Getting Ready for Germany!

Us Oct. 2007 at King Ludwig's home. Among all his castles he owned, this is where he actually lived. This is the view from his bed room that he had created so when he woke every morning, this would be the first thing he would see.

The time is here! We leave for Germany on Sunday! Actually we will leave Warrensburg Saturday afternoon, stay in a hotel in Kansas City and fly out on Sunday. Before settling down for the night we will be taking my baby Molly to her Nanny Beckie, our pet sitter. Normally we take Molly on our travels but when we go to Germany we call on Nanny Beckie. Beckie is excited for Molly to visit but I am sad to leave her behind. However, leaving her with Beckie is a comfort and the next best thing to her Mommy!

We have stacks of clothes everywhere ready to go into suitcases. I have a system; I pack my medium suit case inside my large one...put my clothes in the med. one...that way when we return I have a whole suit case for stuff I buy. AND, I have Larry do the same so I have his suit case too! Works out well for me....bad for Larry's wallet! Hee hee! Normally I am there in the fall and winter so I bring back Christmas gifts. However, I might not be buying much this trip...the US dollar is not good there right now. I'll report later what it is exactly but it's about $1.40 us dollars equals 1€. Just so you know, that's not good. That's like going to the Dollar Tree here in the states and it being the $1.40 Tree!

We fly from Kansas City to Chicago, from Chicago to Frankfort, Germany. We will arrive there around 5:15am Europe time. Just in case you are emailing me and/or leaving blog comments the time difference is as follows; Eastern Standard Time is 6 hours behind Europe and Central is 7 hours behind. We'll arrive in Frankfort and drive to Wiesbaden (Vees boden) which is where we are staying. The Army Post is in Grafenwohr (Graf en vier), about 15-20 min drive from our hotel. I know that area well so I am looking forward to staying there. There is shopping and restaurants in walking distance and more shopping within a short drive. I go to the factories too which offer better deals.

My brother-in-law will be here tomorrow to take over the house. He is our "house sitter" while we are gone.

I tell you, with all the house improvements, getting ready for this trip, planning for Catherines graduation dinner and family coming in 2 days after we return and the actual graduation 3 days after we return, we are SO tired and ready for a break. Well, Larry has to work in Germany but still it's a break from everyday stress we call 'life'.

Thanks for checking in and....stay tuned for news from Germany!

Kimberly