Day1 is coming to a close..goodnight Tubingen

Day 1 is coming to a close...we are back in our room watching the end of the Germany /Italy world cup game..it is not looking good for Germany so the town is quite quiet.. We wonderd around for a few hours today and had lunch at a place that did not have an english menu so we just picked something and both ended up with a whole pizza..They were both good and not extremely large. We did nap for a few hours this afternoon..we could barely keep our eyes open. Headed out for dinner and ended up a Neckmueller( which did have an english menu..but I still had noidea what i was eating) I took the servers recommendation for a pork an spatzel dish. The restaurant was located on the river..stopped for soem gelato and then found a bar with a few bar stools open and watched the 1st half of the game and headed back to our room. There is a little bar across the street that we can hear the moans or the screams when something happens... Tubingen was a neat little town..just what you would think of a germany village..the castle next to our hotel was built in 1050! Sorry I still have not figured out how to load a pic... Tomorrow we are off to Meersburg!

We have arrived! Stop 1 Tubingen Germany

We arrived safe and sound. The business class upgrade definately made the 8 hour flight much easier to bear. We tried to sleep about 5 hours but it was not a restful sleep for either one of us.. Our arrival and rental car pick up went very smooth and we hit the road...we had to drive about 2 hours to Tubingen and were ablet o checkinto our room..so we took a nap...Only about an hour but we want to be sure we can stay up tonight to watch teh World cup Germany game! What better place than a univeristy town to see Germany play! We are getting showered and ready to explore the town! As soon as I can figure out how to add a picture i will share our view of the castle!

And Were Off and Upgraded!

Upgraded to business class!! Yea!!! hanging out in the lounge before our flight!

crash course in the iPad

Amy is letting me take her ipad so I am at the O'Shea's getting a crash course!

The Final Count Down

Just a few more days until we are off to Europe!  Wayne's task was to get his  International Drivers license which we can now check off the list..One more shopping trip tomorrow and then shopping in Amy's closet on Sunday.  Planning to have everything all packed up by Sunday night..

I keep checking  the airline to see if first and business class are still for sale...they both are which hopefully will translate to an upgrade!! I am not sure who pays $10000 one way to fly to Germany but hopefully no one at this point!

This is our first stop- Tubingen Germany- About 2 hours south of Frankfurt!  Small University town.

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I booked us a Sound of Music Bike tour in Salzburg..I am sure you can imagine how excited Wayne was about this!  We have borrowed the Sound of Music so we can watch it before we leave...Wayne does not  remember if he ever saw it and I don't knw the last time I watched it..


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13 days and Counting!

13 Days until our 2012 Big Euro vacation!  The stress of getting everything at work settled before we leave is setting in and causing me to actually wake up in the morning before my alarm!  I have been planning the trip for months and the travel binder is about 50 pages at this point...Wayne laughs at my binder but he will appreciate the work I have done when we are bouncing around Europe!  Planning for me is part of the fun!

I am feeling pretty good about our chances of a first or business class upgrade on our flight! Fingers Crossed!