Date Posted:08:22:17 05/07/04 Fri Author:Mark Iacampo Subject: 20 years?
Wow! Time flies when you're having fun! I sure don't feel 20 years older. Unfortunately, we'll not be making the reunion. Currently, I live in Japan. My wife and I work for the Department of Defense. She teaches elementary school to Military kids, and I do whatever odd jobs I can pick up. :^) In July we'll be moving to the Bavaria district of Germany.
We've got a ton of pictures from our time over here (2 years) posted on this site. http://groups.msn.com/japanadventures
Feel free to check them out. I guess I should explain about some of the odder ones. (notably, a bunch of people in medieval armor hitting each other with sticks.) We belong to an International medieval recreation group comprised of about 40,000 members who study the middle ages by learning and trying out there arts, sciences, etc. Kinda like those Civil War reenactors you see everywhere, but medieval instead. Oh, yeah, and our battles are not predetermined like Civil War battles, but are actually fought as a sport using wooden weapons and your own skill. I have fought in real castles around Europe, and have participated in these events on 4 continents.
I've had some interesting jobs over the years, my favorite being a stuntman in an Old West town where everyday I was beaten up, shot, and blown off of buildings with dynamite. I lived for seven years on the rim of the Grand Canyon, and have logged hundreds of miles trudging down its depths. I have had four kids books published, and a host of short stories, articles, and features in magazines, newspapers, and websites.
We have no kids, and no plans to have any. (They'd probably want to play with all my toys anyway!) We'd rather hop around the world spending their inheritance! So far we've visited Italy, Germany, Great Britain (about 5 times, including one trip for 2 months!) Luxembourg, Japan, Australia, Guam, and Korea. Now that we're moving to Europe, we plan on going EVERYWHERE! Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands are all within driving distance!
Be on the lookout for the next website of photos from Europe!
Looking forward to hearing from everyone! My philosophy on life: The music won't last forever, so dance while you can!
