Is it weird that while we're getting
ready to go on a trip we're already working on the next?
Yeah, that's what I thought, too.
However, there are extenuating
circumstances on why we're working on our next European jaunt before
even starting the one that's already set to go. Long-time readers of
this know that it's our habit to travel at the end of August and
beginning of September; that way, we get to roll the Labor Day
holiday into our getaway and save ourselves a vacation day that can
be used on something else.
And trust me—that extra vacation day
is always welcome.
But our next trip doesn't look like
it'll be in September. It doesn't look like it'll be the usual 10 or
11 days. And we will not need the services of a rental car as well.
Why, you ask? Well, I answer, it looks like we're going to Germany
for a soccer game, and then we're coming home.
That's what a normal couple would do,
right?
Actually, there is a little more to it
than that. We really didn't have any plans to do anything next year;
maybe go someplace warm for a few days, but nothing in Europe. We
figured out that, if nothing else, our bank account would thank us.
But in the back of our minds we've always thought that if we had the
chance, we'd like to see our favorite Bundesliga team, RB Leipzig,
live and in person. We've also always wanted to go back to Leipzig
and visit. Well, as it turns out, RB Leipzig is playing at home
against the team from one our favorite places in Germany, Freiburg,
the weekend of our wedding anniversary in April. The weekend of an
anniversary for us that ends in “0”, which makes it a really big
anniversary.
It's almost like the Bundesliga
scheduled it that weekend on purpose, right?
So we're going over to Germany next
year for a week at the end of April. We'll fly into Berlin, spend a
day or two there, and then take the train to Leipzig, where we'll
spend a few days going to the game and actually exploring the city,
unlike the last time we were there and mostly used it as a place to
sleep while Loraine was having press conferences with local mayors
and the like. Then we'll hop the train back to Berlin and head back
home after a week.
It could be the simplest trip we've
ever taken.
The trip actually could've been
shorter. It could've been four days instead of the seven or eight
we've set aside. You see, while Leipzig and Freiburg are playing
that weekend, we have no idea which day they're playing. Could be
Friday night, most likely will be Saturday, could possibly be Sunday,
and could even—at a stretch—be on Monday. It all depends upon
whether the league moves it for TV or if Leipzig makes it far in the
Europa League and have to shuffle their schedule around. So while we
know the game will be sometime during our anniversary weekend, we
just don't know on which day. And won't until the beginning of March
or so.
If nothing else, that makes the trip
unique. So does our heading over there in early Spring instead of
late Summer. But both Leipzig and Berlin are beautiful that time of
the year; the flowers have bloomed, and thanks to climate change
temperatures are usually in the 70s or 80s. So it'll be an
interesting—and quite different—journey for the two of us. So if
you're wondering why the planning already begun; well, after all,
we're working around a schedule that's only, like, eight months away.
Believe it or not.
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