Germany Aug 1 Day 4 Steinwasen Park

Germany Aug 1 Day 4 Steinwasen Park

It’s half past ten at night as I begin to write up this blog entry, and my memory of exactly how the day went this morning might be a little hazy. This is a testament to how tired I am. Clearly, I’m going to need a holiday after this holiday is over. I think I was up...
Germany Jul 31 Day 3 Europapark

Germany Jul 31 Day 3 Europapark

The very first thing I do when I rouse each morning is to switch off my CPAP machine and remove my mask. According to the digital display, I clocked up just 4 hours of sleep last night. That is, if my failing eyes are seeing the numbers correctly. It’s becoming...
Germany Jul 30 Day 2 Legoland

Germany Jul 30 Day 2 Legoland

I was one of the first to stir this morning. I had a secret agenda to get everyone ready and on the road by around 8:30. Actually, that was only my secondary goal. My primary one was to achieve the secondary goal by pushing, encouraging, and cajoling as much as I...
Germany Jul 29 Day 1 Getting there via Luxembourg

Germany Jul 29 Day 1 Getting there via Luxembourg

As holidays go, or indeed any other attempt to leave our house, it was rather uncharacteristically restful and stress-free getting away this morning. Was this an omen? A positive sign of things to come? I didn’t dare speak it aloud, of course, for fear of jinxing it,...

Germany Jul 28 Day T-1 Preparations

As William Shakespeare wrote in his King Henry V play, it’s ‘once more unto the breach,’ as I yet again dust off my metaphorical writer’s quill for another round of Morgan holiday updates. For the next week, I’ll be writing up the events of our family holiday in my...