Along for the ride...

Everyone else seems to have a job on this upcoming trip (for Karen and me just the Budapest leg) except for me...so I figure I'd just add my two cents here! All the hard work has been done by Ruth and Cat and Karen. I'm a little nervous about some of the surprise events being planned though...

Hopefully, at least, should be able to contribute some photos along the way - even if they are shot with my Canon. I know there are all sorts of Nikonites floating around this blog.

-Jon

How spoiled am I?

Truth be told... very. Don't let Ruth fool you. She may not claim logistics as her thing, but she has so far managed to book all our travel including several train trips through three countries and tickets to a German opera at a Hungarian venue with intermission at an Indian restaurant. Add Karen's impressive talent and our Budapest leg is shaping up very nicely. I wonder if we could talk Karen into planning Prague, Vienna and Bratislava.......

Time to get ready

Well, the trip to Eastern Europe is right around the corner.  Cat is in charge of all of the pictures since she demonstrated such raw talent in the Netherlands.  Once again she will be shooting with the Nikon D80, but the D90 just came out and it is very tempting for a girl like me.  I get to be in charge of logistics, which isn't my favorite job but I have a bonus this time.  Our friends from Antarctica are joining us for part of the trip and Karen is all about the logistics.  She already found our river tour through Budapest! So here is the itinerary:

Day 1 - arrive Prague early afternoon, tour city.  The one thing at the top of my list is the Astronomical Clock.  We have a just a day and a half in the city so we will have to cram a lot in.

Day 2 - all day in Prague then an overnight train to Budapest

Day 3 - meet up with Jon and Karen, river tour, city sightseeing.

Day 4 and 5 - Budapest

Day 6 - train to Vienna, more sightseeing

Day 7 - visit Bratislava (unless we cannot tear ourselves from Vienna), overnight train to Prague

Day 8 - home. 

We are trying to get to four countries in eight (really seven) days, but it may prove too lofty a goal since I like to stop at every historical thing along the way and these are some of the most amazing cities in the world.  We may have to save Slovakia for another day.  

We should have internet access the whole time so expect daily, albeit exhausted, blogs.

Since we've been gone...

Since returning from our Netherlands adventure, some of the girls and I surprised Ruth in Ft. Lauderdale for her birthday, we dragged Kris to Vegas, I made a quick trip to Colorado and Ruth and I visited best friend Gail in Baltimore then on to NY to see Mel and some of the Holland chicks. So there, now you're up to speed.
Next week I am going to Ft. Lauderdale to visit Ruthie and hopefully celebrate some very big news (more on that when it's official).
Now we are busy planning our next big adventure. Eastern Europe! Ruth and I are planning an October visit to Prague, Budapest, Vienna and Bratislava. We are so excited our Antartcia friends Jon and Karen will be joining us for the Budapest portion of the trip.
So check back, we'll keep you posted!