In case anyone wonders about the lack of posts from me between May 13th and June 1st, this is to let you know that I will be on vacation. The first vacation in over 28 years! Can you spell EXCITED? The odd part is that it will only be myself and my son going on the trip. The rest of the family is waiting for that perfect vacation . . . the one where we each have three maids to pack and carry the bags! Seriously, my husband wants to do some kitchen repairs and it has been difficult to do so when he and I both have this inclination to cook meals every day. He figures that with some of the family home, he can get going on long-desired projects.
My son has never been on a plane much less overseas and is very excited. He is especially thrilled that the tour we chose is totally themed around World War II battlefields, museums, foxholes, beaches where the allie came ashore, holocaust memorials, etc. He plans to major in History and is looking forward to actually standing in place where history was made.
It is funny that when we started saving for this trip, it seemed more like an interesting project than a reality. I think getting to that early morning flight this week will put the reality spin on the fact that we are actually going! My husband is a bit wistful about missing me. He keeps saying the whole idea sounded better six months ago. What a 'miracle' age we live in, however. He doesn't have to wait for the first postcard to arrive to know we are at our first destination. For $1.29 a minute, we can call from any country on our trip from the cell phone.
The next couple of days before take off, we are charging up the cell phone, rechecking our packing, and making sure we have passports and travelers' checks in hand. My mother-in-law is thrilled about our adventure and said she would be praying us there and back which means a lot to us. Here's praying the world behaves and travelers, including us, have safe and wonderful adventures.
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Just a head's up . . . We have now been home for over a month from the trip. As you can see from posted pictures, we had an educational and enjoyable time. The only problem? It seemed too short and already so long ago . . . We were in Germany during both the e-coli outbreak and the antsy volcano eruption in Iceland that grounded a lot of German flights. We just went on with our planned trip and by the time it was departure mode, there was no problem in flying home. Okay, there was ONE problem . . . having to say goodbye to the vacation!
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