In August of 1973 Jim Van Schaack, Joyce Van Schaack and Chris Van Schaack visited the beautiful Butchart Gardens in Victoria, Canada.

In the summer of 1978 Jim and Joyce Van Schaack visited Holland, the land of windmills, flowers, diamonds, Rembrandt, Vincent Van Gogh and very industrious people. Much of the country is below sea level so water is pumped into canals, ponds or ditches so canal

In the summer of 1979, Jim and Joyce Van Schaack visited Ireland. An island of 32,589 square miles, smaller than the state of Main. Norther Ireland shares the island. It is part of The United Kingdom. We left the west coast of Great Britain by ferry and landed

In 1989 Jim and Joyce Van Schaack visited Italy. They began their trip in Milan and worked their way south to Sorrento. They visited an early shopping mall, a great cathedral, saw a statue of Leonardo Di Vinci. visited a palace in Milan. In Genoa they visited

Jim Van Schaack and Joyce Van Schaack made a visit to Locust Grove, the Home of General George Rogers Clark, the founder of Louisville Kentucky conqueror of the Northwest Territory.

In 1979 Jim Van Schaack and Joyce Van Schaack visited London, England in the UK. The visited among other things, the Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, and early English castle and they enjoy the changing of the guard as well as an armor and weapons display th

Jim Van Schaack and Joyce Van Schaack visited Paris France in 1978. Jim Van Schaack and Joyce Van Schaack visited Paris France in 1978. Among other things they visited the Arc de Triomphe, the French was memorial. They visited the Eiffel Tower which was constr

In 1989 Jim Van Schaack and Joyce Van Schaack visited the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24, 79AD. Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash for 2000 years. 1500 to 2000 people died due to the eruption. Excavation of Pompeii

In 1978 Jim Van Schaack and Joyce Van Schaack explored the walled Imperial City of Rothenburg Germany, a city from the Middle Ages. It is a beautiful city.