I have been so very blessed to be invited to perform on 12 USO Tours visiting 40 countries! and we actually performed in 25 or 26 of those countries. I'd like to Thank everyone who helped make those Tours a success! My favorite photos from each country are listed below. Thank you for viewing!
GERMANY
NUMBER OF VISITS: 6 or 7
FAVORITE PERSON: Road Rage Rudy & Gisela
Each visit to Germany we had a bus driver named, "Road Rage Rudy" who drove us to each performance ... what a treat!! We visited all the American bases and saw every castle on the way!
ITALY
NUMBER OF VISITS: 5 or 6
FAVORITE SITE: Venice
I could very easily live in Italy! The language, the food, the sights and the easy laid back lifestyle are all wonderful! We saw Venice, the Leaning Tower, the Vatican, Sicily .... just Wow!
EGYPT AND JORDAN
NUMBER OF VISITS: 3
FAVORITE SITE: Mt Nebo - Moses!
Egypt and Jordan - such Magical places! We visited the Pyramids, the place where Jesus was baptized and the place where Moses spoke to God on top of Mt Nebo .... fascinating countries!
TURKEY
NUMBER OF VISITS: 6
FAVORITE PERSON AND EVENT: Seyhan!
Turkey is such a fantastic country with surprises around every corner and extremely nice people! Seyhan Elma was our Cooridinator on each visit and he made sure our visits were spectacular!
ENGLAND
NUMBER OF VISITS: 3
FAVORITE SITE: Buckingham Palace
We visited Madame Tussauds, Sherlock Holmes Pub, Buckingham Palace and had some really great shows in Merry Old England!
GREECE
NUMBER OF VISITS: 4
FAVORITE SITE: Olympia
Greece - visiting Olympia is like going back in time. Seeing where the very first Olympics were held, WOW. We also visited the island of Crete.
PORTUGAL
NUMBER OF VISITS: 5
FAVORITE MOMENT: running of the bulls
BOSNIA AND KOSOVO
NUMBER OF VISITS: 1
FAVORITE MOMENT: riding a Black Hawk Helicopter
While we were in Kosovo, fighting started and we had to take a black hawk helicopter to our show.
CUBA AND PUERTO RICO
NUMBER OF VISITS: 1
FAVORITE MOMENT: meeting Jimmy Buffett
Yes, we had dinner with and met Jimmy Buffett at Guatanamo Bay, Cuba!
a photo of our entire group in Larissa Greece right before the show!