Prepping the Technology

We are not going to bring a laptop to Europe. We are going to bring our iPad and this great wireless keyboard that is made of rubber and can roll up! I am actually typing on this setup now, testing it out :)

And of course, part of the technology prep has been setting up a blog for our adventure and testing out blogging via the ipad setup... which is what I'm also doing right now.. And part of getting that to work was finding a way to transfer pictures from our iphones to our ipad (which thankfully there is cable for now).

The other technology prep has been figuring out how we will get phone service and internet access during the adventure. This is mostly figured out now, though the speed of our internet service will vary.. I am jailbreaking/unlocking our iphones, so that we can purchase pay-as-you-go 'sim' cards in Europe, with mobile internet access, which is MUCH cheaper than 'roaming' charges with AT&T. We also will have internet access at some of our hotels - hopefully with good access speed for uploading pictures and videos of our travels!

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Prepping for Adventure - Flights

On July 17 we will be embarking on a grand 5 week adventure in Austria, Italy, and Poland!

Though we are NOT planners, we have accepted that some degree of planning is required for this adventure ;)

Actually, we already had to do a lot of planning just to figure out the flights!..


Here is the flight schedule:

• June 19 - Kevin and his wonderful Grandma Nina fly to Canada. Kevin is staying with her (having some adventures of their own) until he joins us in Europe.
• July 17 - Steve and Kinga fly to Munich to start their tour of Austria and Italy (by rail and car)
• July 18 - Cullin flies to London
• July 26 - Cullin flies to Warsaw
• Aug 2 - Stefan flies to Toronto (Direct flight - His first flight alone!)
• - Nina and Kevin meet Stefan at airport
• - Kevin and Stefan fly to Munich (alone! Hope they don't kill each other! Direct flight)
• Aug 3 - we meet Stefan and Kevin at Munich
• - we all fly to Warsaw to join Cullin and family!
• Aug 16 - Cullin flies home (back for the start of the college semester)
• Aug 22 - Rest of us fly home! (to Charlotte really, because it is cheaper)

 

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