They Came In! Woo Hoo!

Just to let you  know that my Moleskine Notebooks and Journals came in the mail yesterday...I have been so excited to get them, so that I can create my own Guidebook. I got two Plain paper large notebooks so that I can have the guidebook in one and blog/sketch/brass rub the other to my hearts content.

But what happens when you have a bran new book, all crisp, clean, perfect and untouched...you don't want to ruin it by writing in it! HA! that is very silly, I know.

So now I am working on trying to organize my book. I think I am going to split it into countries then sub split from there.

Like this:
Austria

• Vienna
• Salzburg (maybe)
• Linz (maybe)

- Attractions
- Sleep
- Food
- Maps

Germany

• Dresden
• Numburg
• Munich
• Leipzig
• Romantic Road
• Koln
• Small towns of interest

- Attractions
- Sleep
- Food
- Maps

France

• Strasbourg
• Lure
  
• Lille
• Callais
• Paris

- Attractions
- Sleep
- Food
- Maps

England

• London
• Dover
• Small towns of interest

- Attractions - Sleep
- Food
- Maps

Luxembourg - small day trip.

So you see that this can be a little intimidating...so now to try and figure it out...
I will post a pic of the project! Wish me luck!
~Ern

Ok...I have started...

Hello!

I have started this blog for Jeff and I to write on when we are traveling this summer...right now I will probably be the only one as I really have to get used to writing regularly.

So to start I have been working on our itinerary...we fly into Vienna (Wien) and out of Paris...what we see along the way is the fun of it! We have 2 things that are a must do!

1. Leif's Bachelor's Weekend (actually that is Jeff's event - boys only)
2. Leif and Celine's Wedding

Other than those two important things we are free to explore Europe...for me it is in search of history!

Today - we went looking at packs at MEC. I am trying to pack ultra light for this trip which means that I can only pack so much.

My tenitive list is the following:

• 4 pair of underware
• 4 pairs of socks
• 1 pair of capris (dark) (also some nice light ones at MEC)
• 4 shirts (light weight)
• 4 Tank tops
• 1 skort (I might ditch this)
• 1 pair of long pants (saw some nice ones at MEC)
• 1 Dress
• 1 Sweater/wrap
• 1 pair of black sandles (walkable)
• 1 pair of walking shoes (maybe Vans or my DC's)
• and my toiletries (all small and as light as possible) (I will include a list once it has been finalized)

So I did a test pack of one of my day-packs from MEC...didn't fit everything so I need something a little bigger than what I already have. My guesstimate is that it holds about 22-28L. So I would like to do 30L, but the MEC sales guy recommended a 40L or 50L...just in case. I really don't want it too big and bulky...as long as is is still light...oh I forgot to weigh it! Ah Crap! I was hoping to see if I could get it to be around 10lbs...but I don't have everything yet anyway.

I will get a picture of the 1st attempt in my smaller bag...once I have most of the equipment together in the next few weeks...as for Jeff well I am not sure what his plans are yet...