My Bags Are Packed ... Sort of

Well, I know it's been a while, but as I said last time, things are a bit crazy in my neck of the woods. Next week at this time, I'll be in Germany. Meanwhile, this weekend is filled to the brim with last minute things to do before I leave. My bags are nearly packed, my itinerary is pretty set, and all that remains is to make sure I have my passport and am up and functional in time to catch the 3:00am bus to the airport.

I'm really looking forward to the trip, but not necessarily the flight. I'm going with a large group, so we had to split up into two groups for the first part of the journey. My group leaves here at 5:30am and flies to Cincinnati, where we have a 3-hour layover. Then we get on another plane bound for Atlanta, where we have another 4 hours to wait before boarding our flight to Munich. So we will actually have been travelling about 12 hours before we get on the longest leg of the trip. I'm hoping that means that I'll be tired enough to get some sleep on that last plane.

My itinerary is filled with places I've only read about, or seen in the movies. Who knows if the reality will be as good as the dreams... or better. Rome, London, Berlin, Salzburg, Interlaken, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Brussels. They're all on the list. (But then again, I was never very good at sticking to the list.) Hopefully, I'll do a bit of writing about it here while I'm gone. If not, I promise to take good notes.

Auf Wiedersehen!