This is an on-line chronicle of the purplearth oddyzee, an exploration of the nooks and crannies of the world that are missed by the normal traveler.

Our mission for this European oddyzee is similar to that of our western oddyzee earlier this year: to study the various ways that people address the challenges of day-to-day life, and to apply what we learn to improving life at home.
– We will closely observe the different ways that people get about.
– We will sample the food, drink and smoke (not tobacco, of course) that the locals enjoy.
– We will explore the nooks and crannies where foreigners are seldom seen, as well as a handful of high-profile sites that we think are cool.
– We will learn what we can from the attitudes that the rest of the world has toward Americans (or at least toward unusual Americans such as us).
– And finally, we will seek out and explore the homes of our immediate ancestors in an effort to learn why they left here, and perhaps even find some distant cousins – descendants of the families our ancestors left behind.

One dilemma we *have* solved since last summer is the transfer of digital images from our camera to our computer, so expect to see a shot or two with our updates.