Butch
03-26-2006, 11:42 AM
So my late-Spring / early-Summer plans are starting to come together . . .
April 14-17: Istanbul
April 28-30: Amsterdam for Queens Day . . . one of my best friends from NYC will be coming out to meet some of her friends there, and I got lucky finding a hotel room at a hotel I've been interested in staying . . . the Lloyd Hotel . . . http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/travel/20check.html?ex=1143522000&en=2233db2517ae119a&ei=5070
I forget where/when I first read about it, but I was thinking it would be cool to stay there whenever I went to A-Dam . . . was difficult finding a room for Queens Day, but they happen to have one . . . so it made for a good excuse to splurge a bit.
May 10-14: Vienna and Bratislava . . . going to Vienna for meetings the 10th & 11th . . . figure I'll hang out another day and then hop a boat down the Danube to Bratislava for a couple days.
May 25 - June 5 Still have to figure this one out, but I'm hoping to take a vacation during that time. There are 2 German holidays during that time, so I can minimize the number of vacation days I use.
Then, starting June 9 there is the World Cup, and Germany will be hopping . . . still trying to get tix . . . hopefully SOMETHING will work out!
Of course, I'll also have a TON of work during this period, but whatever . . . it'll all work out somehow ;) . . . and, aside from the vacation the 25th - 5th, I'll only be using 1 total vacation day for the 3 other trips!
April 14-17: Istanbul
April 28-30: Amsterdam for Queens Day . . . one of my best friends from NYC will be coming out to meet some of her friends there, and I got lucky finding a hotel room at a hotel I've been interested in staying . . . the Lloyd Hotel . . . http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/travel/20check.html?ex=1143522000&en=2233db2517ae119a&ei=5070
I forget where/when I first read about it, but I was thinking it would be cool to stay there whenever I went to A-Dam . . . was difficult finding a room for Queens Day, but they happen to have one . . . so it made for a good excuse to splurge a bit.
May 10-14: Vienna and Bratislava . . . going to Vienna for meetings the 10th & 11th . . . figure I'll hang out another day and then hop a boat down the Danube to Bratislava for a couple days.
May 25 - June 5 Still have to figure this one out, but I'm hoping to take a vacation during that time. There are 2 German holidays during that time, so I can minimize the number of vacation days I use.
Then, starting June 9 there is the World Cup, and Germany will be hopping . . . still trying to get tix . . . hopefully SOMETHING will work out!
Of course, I'll also have a TON of work during this period, but whatever . . . it'll all work out somehow ;) . . . and, aside from the vacation the 25th - 5th, I'll only be using 1 total vacation day for the 3 other trips!