Comments on: International Memories http://blog.denverbroncos.com/jsaccomano/international-memories/ Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cjkrier http://blog.denverbroncos.com/jsaccomano/international-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-128270 cjkrier Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:04:14 +0000 http://blog.denverbroncos.com/?p=8955#comment-128270 Great job Jim. I love reading your stuff. Great job Jim. I love reading your stuff.

]]> By: Broncos Born & Raised http://blog.denverbroncos.com/jsaccomano/international-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-128265 Broncos Born & Raised Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:45:17 +0000 http://blog.denverbroncos.com/?p=8955#comment-128265 PS. A "Dixie Cup" is what we call our white hats that we wear with our Dress Blue and Dress White Uniforms. Up until very recently there were working variations of these uniforms that we would also wear our Dixie Cups with but Navy decided we had far too many uniforms to keep up with and axed them. Probably a good idea. PS. A “Dixie Cup” is what we call our white hats that we wear with our Dress Blue and Dress White Uniforms. Up until very recently there were working variations of these uniforms that we would also wear our Dixie Cups with but Navy decided we had far too many uniforms to keep up with and axed them. Probably a good idea.

]]> By: Broncos Born & Raised http://blog.denverbroncos.com/jsaccomano/international-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-128264 Broncos Born & Raised Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:38:07 +0000 http://blog.denverbroncos.com/?p=8955#comment-128264 Wow Jim, you really made me reminisce about all the time I spent overseas as a sailor. My first trip across the pond was to the Balitc to do NATO training excersises with ships from several countires including but not limited to England, Germany, Lithuania, and even Russia! We spent a few days in Karlsham, Sweden. A very quaint looking town with not much to do besides eating kababs and drinking. Then a Brief Stop for Fuel (BSF) in England. Can't remember the port because we there only a few hours. We were in Kiel Germany during the later rounds of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. My buddy and I couldn't walk the streets without some overzealous Germans trying to pour alcohol down our throats (we allowed some of the attractive female variety to do just that). But the most memorable for me was St. Petersburg Russia. From the architecture to their polarized reception of us, no other country in Europe has ever felt as alien to me. I was on Duty, meaning I wasn't supposed to leave the ship, and I was suffering through an armed watch with numerous nickle and quarter sized blisters on my feet. These came from walking all over Kiel in our dress shoes several days before. I was told by my Section Leader that I was being volunTOLD to go on a tour of the Russian Naval Museam. Previously the tour was voluntary but no one volunteered. Our presence in Russia was a HUGE diplomacy deal and it was clear that we would not disrespect them by not going on their tour. The irony was that I would've jumped at the chance to go had my feet been in better condition. Under the circumstances I was less than thrilled. The tour was physically torurous but the history was fascinating. After that our group decided it would be a great idea to walk six blocks the only McDonalds in town (so I was told) because we had an hour before our bus would return to bring us back in to ship. So I walked about a mile round trip for the worst McDonald's cheesburger I ever tasted, and in that time a bus ran a stop light in an apparent attempt to run us over, we had rocks throw at us, we posed for numerous pictures, I gave away my white dixie cup to probably the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, and a shipmate of mine was given a gargantuan bottle of Vodka by a very amiable man who spoke zero English. Talk about a mixed up trip. Well that was completely unrelated to the Broncos, except for the fact that one of its most die hard fans experienced it. Sorry if this bored you guys, but Jim triggered the ol' nolstagia factor for me. I guess it's time to start using exclamation marks again, Bay :) GO BRONCOS!!!! Wow Jim, you really made me reminisce about all the time I spent overseas as a sailor. My first trip across the pond was to the Balitc to do NATO training excersises with ships from several countires including but not limited to England, Germany, Lithuania, and even Russia! We spent a few days in Karlsham, Sweden. A very quaint looking town with not much to do besides eating kababs and drinking. Then a Brief Stop for Fuel (BSF) in England. Can’t remember the port because we there only a few hours. We were in Kiel Germany during the later rounds of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. My buddy and I couldn’t walk the streets without some overzealous Germans trying to pour alcohol down our throats (we allowed some of the attractive female variety to do just that).
But the most memorable for me was St. Petersburg Russia. From the architecture to their polarized reception of us, no other country in Europe has ever felt as alien to me. I was on Duty, meaning I wasn’t supposed to leave the ship, and I was suffering through an armed watch with numerous nickle and quarter sized blisters on my feet. These came from walking all over Kiel in our dress shoes several days before. I was told by my Section Leader that I was being volunTOLD to go on a tour of the Russian Naval Museam. Previously the tour was voluntary but no one volunteered. Our presence in Russia was a HUGE diplomacy deal and it was clear that we would not disrespect them by not going on their tour. The irony was that I would’ve jumped at the chance to go had my feet been in better condition. Under the circumstances I was less than thrilled. The tour was physically torurous but the history was fascinating. After that our group decided it would be a great idea to walk six blocks the only McDonalds in town (so I was told) because we had an hour before our bus would return to bring us back in to ship. So I walked about a mile round trip for the worst McDonald’s cheesburger I ever tasted, and in that time a bus ran a stop light in an apparent attempt to run us over, we had rocks throw at us, we posed for numerous pictures, I gave away my white dixie cup to probably the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, and a shipmate of mine was given a gargantuan bottle of Vodka by a very amiable man who spoke zero English. Talk about a mixed up trip.
Well that was completely unrelated to the Broncos, except for the fact that one of its most die hard fans experienced it. Sorry if this bored you guys, but Jim triggered the ol’ nolstagia factor for me. I guess it’s time to start using exclamation marks again, Bay :)
GO BRONCOS!!!!

]]> By: BeastFromEast92 http://blog.denverbroncos.com/jsaccomano/international-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-128258 BeastFromEast92 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:59:11 +0000 http://blog.denverbroncos.com/?p=8955#comment-128258 Great post Jim,and I remember TD's BIG HIT in the Tokyo game. Great post Jim,and I remember TD’s BIG HIT in the Tokyo game.

]]> By: baylinorcrush http://blog.denverbroncos.com/jsaccomano/international-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-128257 baylinorcrush Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:41:23 +0000 http://blog.denverbroncos.com/?p=8955#comment-128257 I'm speechless. GO BRONCOS!!!! Good to see all those pics of Elway this week, excellent timing to remember that there were great times and hopefully there will be many more. I’m speechless.

GO BRONCOS!!!!

Good to see all those pics of Elway this week, excellent timing to remember that there were great times and hopefully there will be many more.

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