Another Visit

Two weeks from today, I will be traveling to Germany again to visit Emilee. I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to visit her again this summer, especially since she is home all alone. Alan is on a deployment to Qatar for six months. Poor guy, he's been out of Germany more than he's been in. (Sorry you won't be with us, Alan!) Last summer Olivia traveled with me, but.....she has club soccer this summer, a soccer camp, but she also doesn't want to travel now because she hopes to return to Germany when it's snowing. Can't say that I blame her!

Much to our delight, Emilee came home for Benjamin's high school graduation! She will return to Kaiserslautern next week, then I'll go there on the 15th. Whoo hoo! I only wish Lee and the rest of the family could travel with me. Maybe someday..... For now, we go in "shifts". Olivia and I visited last summer, then Luke and Lee visited at Christmas. Brrr!

Where will Emilee and I travel this year? Some ideas: Berlin, for sure; Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands.... don't know about Luxembourg;) Germany; Italy... I'll be ordering Eurailpasses tomorrow. We have decided on Eurailpasses for a couple reasons: spontaneity, ease of use, ability to see the countryside as we travel, and we can even save on a hotel by taking some night trains. We'll also be able to save on local transportation with a Eurailpass. I know I LOVED the freedom of the eurailpass years ago....Hope it doesn't disappoint this time! (I also hope I am much wiser and better equipped to prevent being gassed- ether- and robbed this time.... You'd think that would scare me away....)