Leavin'.... on a jet plane

[hotwine]

Will add one more note about this trip and then shut up, unless someone has a question.

Our group of 22 was joined by another group of 13 from East Texas. Within that group was an elderly gentleman, a "Dr. Ben". We arrived in Munich and met our Czech tour guide, a middle-aged lady who was to stay with us for the entire visit. As we travelled by tour bus from Munich into the Czech Republic, Dr. Ben remarked to the guide how pleased he was to again be visiting her country. She asked, "So you have been in Czech Republic before?" He replied, "Oh yes, but on that trip I crossed your border on top of a tank in General Patton's Third Army." Our guide freaked out! "You were in the liberation force!" "Yes", he replied. "We had outrun our supply lines and arrived hungry, and the Czech people welcomed us and fed us and gave us wine and beer and celebrated our arrival as though it was New Year's Eve." "Oh, thank you, thank you for giving us liberty!" she cried.

Dr. Ben returned home, resumed his studies and earned a PhD in chemistry, which he taught at the university level for 37 years.
Quite a fellow and it was an honor to spend some time with him.