Austriankrystl
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2014
Hello All,
after writing around asking questions and getting to know some of you, I've decided to make an official "newbie" report of what I have worked out with your help.
Several of you have encouraged me to write a trip report, and at 90 days out (where has the time flown), it's time. This will also help me to organize my thoughts (not a spreadsheet woman here) and hopefully also get some tips, ideas and encouragement.
To get started, let me introduce us:
WHO: Me and my Schatz.
I am an American ex-pat for over 20 years who worked as a teacher and tour-guide in one of the most beautiful little cities in Europe until an amazing man came into my life.
1 1/2 years ago, he convinced me to start-over in Germany (resetting my visa to 0 years/0 benefits). The benefits were: a wonderful man, a "typically untypical" 13-year old young man, and an adorable Bavarian village.
I now work as a translator, technical writer and text editor.
my Schatz (German: treasure) is a typical German in every way (except that whole "lederhosen" and "polka" cliche).
He works in machine development and construction and in his "spare time" is a full-time on-duty volunteer fire-fighter.
Yep, I got me a hero here.
WHAT: We are headed on our first major vacation and honeymoon. We are not planning to celebrate the "big wedding" until after our vacation, but the timing was to good to pass up.
We are having an amazing trip starting with visiting friends for Thanksgiving, heading down to boarding a ship for our first-ever cruise and then spending a magical week at WDW for the first time.
WHERE: Flying into Atlanta, Georgia; driving down through Georgia into Northern Florida, Cape Canaveral, Western Caribbean, WDW!
WHY: Celebrating our Happily Ever After!
WHEN: 26 November -29 December, 2014
HOW: The holidays fall so optimally this year unlike any in the near future--so many National holidays and "bridge days" off that we had to jump at the chance to combine our paid vacation and the holidays and have our once-in-a-lifetime vacation. We come back "early" to celebrate New Year's (and the 2nd anniversary of our meeting) with family and spend a week "recovering" from our vacation before work.
It is our splurge before mortgages, etc. enter our lives and we cannot afford to do this!
To Be Continued...
after writing around asking questions and getting to know some of you, I've decided to make an official "newbie" report of what I have worked out with your help.
Several of you have encouraged me to write a trip report, and at 90 days out (where has the time flown), it's time. This will also help me to organize my thoughts (not a spreadsheet woman here) and hopefully also get some tips, ideas and encouragement.
To get started, let me introduce us:
WHO: Me and my Schatz.
I am an American ex-pat for over 20 years who worked as a teacher and tour-guide in one of the most beautiful little cities in Europe until an amazing man came into my life.
1 1/2 years ago, he convinced me to start-over in Germany (resetting my visa to 0 years/0 benefits). The benefits were: a wonderful man, a "typically untypical" 13-year old young man, and an adorable Bavarian village.
I now work as a translator, technical writer and text editor.
my Schatz (German: treasure) is a typical German in every way (except that whole "lederhosen" and "polka" cliche).
He works in machine development and construction and in his "spare time" is a full-time on-duty volunteer fire-fighter.
Yep, I got me a hero here.
WHAT: We are headed on our first major vacation and honeymoon. We are not planning to celebrate the "big wedding" until after our vacation, but the timing was to good to pass up.
We are having an amazing trip starting with visiting friends for Thanksgiving, heading down to boarding a ship for our first-ever cruise and then spending a magical week at WDW for the first time.
WHERE: Flying into Atlanta, Georgia; driving down through Georgia into Northern Florida, Cape Canaveral, Western Caribbean, WDW!
WHY: Celebrating our Happily Ever After!
WHEN: 26 November -29 December, 2014
HOW: The holidays fall so optimally this year unlike any in the near future--so many National holidays and "bridge days" off that we had to jump at the chance to combine our paid vacation and the holidays and have our once-in-a-lifetime vacation. We come back "early" to celebrate New Year's (and the 2nd anniversary of our meeting) with family and spend a week "recovering" from our vacation before work.
It is our splurge before mortgages, etc. enter our lives and we cannot afford to do this!
To Be Continued...