Update from Germany

Update from Germany

Yup we're still here... thought I'd give you a shoppers update.

Duty free used to be fun... not worth it in Munich.

Compared to USA's Toys R Us .. duty free shop 3X the price on toys.

Compared to Macy's Perfume and Cosmetics are at least double here.

I am comparing to our FULL MSRP prices.. not on sale or discounted.

After years of working as a buyer price tags stick with me...lol

My advice... go to Bloomies buy your souvineers before your vacation.

Seriously... I'm not shopping here so you know it's really high.

OK... that's my shoppers update from Munich. ;o)

I know many of you are traveling this summer for both vacation and adoptions.

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We still have 5 hours in Germany... catch ya from Georgia?

Big Hugs

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Greetings From Germany

Greetings from Germany... yes we've made it to Munich.

The flight was fine... had a great check in and the movies were good.

Finally got to see "27 dresses" ... very cute chic flick ;o)

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About 2 hours of sleep so far... so now we have a 10 hr wait until our next flight.

Thought about leaving the airport to site see as we won't be allowed on the way back once we have Tamara. Her VISA is only good for the USA. But we thought it wasn't a good idea to risk it. After all this is not a good time to get mugged.

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Anyway... for those who are traveling soon to Europe save your pennies.

I just gave a guy $40 US for two very small blah grillled sandwiches and two small coke diets. No not diet coke... coke diets...lol any way it's very expensive. A small iced coffee at the airport will cost you 4.9 Euros... about $10? Starbucks is looking better and better.

I also just realized that my blog controls show up in German... can'twait to see what happens in Georgia? Yup and spell check isn't working eigher... so keep that in mind as I'm sleep deprived.

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OK... gotta go ... Duty Free shopping ... more soon.

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And we are off

This is Bruce. We are at the Newark airport about to board on our adventure. Catch you in Munich

We're off

It's Crunch time...

Limo will be here soon.... still have to get ready.. Eeek!

Just wanted to say... see ya... if we can we'll pop in when we arrive in Munich?

Have a Great few weeks without us... stayed tuned

This will be fun... lots of interesting stuff will pop up I'm sure.

Kisses L&B

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Good Morning

Goooood Morning Everyone. ;o)

This is it... our big day... Lift Off ... Woo Hoo

Yes... we did get some sleep last night. Amazingly.

This morning I got an email from the Embassy in Tbilisi. They have our

I600 but our fingerprints are missing. Gotta love it...lol.

Why am I not freaking out you may wonder? Well after several fingerprinting (different levels of clearance through the process and different US gov. departments) I know we checked out and I know that in order to get an I600 you need the FBI/ Homeland Security print clearance.

So I emailed all our contacts the message and I am confident that they will straighten this out probably before we land in Munich. The system isn't perfect but it does work and the people we've been dealing with are "THE BEST" on both sides of the Atlantic.

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OK... I'm off to Target to pick up another Glow Worm... yup still shopping ;o)

Catch ya later...

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Don't step on it...

Don't step on it ... it will make you cry.

Just finished weighing our luggage. 6 suit cases and I didn't go over on one.

Pretty good huh?

I can't believe all the stuff we packed.

From a traveling potty seat to sippy cups.

Pull up diapers to a First aid kit.

I think we're ready for just about anything? Well probably not .. and I keep getting this nagging feeling I'm forgetting something important?

I can't imagine what is might be...

Hum... oh well.. maybe it will come to me before we leave.

One more trip to Target tomorrow and I 'm pretty sure we'll be done.

Need another Glow Worm Sea Horse.

Cute little things ;o)

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Just thought I'd pop in ...

Just thought I'd pop in and say Hi and Thank all those who have left messages these past few days. I've been hard to catch.

Well the packing continues... so far so good.

300 lollipops later (yes I'm really taking 300 lollipops), a suit case's worth of gifts and toys.

We still have 3 suit cases to go.

Not as bad as it sounds. Everything we're packing is laid out or hanging on a rack.

But the carry on's are ready...lol

OK... I'd better go... getting a look from Tamara's Mama here..lol

Yup still excited... not freaking out yet.

I'm mentally treating it like one of our big parties so I stay focused on what needs to be done.

I'll sleep on the plane... maybe?

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