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	Fast getaway The Maslowas family of Galloway Township traveled to Frankfurt, Germany and took the InterCity Express, or ICE, bullet train to Paris, France. Here, Nicole and Ryan are ready to board the train in Frankfurt. The train reached speeds up to 191 mph, and it took 3½ hours to get from Frankfurt to Paris, a distance of about 355 miles.
	Long way to go for a beer Blanche and Joe Coffineau of Galloway Township and their children and spouses salute The Current on Augustiner Street during their trip to Munich, Germany to enjoy the world famous Oktoberfest beer festival.
	Frank and Judy Sokolski of Palermo took the Gazette with them on their three-week vacation to Austria and Germany. We are pictured in front of the Alte Post Hotel in Oberamegau, Germany which is famous for their woodcarvings and the Passion Play.
	An interesting intersection Vic and Kathy Urbon are pictured in front of a monument marking the intersection of Germany, Switzerland and France on the Rhine River. The stop was one of many on a 14-day cruise of the Rhine and Mosel rivers from Basel, Switzerland, to Antwerp, Netherlands, on the Riverboat Melody. They were part of a 50-year reunion of four Drexel grads and their spouses.
	Jerry McNamara, of West Wildwood, shown in Bamberg, Germany. He served there in the Seventh Army 15th Transportation Company from April 1960 until August 1962. He was in Germany for the month of February.
Foreign exchange Grace Lechner, Debbie Rockelmann of Egg Harbor Township and Daniel Wehrhann, a former 2005-2006 exchange student of Rockelmann’s, visited the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. Lechner and Rockelmann visited different cities in Germany during their two-week trip, staying five days with Wehrhann’s family. They visited another former exchange student and attended her wedding.	Musicians on the go  Lauren Ferguson and Katelyn West, both of Northfield, traveled to Europe in July with American Music Abroad, hitting Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France. This picture was taken at the start of their trip at an ancient castle in Heidelberg, Germany, overlooking the city and the River Necker. The two were part of a musical group that consisted of high school musicians and vocalists from states along the East Coast.
Castle hopping in Germany The Carlsons’ family vacation took them to Germany where they visited family and several castles there. Shown at the Schloss Baldern Castle are Bob, Krystle and Gertrud Carlson of Egg Harbor Township.	Germany Craig and Renate Johnston, of Hanover, Pa. and Ocean City, together with their son Davis and Courtney Goncoe, of Chicago and their son, Chris, and Grace Vangeison, of Rochester, N.Y., recently visited family in Germany. They are shown traveling with the Gazette in front of the St. Nicholas castle in Schwerin, Germany. Schwerin is a city in what was at one time in the DDR. It has experienced much growth, redevelopment and reconstruction in the past 15 years.