wanted to bring something up that I missed due to being extremely busy during the time.  On October 5th 2015, Grandma would have been 100 years old.  While she's now been gone for about 4 1/2 years, she's never been forgotten.  She is always in my thoughts and heart and every night I wrap myself up in a blanket she hand made for me.  I love you very much.

Now onto the other updates.  So I've now been out here in California for a few days and have bee...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

10/10 - Recovered

October 11, 2015
Greetings everybody!!!  So I've been home a week and a half and I think I'm finally acclimated to the time change.  It's been a very busy and fun time since I've been back.  I've been able to eat real food with flavor and also have some spices.  I've spent time with my son and was able to experience Howl-O-Scream too.  I'll write up about that in a bit.  Anyways, it's great to be back and I look forward to the next chapter.

Until later...

Bill out

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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Sep 30th - Coming Home!!!

September 30, 2015
Goot morgan!!!  We are in our last few hours of being in Germany.  I am feeling bittersweet about this due to several reasons but it's time to come home.  The weather here has been perfect now and I'm really disappointed about leaving it behind but hopefully, it won't be too bad when I get back to the states. 

This being the last day I'm here in Stuttgart, I look back fondly and remember what I've done and places I've seen and different countries I've been fortunate to visit and experience.

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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Sep 21st - France

September 21, 2015
So yesterday, September 20th, I headed out west and visited a couple of places in Eastern France.  I visited Marckolsheim, Colmar and Strausberg for a complete day.

In Marckolsheim, I visited Casemate de Marckolsheim Sud, which is a bunker that was built by the French on the German border.  It still shows the scars from the battles it endured along with bomb craters and there are even some projectiles still embedded in the armor.  Inside this was a museum displaying the heroics of the French a...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Sep 19th - Oktoberfest and Munich

September 19, 2015
Greetings to all and sorry for the delays on writing.  Been a busy few weeks and also big news.  I'm coming home!!!  After over 6 months of being in Stuttgart and away from loved ones and family, I'm coming home.  Maybe for only a little while though as I am preparing for another big life change.  Moving to California for a new job.  Not quite my home in San Diego but not too far away in Anaheim.

So today was the start of Oktoberfest in the original home of it, Munich, Germany.  Started off th...
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Sep 2nd - The new beginning

September 2, 2015
Hello there and welcome September.  It's been crazy here as we've finally have gotten rid of summer, I hope.  Sure has been a hot one but looking forward to some cooler weather.

So what do I mean the new beginning?  Well, today, 5 years ago, almost to the time, my life changed in a way I thought would be too tough to recover.  It almost was as many things changed drastically.  However, today, 5 years ago, I was walked out the door from my job at Florida Bank, who coincidentally, doesn't exist ...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Aug 29th - Konstanz

August 30, 2015
Headed south Saturday afternoon to a town on the border between Germany and Switzerland, called Konstanz.  It was a relatively short drive and the town itself is a nice one.  It's built on the Rhine river and also Lake Constance.  It was pretty neat to just walk around and see all the places that you see online all the time.  I saw the "beach" where you could swim in a controlled part of the river.  Overall it was a "typical" German town that I've seen quite a few times already.  Has a shoppi...
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