Some history first: We were planning a trip to Germany back in 2020. I made cruise ship reservations for it: take a repositioning cruise as far as Southampton to save ourselves from having to sit for long hours on a plane, then a quick hop by air to one of the German airports.
But then Covid. We canceled that trip.
Why Germany? Our youngest, Peter, his wife Amanda, and his 3 children have lived there for several years. (The children are Ella 16, her sister Alex 15, and her brother Miles, 12.)
We thought it would be great to have a home base for investigating Europe. They live in a home in Bonn. They have a car. They - most of them - speak some German (and Juan and I have studied it. That was back in college).
But things have changed in Europe. The 2020 version included a side-trip to Hungary, for example. That plan doesn't seem wise in the current political climate.
All that was back three years ago. We're well vaccinated now. We've survived at least one bout of Covid each. We should go, that was my instant feeling.
So I made reservations.
Our American Airlines frequent flyer miles have been accumulating. I spent 62500 of them for this new round trip to Germany. I found reservations for March 1 departure and a May 1 return.
So that was Step 1. Keep an eye out for Step 2.
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