Thursday, August 03, 2006

Team Crusty Europe Video World Premiere

On July 21st, Team Crusty traveled to Riverview, MI for the premiere viewing of Team Crusty's Europe video! We didn't bother with a red carpet, preferring to keep it low-key... Busia and Dzia-dzia seemed to enjoy the video - Busia repeatedly commented on recognizing names from Dzia-dzia's letters, while Dzia-dzia not only remembered the names but also recognized a number of places: the Eiffel Tower, Luxembourg, Hollenfels Castle (kind of).

One place that made a big impression on Dzia-dzia - which was a bit of a surpirise to us - was the former Army hospital in Liege. He kept saying things to the effect of "I'll be - the hospital!" during that part of the video. CrustyBill and I were so glad we'd looked for and found it!

All in all it was a great experience to share the video with Busia and Dzia-dzia. It was nice for Dzia-dzia to see all of these places again, 60-some years after he was there. And it was satisfying for us to fulfill the purpose of our trip (no, it was not beer tasting - that just happened to work in well!). Kudos to CrustyBill for an excellent job on creating the Team Crusty video, a.k.a. one of the least boring, most-polished vacation videos you'll ever see!