Well, after months of planning, we're packed and ready. My bags weigh 85 pounds and Jill's weigh about 75 pounds. James will drive us to the airport, then return and housesit while we're away. Today, at 12:10 on Air Berlin, we're flying to Dusseldorf, Germany where we connect through to Venice and arrive Saturday at 11:00 am. We hope to sleep on the plane and wake up in Germany at 7:00 am. Can you say "Melatonin"? I've never slept 9 hours before and I'm sure I won't this time. Hopefully, we connect with Fred and Maureen, our travel partners, at the Marin Hotel on Saturday afternoon to commence our own version of the "European Vacation". We plan to write as many blogs as we can. Normally, Jill would do the writing, but she's gone out for
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