Untitled Cheston & Katherine HerveyTomorrow morning we leave for The Netherlands and Belgium. We will be staying in Volendam (just north of Amsterdam) for two nights before making our way down the coast to Voorschaten (just north of Rotterdam) for one night. From there we will head down into Belgium for three days; Brugges, Brussels and Antwerp before heading back to Koblenz. Click Here for our route. If you zoom out you can see the red line that [View Full Entry]

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Well we have arrived in Germany. When we boarded the discount airline at LAX and it was about 100 degrees inside the plane we began to realize why it is a "discount" airline...turns out it was becasue they only had one engine on. The flight didn't seem too long but Kat only slept about 2 hours and I got about 1 hour. Grandma Yola picked us up yesterday in Dusseldorf at 11:30 am and we made the 90 minute drive southwestish to Koblenz. The weather is very overcast and humid but pretty warm. Katherine lasted about 5 minutes once we [View Full Entry]

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Chet summed everything perfectly, so all I need to add is that this trip is going to be a great chance to perfect our ever so American-German. I had been listening infrequently to German cd's, to learn how to get us around, and to try to impress my husband a little bit. I will admit that I was so proud of myself as I boarded that airplane, that the moment one of the stewardesses said something so simple as, "Gutentag," as we boarded, my vocabulary was minimized to, "Er, hello," said in a German accent. It's funny, how once you [View Full Entry]

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Amidst all the hustle and bustle of planning, alas, we have made some of our reservations, but have yet to still do one very important thing: PACK. Ha. I have been blogging on this very subject, yet every time I stress the importance of packing to my husband, or remind myself, I find ....something else to do. These things to do are not necessary for our trip. I usually end up unpacking a new box or find something to re-organize around the house. :) Ah, the joys of procrastination. On Monday, Chet and I had a lovely breakfast at Egg's [View Full Entry]

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Why is it that we restrict these sorts of lists to five or ten things? You'll never hear, "These are my top 17 favorite ways to cook corn." Nor have I ever heard of a "Top 6, 7 or 8." It is always a top 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, etc...Because of this manifold silliness I have, while restricting my list to five points, I have sneakily snuck in probably 17 or so things. Don't tell the authorities. Anyway, without further ado and in no particular order, my top five things anticipated: 1) Taking pictures of cities that have existed longer [View Full Entry]

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Still haven't begun packing, but I can say that I appreciate that Chet went out and bought travel size containers for our shampoo and soap. He also bought little locks which I am sure we will need!:) Have been getting excited that there are two days left to work.:) The cool thing is, thinking of things like, when we are looking at the moon, thinking of looking at the moon in a little over a week in Europe. I just read through some of the features of this site and they only allow 50 pictures, for the crazy picture people [View Full Entry]

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I'm sitting here in my quaint little living room in Somis, California, and trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I need to fit seven weeks' worth of normal everyday living items into one suitcase. As I go through my mental checklist, I realize that things that seem to be necessities as I live my life here in California, are not necessarily needed for our trip in Europe. As I shave the list down quickly, I realize that this trip will be a growing and learning experience for us in many ways. I am thrilled to come back a [View Full Entry]

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