Yes, I’m in another country now. Have been since Saturday afternoon. It’s a whirlwind tour for Terry and me this time around. We landed in Germany on Wednesday, worked on Thursday and part of Friday, did a little bit of wandering around Munich Friday afternoon, flew out on Saturday, landed in Scotland Saturday evening, hung around the hotel yesterday and are working today and tomorrow in Scotland, flying home on Wednesday.
So, no, this wasn’t a leisure trip (unfortunately), nor will we have/have we had much time to see much in either country. Fortunately, this is our fourth time in Scotland, so I don’t feel like I’m missing much, but I do miss not having had more time in Germany to explore. I would like to learn a little bit of German before we visit again because it was extremely intimidating to visit a country where I don’t speak the native language. It just reminds me that I need to brush up on my French before we visit Paris next year for our 10th wedding anniversary.
And, as Anna pointed out in her comment, I didn’t advertise this trip. I was struck by Cathy’s comment after her vacation trip about not wanting to advertise that her house would be sitting empty, but then I realized that I would have absolutely no blog fodder for over a week if I didn’t talk about it. Besides, no one knows EXACTLY where my home is, unless they’ve been there, so I shouldn’t be too worried. I also think I misconstrued my point about the German hotel versus American hotels. I was trying to say that they were equivalent, with everything costing extra, as opposed to some of the places that I’ve stayed in the UK where more services are included or less expensive. Sorry for the mix-up!
We’ll be getting out early today, so I’m hoping to make it into Edinburgh to either Jenners or John Lewis department store to browse their haberdashery section for some Scottish cross stitch charts or kits. Okay, well, I’m not picky, so they don’t have to be Scottish, but it will count that I bought them in Scotland, right? 😉
Not much else to talk about just now. I guess I’m a little bit boring, despite being in different countries!
Hope you are having a good time in Scotland. I’m over the other side near Glasgow. Hope you found some nice stitchy things in John Lewis or Jenners – I’m afraid there’s not a lot there but there is a needlework shop in the Grassmarket.
Have fun! The dude and I decided that we need to spend our 10th anniversary in Paris recently (three more years!). Fortunately, I don’t have to brush up on my French. His is excellent. 😉
Hope you have a wonderful, even if the trip is for work.
How about some tartan cotton fabric for finishing?
And some haggis?
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Hey jetsetter! You are NOT boring by the way!
Where’s Pheobe during all these travels?
Oh, gotta run – time to pick the kids up from school!! Take care!!
I’ve never been to Europe… next time, I’ll go in your place. 😉