Today, I dug out all of our 1993 Germany travel planning books and honeymoon pictures. Before the honeymoon trip, I put together a 25 page itinerary that we used as a guide in Germany and I also made extra copies for our parents. I can’t believe a hard copy was still in our wedding box. I remember Esther was worried that I had not planned the honeymoon, and then I showed her the booklet. Now she can read the blog about our upcoming trip
The map on the left is the first page of our 1993 itinerary. I think its a blown up page from a Rick Steve’s travel guide book. Maybe? In 1994, I loaned the book to a friend when I was working at EDS and never got it back. So if its you, and you’re reading my blog, please return it to me. 
Our honeymoon flight landed in Frankfurt and we stayed on the Rhine our first two nights. For the next 8 days, we drove a BMW down from the Rhine and across Germany on the Romantic Road to Switzerland and flew out of Zurich. For our first and last night’s stays, we had reservations in a hotel on the Rhine and at a Hilton in Zurich. But, for all other nights in Germany we drove to a city, found the information center, and called hotels and found places to stay. We tried to get into a city before 5pm, so we could find a place to stay. We never ran into an issue and the spontaneity along with the surprise of where we were going to stay that night was very exciting and gave us a lot to talk about during the drives from destinations.
Stay tuned as I write more about our 1993 trip and what will are planning for 2013.
Esther and I went to Germany for our honeymoon in September 1993. We are planning to return to Germany 2013 for our 20 year anniversary. This is our blog documenting our 1993 trip and the one we are planning for 2013. Right now, we are thinking about going with Esther’s sister and brother-in-law, Janice and Brad. They have never been to Europe, so it will be exciting for us to be their tour guides and introduce them to Germany, BeNeLux and maybe Switzerland and France. I would like to spend at least 3 weeks on this special vacation if not one month. I am thinking our budget will be at least $5k or more. I really don’t want to worry about money when I am there. I want this to be the trip of a lifetime.
