Munich — I like to consider myself a detailed planner, but I wasn’t prepared for this week, even though I’ve had months to work out the details.
Some of that was coming to a country where I didn’t speak the language. Spanish? After studying it four years in high school, I can get by. German? No chance. And given the demands of this job and my family, a six-month crash course wasn’t a juice worth the squeeze.
What an embarrassingly American sentiment.
Also, let’s be real, being budget conscious was at the forefront every step of the way. This operation has been financially viable, thanks to your early and continued support — love you, guys — but five nights in Europe is different than a weekend in Minneapolis.
Therefore, from the start, I’m been patchworking the plan. And given there’s nothing traditional about this week, I thought I’d ditch traditional weekly reporting to catch you up on how things have been going. I know many of you couldn’t make the trip. Why not share as much of the experience with you, so that you can live a little bit of it, vicariously?