Hello from the planning stages of my long prep Euro trip.  Hopefully all with go smooth.  There have been a few changes  made along the way, due to scheduling.  I know Daniel is getting excited.  We leave on January 15 for Heathrow in London.  We have not decided on staying in near the "white cliffs of Dover" or continue through the Chunnel and stay on the continent in Calais.  We have a rental car at the ferry docks waiting for us.  We are planning on driving east toward Brussels and find some of that good Belgian Beer.  :)  We hope to continue east and visit Koln, Germany.  I have always seen pictures of two church spires that rise like 500 feet.  They always looked very cool.  I would like to then take Daniel south and visit the Heildelburg Castle.  This is just south of Frankfurt and the area where the Wetteroth name comes from.  Way back in 1991 Daniel and I visited the town of Darmstadt and actually found the address where relatives lived.  Unfortunately no was home, but the lights where on :).