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<DIV>To all of you:&nbsp; We had a great time in Rome, spent 7 hours in the Vatican, it was&nbsp; great, but the crowds were so big that it really took the edge off the experience.&nbsp; Then north up through Tuscany&nbsp; region of&nbsp; Italy (quaintly beautiful) through to Switzerland&nbsp; where we took the most beautiful&nbsp;&nbsp;road of the trip&nbsp;over the majestic Swiss&nbsp;alps (camped on the&nbsp; 'Sustenpass').&nbsp; We took list member Bill Kasper`s advice and&nbsp; went to the Interlaken region and&nbsp; took 4 cable car&nbsp; rides up the Schilthorn (2,971 meter mountain) and then walked down (full report to follow), it was GREAT. (thanks Bill)&nbsp;&nbsp; Switzerland is by far the most beautiful&nbsp;country that we have visited.&nbsp; Then again north&nbsp; up through a corner of (20 minutes) Austria and now north up through&nbsp; cutsie&nbsp;German&nbsp;town after cutsie&nbsp;Gerrman town&nbsp;&nbsp;(along what is&nbsp;called the Romantic&nbsp; Road) where&nbsp;we are now in Bamberg&nbsp;, Germany.</DIV>
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<DIV>The van&nbsp; has been cooperating,&nbsp; no major problems, a bit of oil seepage but tightening the bolts around the offending&nbsp; pipes seems to have taken care of that.&nbsp; The fridge fuse&nbsp;blew, but that was fixed in 1 minute. We have about 10&nbsp; days remaining and we will&nbsp; soon be heading west for Belgium to ship the van.&nbsp; Our&nbsp; mood picked up greatly&nbsp; in Switzerland and we are again enjoying every minute of the trip.</DIV>
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<DIV>Just thought&nbsp; you all would like to know,&nbsp; Malcolm &amp; Pat</DIV>
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