Postcards from Europe

Well, we're not actually there yet. We feel much closer though after paying out another small fortune last night. How come these things never end up costing what you were initially quoted?

We now have all our flight times (and yes, out travel agent has finally got it right and omitted the overnight stops in Dubai that we never actually asked for), our Eurail passes booked, our Eurostar tickets booked and our hire car for the UK is on standby. We are ready to go...we just have to wait another 2 months before we can go. That's a little disappointing.

The wait could be just as well though as we don't actually know where we are stopping in Switzerland on the way to Paris yet. Current possibilities are Bern, Geneva, Zürich or Lausanne. The one website we looked at showed better pictures of Bern than the others, so we are leaning that way at the moment. It also seems to be one of the 2 most direct routes from Rome to Paris.

O.K. Time to re-focus. Before our European escapades we've got a wedding to get through.

Tomorrow sees Kelly and Sylvia heading off to the party supply shop looking for balloons, tablecloths, car ribbon and various other items that we probably don't really need.

We also need to head out to the hall again soon for another look around. This will involve Mothers, DJ (possibly), decorators and measuring tapes. All of which will play a vital role in making the wedding the high class event that everyone is expecting.

Sylvia and Deborah have finished their evil scheming and finalised the details for Kel's hen's party. Much is still a mystery, we have heard rumors of Sizzler's and a massage a couple of days before the wedding though. Sure hope that doesn't end in disappointment.