Wednesday, July 06, 2005

31 hours to go...

Just about 31 hours left before we depart from Dulles! This trip will mark the first time that Natalie and I will have traveled overseas together. (We did run into each other in London once, but that was purely random chance and we were not traveling together.) In my mind, this is an occasion that is long overdue! The romance and road tripping will make this a decidedly different trip than any of my previous European banter-jaunts. I can't wait to get started!

Here's what's left on my list of things to get done before we can get gone:
  • Obtain International Driving Permits from AAA.
  • Play and win a softball game vs. the Asian Bird Flu to earn a spot in the Charlottesville Co-Rec league playoffs.
  • Pack for the trip.
  • Sleep.
  • Work until approximately 3:30 pm Thursday.
  • Depart Cville for Dulles.
Now that that's out of the way, I am free to daydream... The last time I was in this part of the world, it was the summer of 1999 and I was traveling with my good friends, Josh and Denny. We spent approximately seven total hours in Munich (1 hour waiting for the Glockenspiel, 1 hour walking, 5 hours Hofbrauhaus). The thought of heading back to this region has made me somewhat nostalgic for that crazy time of six years ago. With that in mind, I thought I'd list a few of my highlights from that leg of our trip (Austria, Munich, Switzerland). In no particular order...
  • Attempting to shake hands with a large cow, and subsequently acting offended when my attempts at human-bovine diplomacy fail.
  • The Magic Flute performance at the Salzburg Music Festival
  • Rave train to Zurich and sleeping in the dining car.
  • Unsuccessful attempts to find the McDonald's in the Zurich train station.
  • Purchasing day passes for the Munich U-Bahn and using them to go precisely one train stop.
  • Synchronized swimming in a Salzburg lake.
  • Outdoor food/opera festival in Vienna.
  • Denny losing his Eurail pass. Doh!
  • Sitting down at a table in the Hofbrauhaus to discover that everyone at the table was from Maryland.
Darn tootin'!

posted by Chris @ 1:02 PM

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