So begins my longest day of the year.

I am sitting here at 6:14am and in exactly 24 hrs I will be on my flight to DC. I am tired, a little sun burnt, and definitely the most excited I have ever been in my life. I just got back from a beautiful weekend with the most important people in my life, besides my family of course and it could not have been any better. The weather was perfect, the company perfect, the cabin, you guessed it, also perfect. Now all I need to do is pack which as of right now is not going great, but I will soldier on. Pictures and video to come from the weekend when I get a few spare moments.

Baden-Württemberg

This is the district where I will be spending my ten month stay after my initial language school stage of two months in Bremen. It is ideal, and I could not have asked for anything better! Not only will I be close to the best skiing in the world, but the auto center of Stüttgart is in this district state as well. I really cannot believe this time is only  27 days away but I am definitely feeling the crunch, as I am trying to sell my big stuff and minimize the possessions that I will need to store when I am gone. I am still planning what I want to see when I am in DC for the three days and would love suggestions from anyone that has been there. Up to this point there really is not else to say, other than excitement is building and Germany is going to win the world cup if they can get past Argentina.
Bis später,

Brent

Bremen.

Is the place I will be staying for the first couple months of my year long stay in Deutschland! I have to admit it was not my first choice but I am still really excited as it is just a jump and a skip to Denmark, Berlin, and of course Amsterdam. I also found out that plane tickets to the London or Edinburgh is really cheap, like 20 euro round trip. Oh the adventures I will have! As of this point though I still have one more pesky paper to finish up and a 8am final tomorrow and then I will finally be done with school for the year.  So until then I will solider on. Goodbye blogsss.

Events planned

So as this spring is getting into full swing, after getting to a slow start, I will have the pleasure of doing a couple of really awesome things. I will get a chance to participate in the Ski to Sea, climb Mt Baker, do a San Jaun kayak trip, and a long awaited summit of Three fingered Jack. I am looking forward very much to these events and I will post pictures and video from them.

Washington DC!

Hotel and flight are booked, notice/vacation time put in, last day is July 26th and I leave on the 27th. I am going to spend two nights in DC before my conferences on the 29th. I am really looking forward to seeing the sights and checking out our nations capital, as I have never been on the east coast let alone in DC. I am staying at the http://www.washingtonplazahotel.com/, courtesy of my employee of the year award. It is definitely making it feel more real each step I take and I cannot wait till the next one!

Gear!!!!

One of the cooler parts of preparation is the cool gear I get to buy. I love gear so much and this is an opportunity to get some things I have been putting off. Such as a sweet new camera, one more travel size oriented. Also a new laptop to replace the one that was stolen, and I am waiting for them to come here today and they should be here any minute...It is like Christmas! Oh and another cool part is all the congratulations. Keep them coming people I do not mine one bit, it is nice to be appreciated, and on that note and the horrible structure of this note, tüschss!

Doctors Apt

Went to get my physical done the other day, clean bill of health which was great. Now I just need to get a couple of other small things done and I will be all set with the initial paperwork. Of course there will be much more to go but as of right now things are looking great.