• Today we did our first performance at The Meistertrunken Fest in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. We’re the only Scottish mercenaries here #

• Last night we taught some people an old English dance, Sir Roger de Coverly. Always hilarious watching people who aren’t used to dancing #

• A nicely chilly German mountain morning; a German breakfast; setup our German cellphone; and now to do some German dancing in a German city! #
• We visited Burg Trifels today (the castle Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in for so long); and then danced in the city of Speyer! #
• We’ve posted some photos of us dancing in Chateau Gruyéres near where we were staying in Bulle, Switzerland: http://tr.im/chateau_pics #

MANY local, national and international articles have been written about The Highländlers and the issues related to their mission tour. Here are two examples:

World Net Daily:    Dance Troupe to Show Homeschoolers Normal
                                    Trip through Europe to Blast Image as ‘Fanatics’
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96379

HSLDA:      Georgia to Germany: Let Parents Homeschool!
http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ga/200904070.asp

Flights and tour dates are all in place.

Two changes:

Number of team members reduced to 7.

Budget is reduced to $30,000.

These savings come from:  lower air fares, fewer team members, smaller rental vehicle, lower fuel costs, and more offers to stay in homes.