Honeymoon!!

Hi All,


Yup, that's right - just three-and-a-half-ish months after our epic trip to Portugal, I'm packing up and hitting the road again! And this time, Troy's coming too!! Given that this is our first big international trip together (Montreal doesn't count), and also our honeymoon (!!!), we have quite the awesome itinerary ahead of us. And here it is:


Friday, July 4: Fly direct from Charlotte to Brussels

Saturday, July 5: Arrive in Brussels, hang out, maybe watch some soccer with the Belgians, maybe visit Atomium (which I hope will be reminiscent of Chicago O'Hare).

Sunday, July 6: Continue to hang out in Brussels, eat chocolate and waffles

Monday, July 7: Depart Brussels via train, arrive in Amsterdam, do the hop-on, hop-off bus, see tulips

Tuesday, July 8: Hang out in Amsterdam, board cruise ship (!), depart Amsterdam

Wednesday, July 9: Day at Sea, read books. All of them.

Thursday, July 10: Warnemunde, Germany - walking tour, brewery, BRETZELS! There will be sooo many bread products coming back on board with us.

Friday, July 11: Day at Sea - Explore the ship, eat the food

Saturday, July 12: Tallinn, Estonia - Touring the city, exploring the 159.2 km2 of Tallinn, which houses 32.7% of Estonians. Thanks for sending us on the tour, Jenn!

Sunday, July 13: St. Petersburg! We're going to do Peterhof and the Hermitage. So many pictures forthcoming there. Peterhof is modeled after Versailles, which I haven't been to, so I need to soak this experience in and count it twice. Speaking of twice-ing things...

Monday, July 14: St. Petersburg again! I believe that we're aiming to take a tour of all the places Rasputin died. Who doesn't love that this even exists?

Tuesday, July 15: Helsinki, Finland - See the sights, bask in the not 98 degree weather of Charlotte, NC

Wednesday, July 16: Stockholm, Sweden - Play I Spy with Nobel Laureates, find the chef, eat the meatballs

Thursday, July 17: Day at Sea, re-read all the books. Probably nap and play shuffleboard.

Friday, July 18: Copenhagen, Denmark - Learn what the Danes do all day

Saturday, July 19: Day at Sea, Eat all the rest of the food - all of it!

Sunday, July 20: Dock in Amsterdam, train back to Brussels

Monday, July 21: Remember to miss the cats, feel bad, return to the States to find them generally disinterested in our presence.


Temperatures are forecasted to be between 65 and 78 the whole time we're there. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is a really, really stellar honeymoon. I cannot wait to get going!


Until tomorrow!


Catherine


Currency Exchange Rates:

$1 = .74 Euro

$1 = 11.73 Estonian Kroon

$1 = 34.27 Russian Rubles

$1 = 6.82 Swedish Krona

$1 = 5.48 Danish Krone