Road Trip!

Christmas CD's, movies and headphones are in the van, 2 new books loaded onto my ipod, destination address entered into GPS, cell phone and camera batteries charged, bags packed, snacks gathered, tour books read, and a list is made. (The list is of the things that I need to remember to do in the morning.)
We are ready to go. Matt, his mom, the boys, and I are headed to Berlin in the morning. We rented a little apartment in the former East Berlin conveniently located near most of the sights we plan to scope out. I am so excited to go to Berlin not only to see the sights but to spend a few days relaxing with the family. The forecast claims it will be about 22 degrees and snowing. We will freeze our hiney off, but we will have a good time doing it!

We also have two more trips officially planned. In January, we will go to Prague for 4 days and then we have a fabulous opportunity to go to Garmish (the German/Austrian Alps) in February. The Garmish trip is 95% free. No kidding. We have to drive ourselves down there but once there, our hotel, breakfasts and dinners, and CHILDCARE are all covered. We only have to pay for our lunches and activities. The trip is organized by our battalion chaplain and paid for by the US Government. It is actually a couples retreat/marriage seminar weekend. We will have about 2 1/2 hours a day of "training sessions" - Army terminology for "classes" - and then the rest of each day is free time to play in the Alps.

Rome, Paris, Berlin, Prague, and the Alps and we are just getting started!

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