Two questions:
1. Would our two hour nap impact our night of sleep, or would we be up all night in jet-lag hell.
2. Would we remember any of the German we had learned while we were stationed here 15 years ago.
The answers are ‘no’ and ‘hell no!’
Continue reading “Dodging bikers in Berlin (6/27/19-6/28/19)”
When last we left you, Jan was trapped in the middle seat between AJ and myself (neither of whom have a good grasp of the concept of ‘personal’ space’), tormented by both a lack of AC and a small child screaming directly behind her. The flight, once the AC is turned on and the mother administers a healthy dose of Benadryl to her daughter, is uneventful; we watched movies and tried (unsuccessfully) to get a little shuteye.
Continue reading “Germany and it is hellishly hot (6/26/19)”
Before we begin, a special shout out to Shannon from M/V Darwin who is a travel agent, does it for a living, and appears to enjoy it. I have been playing travel agent for the past two months, arranging our trip to Europe and it suuuuuuucccccckkkkkssss. Like big time. And I fully expect that because of my inexperience, our trip will be filled with missed connections, lost tickets and other calamities due solely to my incompetence as a pretend travel agent. Which is why it was no surprise that at 0610 on June 25th, I got a phone call from Amtrak telling us our train to Philly had been cancelled and would I please call so that they could arrange alternate trains for us.
This is going to be great.
Continue reading “Our next trip begins! (Twice delayed) (6/25/19)”
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