No, Janice, you're not being stupid or overly optimistic. Don't be too worried about things, it will put a damper on your trip! You SHOULD be optimistic about your trip!!! It's exciting,enjoy it!!! That's the whole point, right? It sounds like you've planned things pretty well, so just go with the flow. On my trip to Germany a few years ago, I was a worry-wort and had to plan every detail. I quickly learned that you stop enjoying when you worry too much. Being in another country where I knew very little of the language was very intimidating to me, but my husband was just the opposite so it turned out well. Have you read Rick Steve's travel books? They're quite helpful. We didn't take any time to do any researching, it was just a sightseeing trip to enjoy Germany, but we did go to a village where some of my people were from. Just being there was so thrilling for me. The train system there is so efficient and fairly easy to figure out. maybe you'll figure out that you want to go back someday ! Relax, have a great trip! Diane -----Original Message----- From: Janice Danielson <granny@nwiowa.com> To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 10:59 PM Subject: [PFALZ] Our trip is almost here! >Just wanted to let all of you know that we are closing in on our trip to Sweden and Germany! We >will be leaving on Monday, >June 19th. I think we have all of our major city hotels, trains, and >car rentals taken care of. But we still do not have any hotels or >bed and breakfasts booked in between the major cities. Are we >totally stupid to just start driving and hope to find somewhere to >stay? I hope we aren't. Just wondered if anyone can tell me if >I am being too optimistic here. We are truly excited about >getting to come to Sweden and Germany. We are hoping to find >some records for my husbands family in Ljungsbro, Sweden, and one of my families in Schwalenberg, >Germany. We would >even be thrilled to find someone still in Sweden and Germany >that is related to us! Wouldn't that be terrific? Anyway, I am >sitting here not knowing for sure if what we are planning is the >right thing! Help! We are just hoping things come out right. >Janice Danielson > > >