OH Sharon!!! How the heck did you score those? What radio station are you listening to? I like Jewel...but not enuf to re-arrange my schedule tomorrow. Hope someone takes you up on the offer!!! Now if it was Beiber tickets, I'd have to fight someone. My grand-daughter would DIE if I could score those. Paula

I visited Munich when I was in high school and my brother lives in Berlin so I've been there once. The thing I remember most from Munich (and all of Germany that we visited on that school trip) was the great food. I have photos of us shopping the huge farm market in the center of Munich, buying stuff for a picnic. I remember seeing lots of old churches in Germany. Munich was one of my favorite cities but all I rememeber doing was walking around and eating, lol! Oh yes, and seeing the city hall or whatever that building was with the carved wooden figures that spin around. One of my favorite things to do was eat italian ice (called eis in German). My favorite parts of the S. Germany trip were taking the train out to the countryside to little towns where we stayed at hostels, and then hiking around. We went to a local beirfest which was a couple miles from our hostel, just because we started hiking down this trail and walked right into the middle of it. The wayside trails in Germany are very beautiful. They are much more into hiking there than we are here in the US. Here in the US you have to DRIVE to a hiking trail, lol! I would ask at the hotel or tourist place where I was staying what some good walks were, but that's just me, that's what I like to do. As for Berlin, lots of beautiful old buildings to see there too. My brother lives in the Turkish quarter. We went to the Berlin Conservatory or Horticultural Gardens or whatever it is called, which was fabulous. Also saw a concert of the Berlin Philharmonic in their amazing concert hall. Hung out around Univ. of Berlin. Went to the WWII memorial there, ate at a lot of little restaurants and cafes, did the market thing there too. Did some shopping on the main 5th avenue street, can't remember what it is called, but at the end of the street is a big ruin of the Lutheran Cathedral in Berlin which was left as a WWII memorial, and there is a beautiful new church and fountain out in front of it. It is called the "GedachnessKirche" or some such spelling, which means sort of "Church of Thankfulness" which I liked. Lots of fun shopping in little boutiques in Berlin too. It's very similar to NYC I think, it just has a vibe wherever you go. Lots of great museums there too, but I'm kind of outdoorsy, so since the weather was nice and it was early summer, we took some suburban and country excursions and walked around a lot instead of going to a lot of indoor attractions. It was in the cafes of Berlin that I developed my cappucino addiction. It was the alternative to beer, which I am allergic to.

Last year a really expensive camera was delivered to my house. What was odd is I never ordered a camera from this online website. $1400 was charged to my American Express card though. I sent an email to the company and said I wanted to send it back because I never ordered it and they could credit my card. I then received a return label to send it back. Packed it up an sent it back, but the company never received the camera. I had sent it back return receipt requested to avoid this very claim. The company then wanted to know where I had sent it to. I sent all of my paperwork to them and they said #1 we do not use the USPS we use UPS and #2 they knew nothing about the address I had sent the camera to. Low and behold, I looked up the address on google maps and saw it had been returned to a house that looked like a migrant workers house. American Express fought the charge and it was removed from my bill. (I love Amex for this reason). PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!! I can only think they hacked into my email as well as using my credit card number. It is really scary knowing how devious some can be.

On PBS here, the whole time from 8pm until 11pm is listed as Viewer's Choice. We had The Beatles, no TSO. Now there's some guy telling us how to be rich for life. Can't imagine whose choice that was. Sue