Europe- Summer 2015

     Well it has begun.  I was contacted by the landlord of the apartment that I rent in Weimar and he wanted to know when I was coming this year.  So I had to make an early decision.  I will be in Weimar from 28 June till 23 July.  This sort of sets the pace for the rest of the summer.  I will fly to Berlin and stay there 7 nights and then go to Weimar.  After that I will see.  But what I do know is that going down to Rome and then to Sicily with Jackie and Suzie is definitely out - although they do not know it yet.
     So I guess we are looking at Dresden, Praha, Munchen, possibly Innsbrucke and Wein.  I think I can use my points and get a very good deal at the Praha Hilton so that is good.  I don't know if I will fly over 1st class or not but even though the plan has started I have plenty of time.  I am looking forward to Weimar though now that the plan has been made.  I have thought about eating at the Trattoria and drinking at Schwarzberger Hof and running in Park-an-Ilm.  All things I enjoy a great deal.  I have also been thinloing that I need to be more diligent and exact in my documenting my life there.  I need to take more and better photos and to write more about what I am doing and thinking.  The thing with this blog is that I do write in my journal every day when I am in Europe so sometimes this feels redundant.  Also, in my journals I write in German and it is a little annoying to switch to English when I am in "German mode".

Europe 2015

     I normally do not write at this time of the year,  I currently feel the need to stay in US for the winter holidays so there is no travel news.  But lately I can not stop myself from thinking about being in Germany and planning to go there.  My next possibility is a week at the beginning of April and then of course the summer.
     I want to be in Weimar for at least 3 weeks if not 4.  I also want to fly to Berlin and home from Vienna as always.  So the question is the, about 2 weeks I would have "free".  Maybe Dresden, maybe Prague,  maybe some other small city in Czech Republic.  My friends want me to meet them on the Amalfi coast in Italy.  I would love to do that but the timing is terrible.  They would not be there until after 4 July.  So I would be in Europe for about 2 weeks before they arrive.  Then I would have to make a 2 day trip up to Weimar for the end of July and I do not think that works for me.
     Beginning the summer in Paris and then working my way up to Weimar over a 10 day span is also a possibility but then I would not be able to fly home from Wien.  Of course where I go in April will also come into play.  If I can get to Paris then I do not need to think about going there in the summer.  If I go to Munchen then I do not need to think about going there in the summer.  Maybe I should go to Wien in April?  Then I can go west from Weimar in the summer.  Who knows?????