One of my many passions is traveling.  As a child, I daydreamed of visiting faraway, exotic places.  When I became an adult and a teacher, my husband Bill and I made our first trip to Europe.  I carefully planned the itinerary, and we rented a car and spent twenty-one days touring as many countries as we could.  That first summer we visited countries like France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, both East and West Germany (at this time), Switzerland, Italy, and Monaco. …..