Awesome flight into Paris this morning.  Cool double decker tour bus with instrument trailer packed full.  Cool seeing Pegasus Bridge and Caen War Museum today.  Ended travel at 7pm in Saint Lo.  (34 hours awake with only a couple short naps on the bus!  We’re all tired.)  Internet service at the hotel is VERY slow tonight, so I hope to post some pics tomorrow if I find a faster Hot Spot.  Possible live phone interview scheduled with WoodTV 8 (www.woodtv.com) at 6:45am and 7:45am Saturday, June 6.

Several concerts scheduled for tomorrow.

All’s well and everyone is happy to finally have beds to sleep on!

05Jun09 6:30am Amsterdam Time.

ALLS WELL IN AMSTERDAM STOP PARIS NINE TWENTY FIVE STOP

At 3 Euros per 15 minutes of WIFI, I figured I better resort to telegraph technology to update the blog.

For 35 years I’ve stood in North America looking east towards the Netherlands (the land of my ancestors) and I have to admit, it was pretty amazing to descend through the clouds and see canals, fields, and a McDonalds and realize that I am now in Europe looking west towards home. They tell me it’s the same sun here as I see at home. Can you believe it? (I’m sort of kidding about that, but it’s still amazing to me!)

After our flight to Paris, we’ll be visiting the Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal. From there we will visit the Caen Memorial and find our hotels for the next three nights in Saint Lo, France.

Hopefully I’ll have a more stable internet connection at the hotel.

Absolutely perfect weather provided a great beginning for our trip!  After a few words from Holland Mayor Al McGeehan and a short prayer by Holland Legion Chaplain Scott Peirce, we loaded the buses and headed for the Detroit Airport.  We’ve arrived at the airport without incident and are in the process of getting through security and finding our gate.

Here’s a link to departure video on WoodTV.com:

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Holland_band_travels_to_Normandy

Next stop, Amsterdam!!!