{"id":290,"date":"2018-10-05T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/05\/europe-firs\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T23:33:00","slug":"europe-firs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/05\/europe-firs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Retirement Itinerary: Europe First"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People are asking, “Why are you in Europe? We thought you were moving to Mexico!”<\/p>\n

Well, we are … but not yet. We are not going to Mexico till January 2019.<\/p>\n

First, Le Tour de Europe<\/b><\/p>\n

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First, we are launching our adventures with five weeks in Europe — Iceland, Germany, Spain, England, Italy and Greece.<\/p>\n

We are visiting family — our oldest child Aryk at Keele U. in Newcastle Under Lyme, England, and then London because why not? (Also got tickets to Hamilton and the Harry Potter Studio Tour.)<\/p>\n

We’re visiting Lisa’s brother Pat and his wife Ines and their family in Pinneberg, Germany, outside Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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First we gotta visit Aryk at uni!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We are spending a few days with the family of our awesome foreign exchange student, Laia,  around Barcelona and Reus.<\/p>\n

We are joining Troisi (Lisa’s mother’s side) cousins in Italy as part of a family genealogy trip. So we’ll be in Rome, Naples and Solofra.<\/p>\n

Then we’re wrapping it all up with a few days in Athens before flying home Nov. 7.<\/p>\n

Then, New England<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Then, we gotta hang out in Vermont!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We’ll be spending about a month at our vacation home in Ludlow, VT – hopefully taking a couple grandmas and Bob’s sister, Beth.<\/p>\n

Next, Holidays with Family<\/b>
\nWe’ll spend the winter holidays in PA with Bob’s Mom and Lisa’s stepmom, sister Julie and any family we can see.<\/p>\n

Finally, Mexico<\/b>
\nAfter Aryk goes back to Uni after Winter Break, the first week of January, we’ll begin the next road trip, taking the cats and Lexie on the road from Pennsylvania to Tlaquepaque, Mexico. The trip is about 37 hours, so we will stop in Nashville and spend a couple of nights in New Orleans on the way.<\/p>\n

Stay with us — it’s going to be a blast!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LISA People are asking, “Why are you in Europe? We thought you were moving to Mexico!” Well, we are … but not yet. We are not going to Mexico till January 2019. First, Le Tour de Europe First, we are launching our adventures with five weeks in Europe — Iceland, Germany, Spain, England, Italy and Greece. … <\/p>\n

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