Category Archives: Europe 2013

Ready to Go

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We leave tomorrow!

The last 2 days have been full on getting work sorted and clearing my Inbox. I achieved that tonight. I can’t remember the last time I was in that position!

I spent some time today sorting out my mobile phone. In the past I have had massive bills for 4 and 6 weeks away and really want to avoid it this time. I bought a data pack so I can use the phone network, but even for 120megs the cost was not insignificant, but a lot less than the ad hoc roaming rate of $15 per meg!

I am not sure it’s best travel practice to work until the day before you leave. All the guides suggest packing a couple of days before so you have plenty of time to get the last minute items that are inevitably almost forgotten. That said we are packed!

As we are overnighting in Dubai we need to make sure our carry on includes a change of clothes that can cope with the 40C plus in Dubai before the milder summer weather in Munich.

Tomorrow, breakfast with our youngest daughter, a meeting with a student I am mentoring, perhaps the gym and then the airport.

Less than Two Weeks to go

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With less than two weeks until we get on the plane, I finally have some time to think about what we’ll do while we are away.

With my last assignment for this semester completed and my article for The Adelaide Review submitted its only a week or so more in the office and then on the plane.

I am slightly nervous about how the flight will go – a 2.10am flight out of Melbourne will make for a long night. Actually it will make that a very long night! Still we used frequent flyer points and booked late, so it’s not that surprising that our flight time isn’t the most convenient.

Our itinerary

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Holiday Planning

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I love planning travel it extends the enjoyment so much more.

With a relatively short time away, just over three weeks in July, we have settled on a highlights tour! We are landing in Munich via Dubai, and then onto Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Edinburgh, London and Paris before returning home.

Having settled the itinerary it was a matter of sifting through the hotel sites and recommendations to identify places to stay.

Using a combination of

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Planning our trip to Europe

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I love planning holidays as it adds to the excitement and anticipation.

Sorting out the airfares, planning the places to visit, reading hotel reviews, buying travel books, finding places where we might eat, sights to see, buying new luggage and so on!

We decided a couple of weeks ago that we would take three to four weeks in late June through July and go somewhere. It’s peak season in Europe and not really our preferred time for travel, but it’s also University semester break and the quietest time at work in my year.

Where should we go?

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