The Night Before Vacation, and all through the house...

Oct 11, 2004

We spent the night before our flight out to France filling up four full sized backpacks. Jason has a funny way of wanting to take everything we might possibly need on a trip rather than just taking the vacation essentials and just making due with what we have. So despite the fact we were flying out to Europe, which is far from being a third world vacation destination, my luggage was loaded with everything from a tent and sleeping bag to a folding stove and tiny cooking pots!

Originally we all thought we might try to tour Europe in the common fashion of poor students. Staying at hostels and shopping the supermarkets for good deals. We really had no idea what to expect, but we knew our goal was to keep the whole two week vacation, airline fares included, under two thousand dollars.

Nate and Robyn stayed at our place that night. We wanted to get to the airport early because we were riding on buddy passes, and needed to check in with the flight attendant as early as possible to assure we got on without any problems. Despite the early morning plans, we stayed up late surfing the internet for last minute changes to our vacation itinerary and potential tourist attractions we might want to see. Stonehenge, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum… were dancing in our heads like sugar plums in a child’s dream of Christmas Eve.


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