travel prep

Ruth and Sara go for an early morning paddle at the cottage.


Getting ready for our Vienna trip. I'm somewhat anal when it comes to packing for trips, and tend to start days in advance. The main reason is because if I have to pack in a hurry, I'll inevitably forget something important, or I'll overpack. Plus for me, part of the enjoyment of a trip is the anticipation, and part of that is the trip prep.

What about the rest of you? Are you anal like me (and do you make lists) or do you prefer tossing everything in a bag at the last minute?

I'm taking my laptop and will try to get online once or twice via MaGlobe, which has a couple of Vienna access numbers, but I'm not going to stress out if I can't. I'm mainly taking my laptop for dumping digital photos and in hopes of doing a bit of writing.




Sara's story in Sunday's paper (click for bigger image).


I'm still FAR from fluent in German, but I'm hoping to communicate a tad more effectively in Vienna than I did during our last visit. Listening to my language audio lessons, I'm thrilled (probably more thrilled than I really should be) to find that I'm actually understanding the basic gist of some conversations I had no clue about before. Yay! Now if only I could convince everyone in Vienna to slow down their speech about a zillion times.

"Könnten Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?"...

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