Barb and Baden’s Excellent Return to Germany – Planning Part 2
The suitcases have made their way up from the basement. Last minutes preparations are being made at the office. A nervous excitement is in the air. This can only mean one thing. An Excellent Adventure is about to start.
No matter how many times Barb and I have travelled and have gone through the whole trip planning process it’s those last few days that are always the same. By the same, I mean that it’s the most exciting part. Well, other than actually getting to our destination of course. Once all of the planning has been done and the departure date is looming, all of the energy is now directed into packing. Under normal circumstances, this wouldn’t be too much of an issue as Barb and I have our suitcase packing process pretty well complete. The one variable that has us a little more uncertain is that we’re not travelling alone on this trip as we’re going to Germany with my mother in law. We won’t know for sure if we have to make any emergency trips to a store when we’re in Germany to pick up some important item that was forgotten.
Travelling with someone new is always a bit of a risk. While Barb and her mother have travelled together several times this will be the first time that I’ve been on vacation with Ruth. Being together with someone day after day for three weeks in potentially stressful situations can sometimes bring problems to the surface that normally wouldn’t come up when you only see someone occasionally. It goes without saying, this is the last thing that you want to have happen when you’re on vacation when the whole purpose is that you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself.
The next two days will be spent slowly packing the suitcases and everything will be fully ready for our flight out on Wednesday. Of course we’ll lose a day flying to Germany but some time early Thursday morning we’ll find ourselves getting off the plane to start Barb and Baden’s Excellent Return to Germany.
Stay tuned for Part 1 from Germany…
Baden
