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If Only We Could Have Skipped the Airports

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Dallas, TX –

Something will always go wrong. You just don’t know what until “it” happens.

There was one trip where everything was great, except when we were dealing with airports. Yes, most people hate dealing with airports to begin with, but this trip stands out to this day.

It started out on the small, insignificant side. Our itinerary was to fly from Dallas/Ft. Worth to London, then change airports and fly on to Paris. Then reverse this path on the way home.

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Holy Car! (Not To Mention A Giant Turtle…)

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Huế, Vietnam –

The car was rusted out with the original paint faded but still showing.

It was obviously a cherished relic, roped off, with a placard in front, proclaiming its holiness. Behind it, on the wall, was an all too familiar image. A monk, sitting on the street in Saigon, immolating himself, as the tensions were rising that would eventually lead to the Vietnam War.

In the famous photo, behind the flaming monk, sat a car. The same car he had driven down from Huế. The very car that stood in this place of honor.

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Accosted in Montmartre

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Paris, France –

Yep, we were accosted, in broad daylight, in a crowded square in the popular Montmartre neighborhood, in front of everyone.

Sacre bleu! Who would do such a thing?

Well…

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