Summer Schedule

Hanna (among others) has been asking about our summer plans. They are not all figured out yet, but here they are so far. We are hoping to catch up with friends and family near and far, so hopefully this will help with that endeavor.
Now - July 2: still in school (Sofia, BG). Boo. Classes are done, but we have lots of papers to grade, exams to give/grade, grades/comments to write, paperwork to fill out, blah blah blah. Work enough to earn our coming fan-tab-ulous vacation.
July 4 - 11 - Norway! We're going for a quick celebration of our 2-year anniversary and to ooh and ahh over stupendous fjord-er-iffic scenery. Current plans include Bergen, Sognefjord (including Flam and Naroefjord), and glacier hiking/kayaking in Jostedalsbreen National Park.
July 12 - Sofia, BG. Unpack, Repack.
July 13 - 23 Denver, CO, USA! For the first few days (Wednesday - Saturday or Sunday) we hope to go play in the mountains of Colorado with friends. (If you can come, send us an email.) After that we'll be gathering with Shannon's family to celebrate Carol & Gordon's 50th wedding anniversary. Congratulations, Carol & Gordon! I hope we can be so successful.
July 23 (evening) fly from Denver to Grand Rapids, MI.
July 23 - August 2 We'll spend the week up at McCollum Lake, Michigan with my family. Lots of swimming, fishing, horseshoes, walks, cards, mosquitoes. :)
August 2 (evening) fly from Denver to Sofia, BG.
August 3 - Sofia BG Unpack, un-jet-lag, re-pack. :)
August 4 - August 18: mischief TBA. Probably the Dalmatian coast of Croatia (raise your hand if you knew Dalmatia was a place, not just a dog!) and then hiking in the Alps. Some of this may depend on how tired and/or broke we are, as well as if can navigate Bulgarian bureaucracy adequately enough to get the 20-year-old VW we just bought legally registered in our names.
August 18 - 25 - Travels around Bulgaria (and the region) with Scott C. and Hanna S.
August 25 - 31 - ??? Turkey? Montenegro? Romania? Hang out around Sofia and practice our atrocious Bulgarian? Get ready for school?
Sept 1 - Sofia, BG report back to work...meetings and getting ready for school. Shannon starts her new job in the Alumni office.
Sept 15- Classes begin

That's it for now. It will be an expensive summer, but we have been saving for a few years to build up our travel fund, and now's the time to travel. Yes, you can be jealous. We hope to catch up with as many of you as possible when/if we're in your same time zone.