Gouda's Cheesewheel

Toothy car

Gift from littleton turf.

posted by Greta @ 6:51 PM 0 comments

Gargoyle

Creepiest gargoyle i've ever seen.

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Goose bunny

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Eurotrip

Brent has found a couple of good sources for locating cheap airfare, hotels, and package deals. The prices for Europe tickets have been declining ever-so-slightly, and while we had pretty much planned on a Europe trip in the fall (Brent just got his passport and is itching to use it), there were a few factors that made it seem like an attractive option right now. First and most obviously, the prices are cheap now! In foresight, they seem to go up in the summer, when everyone goes on vacation, and back down in the fall. So we could go in the fall, but that means no vacation at all for a long time, or possibly a very short local trip in the meantime. And we both need a vacation soon. Secondly, my job situation is uncertain. This is not because I'm liable to get fired. My impression is that I'm actually pretty valuable, and less likely to be let go than say, some newer, less effective people. Rather, I may quit my job due to frustration and vicarious trauma-related burnout. If I quit, I lose accumulated vacation time, so I should use it now while I have it.

Unfortunately, Brent only has a week of vacation saved up until June, when the prices of everything skyrocket. But I only have about that much anyway, and from our research, we could still make a week-long trip count, especially with the money we save on the plane tickets.

So after some tentative planning, we went ahead and booked tickets to Frankfurt, Germany for the week before Memorial Day (we both have that day off, thus a longer continuous paid vacation). Since booking the tickets, we've also hammered out some additional itinerary details. The plan is to rent a car upon arrival (cheaper than Eurail passes for the short time we're there) and gradually work our out of Germany, though Belgium and maybe Luxembourg, and into France. We'll spend two days and three nights in Paris, then work our way back through the Black forest, possibly through Munich, then back to Frankfurt for the plane home. Altogether we have 7 full days in Europe, with two days devoted to flying. A nice perk is that we have a 4 hour layover in New York, so I hope to be able to show Brent at least a distant view of some Big Apple sights on a quick Subway ride as well. We'll see how jetlagged we are at that point.

We have booked hotels for Paris and the first night in Frankfurt, but otherwise we're winging it a little bit, which I'm fine with since it allows us a little leeway on which towns to stop in each night.

Glee!

posted by Greta @ 4:25 PM 0 comments

Abstinence bench!

Nope, don't even think of gettin' busy here.

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