Day 2 - Meeting and Tours We had an early morning session today, so we met early for breakfast. There was an actual rooster cock-a-doodle doing outside my room. That was unexpected! It was gorgeous out! There was a non-alcoholic swim up bar for the kids! So cute! We met...
Day 1 - Turks and Caicos Bound! I was so excited when this opportunity came up. I’ve been to a few Sandals resorts which are amazing, all inclusive, adult-only resorts. Beaches is owned by Sandals and is the family version. It’s also billed as a place for...
Day 3 - ABD All Day! Today was the big day! We met up with our group at like 6 am? Something crazy early. We met outside and went in a side door to the studios. We went right up to a waiting room and spread out....
Day 2 - Aladdin Today we were waiting (somewhat impatiently on my part, I admit it) for Jenell to drive in from Maryland and Missy to drive in from Pennsylvania and we would be off! I think we left around 10:00. Heather booked our hotel. I’ve been...
Day 1 - Travel Day! I decided to fly in on the 6th and spend the night with Heather in Jersey so we could get to NYC as early as we could on the 7th. Our first activity was Aladdin on the night of the 7th,...
Day 10 - Travel Home We ate our last breakfast and met outside! Where they gave us one more pin! The guides ran down the street waving at the bus, it was so funny. The airport in Berlin was a bit crazy, but we made it. I ate my...
Day 9 - Bikes in Berlin Last day! Sad face! We went down to breakfast, and then it was time for a bike tour! So fun! First we picked out helmets. I'm ready! We stopped at the Berlin Wall in a few different places. Here’s our part of the group. We...
Day 8 - Berlin Tour and Chocolate! We woke up at 7:30! We went down to breakfast at 9, and it was wonderful. We left the hotel at 9:30 for a tour of Berlin. We stopped at the Brandenburg gate for a while! The Ampelmann separated us for a little...
Day 7 - Bamberg and Air Conditioning in Berlin The magical luggage fairy came at 7:15, and we went down for breakfast! One last view from our room! One last group picture! Then we were off on the bus! At one point the guides came around and air dropped some...
Day 6 - Rothenberg - Hot, Hot Rothenberg I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but that was a hot night! Man! We did get some decent air movement in our room with the windows open and fan running, but from the talk at breakfast,...
Day 5 - Nuremberg Food Tour and Rothenberg This morning we had to have our luggage ready at 7:15. We just left it in the room and it was magically transported! We left our bottles out every day in case they wanted to recycle them, and they...
Day 4 (Part 2) - Beer School and Soccer! After the morning was over, we met up with the rest of our group for lunch and a beer tasting at the oldest brewery in world. Interestingly, the tweeners weren’t excited about the alternate activity, a tour of...
Day 4 - Dachau I woke up at 2 am again! Yikes! But it didn’t take me quite as long to go back to sleep this time! We got up at 6:30 and headed down to the delicious breakfast again! This was going to be a rough morning....
Day 3 - Neuschwanstein - THE Castle of Your Dreams We went to sleep at 9:30, and I was wide awake at 2 am! Dang it, Joan! I was determined not to get up, so I tossed and turned a little until about 3:30, and slept until...
Day 2 – Or was it still day 1? It’s hard to say! We walked off the plane and breezed through customs. There was a group of about 10 of us there for the ABD. They had signs with our names and we gathered up and...