...one more day to go and so many things to tell you!

We are off tomorrow, we are off tomorrow!!!!

Finally , we are embarking on our journey across the World. Actually we've already started, by visiting Austria, Germany and Switzerland last week..at least it felt so as we slept in a different place every day, took trains and buses and ate supermarket food on the streets....

My good friend Paul from UNI got married in this lovely little town of Mattsee, which is about 20 min West of Salzburg, Austria. It was a beautiful wedding, in a caslte overseeing this little lake, with plenty of sunshine and good temperatures. In respect of the English tradtions, the boys were wearing "top hat and tails" or "Penguin suits"; the girls their beautiful dresses.

The funny thing was that I was put in charge of translating the wedding, which in accordance to the registrar of the town hall, was nothing out of the ordinary. Paul and Birgit were happy for me to do it, and so i went along and did the whole thing. Although it was a bit weird to ask one of your best friend:


Do you, Paul L., want to sincerely and truly take Brigit D. as your wife, so answer me with the words, I do.

, I am glad that I could do them and the guests that favor.


The party afterwards in the castle was amazing as well. The band, an Austrian band with amazing singers, lit up the dancefloor with good tunes and sing along tracks. By then the wine tasted like ribena and the teeth became blacker and more stained by the hour. In that time I must have taken about 400 pictures of every single guest, inluding the set up of my friend John, who we forced to kiss a "less than average" , tatooed, 6 fingered farmerrs girl. Jazz was in top form himself and was immitaing some predator and rambo scenes, to the entertainment of our little group.



The next day we went off to see my friend Andreas in Munich, who I have not seen in donkeys years. Munich, oh I love it so much. Katie was abolutely in awe with all the amazing architecture, the people, culture, gardens, etc....
Andy took us to the English garden, which revealed the anticipated nudes and the splendid chill out zones and beergardens. He also showed us the SURFING spot on the Eisbach, which is a small river running at high speeds through the park. 5 or 6 surfers were lining up to hit the waves with long and short boards, multiple tricks and no fear of the freezing cold water temperatures.
We actually managed to jump in ourselves and let us drag a few hundred miles. ( in summer college students actually let themselves drag for miles and return in their bathing gear via tube).

The last stop on our journey was HOME SWEET HOME, Friendrichshafen, were we where greated with Mum ands Dad's hugs, kisses and their splenid cusine. Mum was off, so she was able to take us to Austria and Switzerland for a bit of trekking. It was great , because we could get used to our gear and it was also nice to get a bit of a tan before the heat of India and China will burn us into bits.

For the last two days, back in Inkpen, we are preparing our stuff:. We are saying goodbye to the last people, inluding katie's kids at school. Are downloading every song for our ipod as we need to be prepared for our long journeys in the trains. Finish all the paperwork, eat all the good things that we won't get for a while and start packing the big rucksack which will be our home for the next 12 months.

we will keep you posted......