One week to go!

Trip Start Jun 06, 2008
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Second home wisconsin
(Marinette hotels)

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Friday, May 30, 2008

OK 1 week to go.  Officially nervous and anxious.  Quigley hurt his knee so he is out.  Attempts to have him get a brace and cowboy up were unsuccessful.  Lets run down the roster as it stands:

1.  Me
2.  Shoeless Joe McGovern (vital on any trip - within seconds can charm a girl into providing anything we need, food, shelter, transpo, etc. - Just so long as I don't have to listen to the rap it's fine)
3.  Chris Wode - a soccer veteran and world traveler
4.  Richard Bendall - will join us in Spain.  What's great about Richard is that he is so large (I think 6 foot 5 and well over 300) that I look petite standing next to him.  The big shoes are a bit disconcerting tho :)
Others may join at other locations.  Charles is back in London and may join us in Amsterdam.  Too bad they got back so late - would have been nice to skip Barcelona and hit London for 24 hours on the way to the 'Dam.  It's always great to hang out with Charles & Jen, they are always fun and I always end up interacting with women who wouldn't normally talk to me even if I had just pulled them from a burning plane crash....

This weekend will consist of checking my passport 11 or 12 times, list-making, printing reservations and reciepts, packing, laundry, cleaning out the fridge, etc.  After about a year of planning the end is in sight!

The weather report looks iffy - AMS and Zurich will be cooler, but I expect to roast in Spain and Eastern Europe.  One of these years I need to convince people that the World Hockey Championships would be much cooler to attend than soccer - better games and better weather.  I would much rather be strolling a snowy street in Copenhagen, Moscow and Prague than sweating next to some smelly Zidane fan in a 120 degree stadium.....
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