[SEL] European adventure

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi George,
	Several good friends have been in OZ attending the National there and visiting friends. They will be in the EU soon. You may run into them at several of the places you visit. If so, you will be in good company!
	Dave

On May 2, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Best, George wrote:

> Less than 7 days now before I head out for a European adventure.
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> This trip will really be an adventure unlike the previous trips and tours I've done.
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> For the first time only the first day (next Thursday) is really planned.
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> After arriving at the Amsterdam airport, we'll go visit the Juffer family and see their excellent collection.
> This has pretty much become a tradition with me as the Juffer's have been the first stop I make the past 11 years.
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> After the Juffer's we'll head to Germany to visit another friend that Harry and I have visited several times.
> We met this guy on our first engine trip to Germany and dropped in unexpectantly on him.  I had a German engine book with a photo of the guy, his name and the town he lived in.  We were passing near his town so made a detour to find him.  Stopped a person on the street, showed them the picture of the guy and they knew where he lives!
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> The next part is where the real adventure starts!  We go to the Czech Republic for 4 days and meet a guy I've been exchanging emails with for the past year.  This is a great unknown as Zdenek doesn't speak any English, although he does some German.  His emails can be confusing since he runs all of them through a translating program.  He does appear to know a lot of collectors in CZ and has said he has 25 locations for us to visit!
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> After we leave the Czech Republic we'll wander around for a few days and try to visit some more collections before returning to Harry's home on the Thursday before the Nuenen show.  Load up for the Nuenen show on Friday morning and go to the show.
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> The show should be a great one this year as I know that a lot of people (many on this list) will also be there.  With slidevalve engines being featured this should be a historic show.
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