teco/teca is going to Europe!

It's official as of this morning, Beth and I are spending all of July in Europe--specifically Germany, with visits to Belgium, Czech Republic, and Holland (and any others we have money and time for).

Backing up to explain why we're not traveling Central America like originally planned... Our really good friends, Rob and Linden (Beth and Linden have been friends since grade school), packed up and left Springfield, Mo., for Giessen, Germany, last September so Linden could teach at a university (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen). Rob's from Berlin, Linden loves learning all things German, and she could earn her PhD while working at this school, so it was an easy choice for them to move.

The four of us always have a ton fun when we're together, and we've always talked about taking a trip to Europe together. Now makes the most sense for a number of reasons: 1) I'm in a unique spot job-wise where my company's flexible enough to let me have off the summer and still have a job this fall (normally I could only take 1 week of vacation at a time--not nearly enough time for a European vacation) 2) Beth has a school-free, wide open summer 3) Rob and Linden will not be in Germany for more than a couple years before coming back to the U.S. 4) We're most likely moving home next summer 5) Europe is awesome

Rob and Linden will still be working throughout the summer, but they have already set aside some days to travel to Berlin and Prague with us. So, Beth and I will likely be taking a lot of day trips via buses and trains on our own.

We are ecstatic about the trip and have already starting to make a list of places we want to visit.
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Go KU!