Ever had one of those days when you get up in the morning, and just for the hell of it, decide you are going to leave the country?  Yeah… that happened the other day…March 6th 2007 to be exact.  Here I was, meant to be planning a holiday to Thailand with Cathy, when out of the blue I decided to go to Germany as well.  I had heaps of holidays up my sleeve this year which the boss wanted me to take.  Finally I am working somewhere where they encourage you to take holidays!  So I booked off all of June, flicked off an email to the family in Hamburg and within hours had a positive reply from them telling me to come and visit.  This has been one of those ‘I’ll get around to it’ holidays for years, so I already had the Lonely Planet guide, and thanks to preparing for Thailand in January, I already have my backpack and other gear, so this trip is actually going to be quite simple.

I last saw my Aunt and Uncle in 1992 when they visited us in Australia, and ever since then I have been promising that I would get around to visiting their country.  Needless to say, they were quite surprised when I sent an email telling them I was coming… and do I speak German?  Nope… and with 12 weeks to departure, and working the shifts we are at the moment, I can not see myself learning anything more than ‘yes’ and ‘no’ before I depart.  I guess I am going to get a crash course when I get there.  Thankfully most of the family speak english!

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Cass