Well, here I go with my first blog post. Our European vacation plans are nearly complete. We are scheduled to depart from Los Angeles Thursday August 19 and return on Sunday September 5. Our trip will include stops in 8 countries in the following order; England, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Scotland then back to England. Our trip will include driving most through these countries. Since we were in need of a new car anyway, we decided to order a new BMW and take delivery of it at the BMW Welt facility in Munich on Friday afternoon right after we land. Needless to say we well be very tired when we arrive. We have not made any hotel reservations for our driving portion through Europe yet because we have not decided where we want to stay.