When we left you yesterday the trip seemed to be off to as rocky of a  start as we could have imagined. There were points during the day that  getting on a plane going anywhere didn't seem like a possibility.

During our flight into Atlanta we had a free 15 minutes of Wi-Fi which I  used to book us a night at the Atlanta Gateway Marriott. We ended up  arriving into Atlanta on-time but to no surprise to either Jenn or I our  bags weren't there. I was shocked but Jenn really handled that like a  champ. We went to the luggage desk and had an extremely nice lady who  spent a good half hour trying to get someone in LAX to rush our bags in  time to make our 4:45PM flight to Zurich. We left there at around 1AM  feeling somewhat confident that our luggage would be there when we got  back later in the day.

What a day. As I write today's entry I am sitting on a flight headed to Atlanta. Why Atlanta you may be wondering? Well let's start at the beginning.

The lead up to this trip has been intense. This past weekend Jenn hit her toe into the couch and found out on Monday that it was broken. Two days ago Jenn and I realized we had more stuff to bring to Europe then would be physically possible to bring in our suitcases. And today has been the nightmare travel experience that people always tell stories of but we have never had to experience ourselves.

It was with every intent that I was going to post daily updates to our trip this year as it happened. Unfortunately due to technical difficulties with my brothers MacBook Pro it looks like that may not happen until next Monday (July 2nd) when we start the cruise as the European converter fried the MacBook Pro power cable. So with that being said each day will be posted at some point but when that point is I'm not sure yet.

 If I'm being honest I am always excited for vacations, but since its been 9 months since our last real vacation I am even more excited for this years trip. As you will see over the coming days Jenn and I will be taking three weeks off from work and traveling all over Europe. However what is almost as fun as going on the trip is planning for the trip. 

Having back to back birthdays is never easy. I worry about Jenn's upcoming birthday on my day and she is busy making sure I have a great day just a day before its her big day. Regardless over the almost eight years we have been together we have managed to work it out exceptionally well.

Spending your birthday on vacation in New York City is probably enough for ones birthday right there. But when you combine that with an absolutely incredible day, life just can't get any better. Like every day on this trip we woke up well past a "normal hour" at around 10:30-11. After the last few days have been jam packed with sight seeing we decided that the rest of the trip would be more centered around enjoying the experience of New York. So we woke up got some hot dogs and a pretzel from the corner street vender and walked over to Central Park.