Our Itinerary, as it is

Thursday August 9 - Martinair Holland Flight #636 from Orlando to Amsterdam, direct.
Depart Orlando @ 7:00pm EDT
Arrive Amsterdam @ 9:40am local time Friday morning
Friday August 10 - Stay in Amsterdam, sightseeing, on my own for the day.
Saturday August 11 - Casey & Leigh fly in from their vacation, meeting me in Amsterdam.
Sightseeing in Amsterdam, and travel to Leigh's flat in Den Haag (The Hague)
Sunday August 12 - Casey & I take the train back to the Amsterdam airport and fly to Prague, Czech Republic
SAS Flight #552 from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, Denmark, departing @ 10:20am, arriving @ 11:50am
SAS Flight #765 from Copenhagen to Prague, Czech Republic, departing @ 2:00pm, arriving @ 3:20pm
Sightseeing in Prague.
Monday August 13 - Taking in the sights of Prague
Tuesday August 14 - Casey & I will take the train from Prague to Berlin, Germany, about a 4 1/2 hour trip
Sightseeing in Berlin
Wednesday - Friday August 15-17 - This part of the schedule is purposely left soft.
We will be sightseeing in Germany, but no details have been set.
We will spend part of this time in Berlin, stop at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, and probably end up Friday evening in Cologne.
The best part is I have rented a BMW 3xx series with navigation for making this part of the journey, have my international driving permit, and am looking forward to experiencing triple digit speed on the autobahns.
Saturday August 18 - Casey & I will take the train from Cologne to Amsterdam, about a 2 1/2 hour trip.
Casey will head back down to Den Haag to start packing for his return to the States.
I will head to the hotel right beside the Amsterdam airport for the evening.
Sunday August 19 - I fly back to the States
KLM Flight #6035 from Amsterdam to Detroit, departing @ 12:55pm, arriving @ 3:45pm EDT
KLM Flight #6416 from Detroit to Orlando, departing @ 7:06pm, arriving @ 9:32pm EDT

Startup

Well, I guess if my sons can journal & blog, I can try it also.

I am heading out of North America for the first time in my life. I have had a passport for several years, but have never put it to use. Now is the time.

Casey (my oldest son), has been out of the States since the middle of January, 2007. He was in Sierra Leone until the middle of June, and now is in Den Haag, The Netherlands, better known to Americans as The Hague. To get details of his travels, go to caseykuhlman.typepad.com.

I will spend 10 days with him in Northern Central Europe, having our own "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" experience. Our travels will take us to:

• Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Copenhagen, Denmark (briefly)
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Berlin, Germany
• Cologne, Germany

Hopefully, this site will allow us to upload photos during the course of our trip so that you can keep track of our adventures and (I'm sure) misadventures.

A detailed itinerary will follow.