Final Days

Well that trip to the Castle in Bratislava turned into a not so good experience. Erik can blog about it better than I but I can say we got our car broken into/lock is damaged now by guys who work for the Slovakian Mob. In the most surreal mind blowing way we got our two stolen laptops back the next day!

So as he entered on his Facebook: Bratislava, Slovakia: we came, we toured, we got vandalized and robbed, we left.

We had already booked four nights there so we decided to not let it ruin our time. We did make it to Vienna for lunch (45min drive) and then when it was kids nap time we put them in the car and drove down to Budapest, Hungary for dinner on the same day. We only had time to tour Budapest's Castle District and we really liked it's quaintness.

Once we discovered our computers got stolen and before we knew we were getting them back we thought we would have to buy new ones. So we cancelled our Krakow, Poland plans and booked a room in Germany at an Army Base. So as of now we're in Vilseck, Germany. The Grafenwoehr (bigger better Army base) was fully booked already. But...we don't have to buy new computers. We decided it would just feel nice to be completely safe and have a "little America" around us for a day or two before heading home. We bought some clothes and other random items at the PX this morning and I just got back from the commissary. It was so hard not to buy one of everything! I miss having an American grocery store! I had to limit it (due to car space) to Ritz crackers, powdered Gatorade, Nutrigrain Bars(Kenna likes those), vanilla syrup for my coffee so I'll quit buying Baileys as a creamer :) and some other random things. Even Polish kitchen sponges suck, so I bought some of those. Oh and a HUGE box of laundry detergent.

I'll type more later, I know I say that a lot, but I'm trying to be quiet because the kids are napping at the foot of the bed right now.

I think after nap we'll just take the kids to the park and relax...detox from all the madness. We have a 6.5hr drive to get home. Not certain if we'll go tomorrow or the next day but I think we're ready. Erik is sick of driving and the driver door doesn't open anymore due to the break-in job in Slovakia. They messed up the lock. Besides we can't buy anymore souveniers or groceries, that car is FULL!!! So we're winding up our 18 day 9 country tour, finally.