Europe Blitzkrieg Extravaganza: Entry Uno (or, if you prefer, jednom or jeden)!
May 25, 2008
Here I am, sitting on my cushy couch snuggled up in my big ole’ PJs after an awesome night filled with the entrancing tunes of Terry Riley (at none other than the Disney Concert Hall), bringing you my very first Europe Blitzkrieg Extravaganza post!! And, because this is such a special event, you get not just one video, but two!!
So first things first - you might be wondering what this Europe Blitzkrieg Adventure business is all about. Well, here’s the plan: Leslie and I (who Leslie is is explained in the Intro video below) will be leaving June 21st and returning July 5th. Now, in those two weeks we will be visiting six countries and at least eight cities. The countries are (in order): Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, and then Ireland again. The cities are (again in order): Dublin, Rome, Florence, Venice, Zagreb, Budapest, Vienna, Prague, and then Dublin again.
The whole Ireland thing might seem random, but it’s where we have our layovers. And, because we’re wild and crazy like that, we purposely gave ourselves an overnight layover in Dublin on the way home. We’ll fly in to Dublin from Prague and have from around 10PM till 9:40AM the next morning to party like rockstars! We’re actually thinking about sending an email out to all our fellow Googlers in the Dublin office and seeing if any of them want to take us out and show us the best Dublin has to offer at night. I think that sounds like a blast!
As for the planning of the rest of the trip - Leslie really deeply and desperately wanted to go to Italy and I super duper badly wanted to explore Eastern Europe. So, we compromised (not like anybody was really sacrificing anything here). For one week we’ll be in Italy and for one week we’ll be traveling all over lots of gorgeous and culturally rich places in Eastern Europe.
I’m so very excited about this trip - it’ll be my first time in Europe and my first serious vacation in four years (interning every summer really cuts into one’s explore-the-world plans) 
So enjoy the Introductory video and then the first (of many) videos you’ll see of Leslie and me together.
Oh and please note: I am really sick in the Introductory video (as elsewhere explained, I seriously needed an IV of Theraflu at that point … but, like the trooper I am, I took one for the team (ppssss: the team is you!) and made the oh so needed intro video.
Ok now you can go ahead and enjoy!
