We Made It! : Matt

Just wanted to say we made it safe and sound to London! Now to go get some sweet stories to share...

Pre-trip 3: Tim

I know I am still the only one of us posting on here, but Matt and Mike will be starting shortly. We head out tomorrow morning at 4:30 am in order to get to the airport in time....and none of us are fully packed. Instead we took a little break to rock out on Guitar Hero with some friends. While Mike was off with Christine having bubble tea somewhere. My last night in the states for 5 weeks...and I never seem to sleep soundly before I travel. Usually my heart is pounding and I toss and turn in bed for hours. Well I am off to finish up the packing.

Pre-trip 2: Tim

Well the time is almost here. My 21st birthday and then off to Europe to sleep on hostel beds for 5 weeks, hopefully they aren't too painful. I find myself freaking out about packing especially into this backpack in which I will carry everything. But I guess if I can't pack it over there has got to be some way to get it there. I mean how can hundreds of millions of Europeans survive? They gotta have some way to get the basics. Anyway, I think the excitement of the trip has finally sunk in and I am going crazy trying to think of things to do while we are on this adventure. So far I have decided that I want to visit the BMW factory in Germany and the Eagle's Nest in Austria. But it will get more precise as we go along. At least they have internet in Europe! right?

Anyway here is an updated picture of the band of bros before we head out on this trip.

Pre-trip 1: Tim

My brothers and I have a trip planned to Europe this summer as a sort of graduation present for all of us, though my older brother is the only one graduating this year. Both of our grandparents on our mother's side passed away in the last 2 years and we thought it would be a great idea to visit Switzerland (our largest ancestral heritage) and from there it turned into a backpacking trip of 6 six different countries. Now I really have just kind of sat along for the ride so far letting both of my brothers do the planning for the trip and just agreed to whatever they have come up with, so I will let them explain the reasons behind some of the other locations.

We have purchased a netbook and a video camera in order to post entries to this blog and hopefully upload video and pictures to it as well. Kind of like our own brotherly bonding trip. This will be the first time I have truly attempted to get along with my brothers.

This blog will be updated by hopefully all three of us with some of our ideas and thoughts before and during this amazing vacation.