As you most likely know, the four of us are traveling to Europe in Jul2008. Kate, Liss, Megan, and me (Jeff) will leave on 07Jul2008, visit England for 4 days, then on to Germany where we will have our home base in Bad Honnef. From there, we will explore nearby countries by car and train for 3 weeks, then Kate and Liss will return home on 02Aug2008. Megan and I will stay for an additional 6 days, returning on 08Aug2008.
During that same time frame, a family from Germany will be staying in our home in Shawnigan Lake.
Most of you won't be interested in the following detail, but here it is anyway :-) ... this information is copied from my online Google Calendar for those of you who don't have access to that.
It is my personal promise that future posts to this blog will be "less data and more information" (i.e. more interesting synopses of what we're experiencing and less technical detail). I hope to get input from all 4 travelers, including some of our pictures.
OK, here goes:
Monday Jul 7
1:00pm-2:00pm Home to Mom & Dad's place via Kate's car
2:00pm-2:30pm Mom & Dad's place to Swartz Bay via DOD
3:00pm-4:35pm Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen via BC Ferries
4:45pm-5:45pm Tsawwassen to Vancouver Intl Airport via taxi
8:35pm- Vancouver to Heathrow via flight BA0084
[Overnight flight from Vancouver to Heathrow]
Tuesday Jul 8
-1:40pm Vancouver to Heathrow via flight BA0084
3:27pm-3:49pm Heathrow Terminal 5 to Paddington Station via Heathrow Express
4:06pm-6:18pm Paddington Station to Exeter Station via First Great Western
6:26pm-7:18pm Exeter to Torquay via First Great Western
7:30pm-8:30pm Kate to Aunt via Taxi; JEM to Robbins via Robbins
[3.5 day stay with relatives in South-West England]
Saturday Jul 12
7:00am-8:00am JEM Robbins to Torquay via Robbins; Kate to Torquay via Taxi
8:18am-8:27am Torquay to Newton Abbot via First Great Western
8:32am-11:24am Newton Abbot to Paddington Station via First Great Western
11:40am-12:01pm Paddington Station to Heathrow Terminal 5 via Heathrow Express
3:35pm-6:15pm Heathrow to Frankfurt via BA0910
7:58pm-9:10pm Frankfurt to Koblenz via DB Bahn
9:18pm-10:02pm Koblenz to Bad Honnef via DB Bahn
10:15pm-10:30pm Bad Honnef train station to Lehnerts' place via Christina and Christoph
[12 days of local exploring, day trips, and big driving trip around Western Europe]
Thursday Jul 24
8:00am-8:30am Lehnerts to Bad Honnef train station via foot
8:58am-9:01am Bad Honnef to Rhondorf via DB Bahn
9:06am-9:53am Rhondorf to Cologne via DB Bahn
2:30pm-3:30pm Paris North to Hotel Alhambra via subway
3:30pm Check into Hotel Alhambra
[3.8 days of exploring Paris]
Monday Jul 28
12:55pm-4:45pm Paris to Cologne via DB Bahn
5:03pm-5:46pm Cologne to Rhondorf via DB Bahn
6:02pm-6:05pm Rhondorf to Bad Honnef via DB Bahn
6:30pm-7:00pm Bad Honnef to Lehnerts place via foot
[4.5 days of local exploring, cleaning up, and meeting the Lehnerts' place]
Saturday Aug 2
9:00am-9:30am Lehnerts place to Bad Honnef train station via foot
9:38am-11:59am Bad Honnef to Frankfurt via DB Bahn (not booked)
2:30pm-3:00pm K&E from Frankfurt to Heathrow via BA0907 (J&M off to ?)
5:10pm-6:35pm K&E from Heathrow to Vancouver via BA0085
7:00pm-8:00pm K&E from Vancouver Intl Airport to Tsawwassen via bus/taxi
9:00pm-10:35pm K&E from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay via BC Ferries
10:45pm-11:45pm K&E from Swartz Bay to home via Kate's car
[6 days of M&J exploring Western Europe via train]
Friday Aug 8
3:30pm-4:10pm M&J from Frankfurt to Heathrow via BA0907
5:10pm-6:35pm M&J from Heathrow to Vancouver via BA0085
7:00pm-8:00pm M&J from Vancouver Intl Airport to Tsawwassen via taxi/bus
9:00pm-10:35pm M&J from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay via BC Ferries
10:45pm-11:45pm M&J from Swartz Bay to home via ?
Notes: K=Kate, J=Jeff, E=Elissa, M=Megan, DOD=Jeff's Dad, Robbins=Jeff's second cousin, Lehnerts=our house-swap partners, Gerhild and Werner=Lehnerts' neighbours
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