Oops! Just woke up from a 3 hour nap and I don't have much time. We leave the hotel in 30 min (10:30pm) and fly all night to Tel Aviv...I will make this quick.

Mainz is a beautiful village (town) located near Frankfurt. This chapel was about a 5 min walk from our hotel. My pictures really don't do it justice as this town reminded me of a movie set. In fact, this church looked like Snow White's castle from Disney World. It was here during WWII when the city was bombed daily by American bombers. The story goes, a B-17 bomber was shot down and the American gunner's parachute got hung up on the bridge crossing the Rhein and he was captured. Seems the towns people eventually hung him after being "stirred up" by the Nazi's. When the Americans heard of his fate, the bomber crews kept one bomb from every mission henceforth, and saved it for the town of Mainz on their way back to England. It was known as "Save one for Mainz". How this church survived is a miracle!
When we landed last night, Clell and I had some red wine in the bar with about 6-7 other pilots and then went to a local restaurant for some Veiner Schnitzel and a cold pilzer. It hit the spot! We ended up discussing politics with a 26 yr old student from Mainz and had a great time. Obviously the media has a big impact on the political views of so many Europeans. He was a smart young man...and eventhough we disagreed on our new President, he is very unhappy with the social system in Europe. He bar tends on the side as a student and hates the fact so many people are on the dole. Sound familiar?
Anyway, got to bed late....slept til noon....ran along the Rhein ...then had a braukwurst for lunch. No beer....gotta fly. Ok, time to go. Off to Tel Aviv via Athens. The first leg is mine. Landing in the harbor of Athens is gorgeous at night. We get to Tel Aviv at 7am tomorrow....for another 2 day layover. I'll hit the ground running ;-)
See you all soon......

Moose