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This summer -- from July 19 until August 26 -- six of us will travel to Europe to visit a group of eight au pairs and their families, each of whom lived with our family for one year from 2001 until 2009. Our travelers include Pam, her three children -- Hannah (12), Daniel (9), and Adam (8), Pam's mother, Peg, and mother-in-law, Terry.

We begin our trip in Lucerne, Switzerland and end in Paris, France. In between, we'll be visiting Venice, northern Germany, and Sweden. I hope that by the end, you will have read posts by many of us -- giving you a view of our trip from a variety of perspectives. Please follow us as we travel and discover....

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Just an Overview

I think the best way to get this blog started -- several months before our actual trip begins -- is by jotting down our current itinerary.  We've been working diligently for the past month piecing our trip together, checking and re-checking au pair schedules, and comparing pricing (car rental vs. train vs. plane).  After several versions, I think we finally have our itinerary down.  Our flight to Zurich -- with a return from Paris -- is booked.  We've also booked a total of three intra-Europe flights -- from Venice to Dusseldorf, from Hamburg to Stockholm, and from Stockholm to Paris.  We're still working on finalizing the car rental, but we have some time for that.

So, this is the plan:

July 19  Depart Wilkes-Barre for Zurich (via Philadelphia)
July 20 - 27 Lucerne, Switzerland
July 27 - 30 Venice, Italy
July 30 - August 2 Luedinghausen, Germany
August 2 - 4 Braunschweig, Germany
August 4 - 9 Eckernforde, Germany
August 9   Koping, Sweden
August 10 - 13 Gothenburg, Sweden
August 13  Gemla, Sweden
August 14 - 17 Kalmar, Sweden
August 17 - 20 Stockholm, Sweden
August 20 - 26 Paris, France
August 26 Depart Paris for Wilkes-Barre (via Philadelphia)

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