Laa gòn Austria - Sawasdee Thailand!

Monday was simply a lazy day and so no one of us really did much but waiting for the time to go by, eating and relaxing. Sandra and Flo were pretty exhausted from the snowshoe tour to the Burgl-Huette on Sunday and were far from nervous about their trip. One needs such days every now and then. On Tuesday morning though, Jakob, Kerstin and Markus got changed after the regular early morning snack and drove to Bregenz where a large breakfast with Sandra and Flo was on the agenda and Jakob received another present from his godmother before really helping them to pack the backpacks. The two were exemplary as they tried to keep the stuff they wanted to take on the trip to a minimum. Markus nevertheless still found a few items, which he proposed to exclude and leave at home. In order to get more and more into holiday feeling Flo showed a diving movie from Koh Tao of one of his friends and this movie definitely did its trick with all of us!

"Once the hat fits, I will come along as well!"

In the afternoon we all had late farewell lunch, which Kerstin prepared – her delicious spinach strudel, we gave the two backpackers some more off our hints and wishes as to what to do and what to buy and the excitement rose more and more. In the final hours before Sandra and Flo were picked up for Munich Airport by Flo’s mum Christine the whole Meier family stopped by for coffee and cake. Anja has arrived Monday night from Barcelona (bringing some more outfit and toys for our junior as presents!) and so they had 18 hours or “whole family” as Katrin has left early Wednesday morning again for Gran Canaria. Werner must have mutated into a shuttle service between home and several airports nearby.

Ready for the adventures in South-East Asia

When Christine & Norbert turned up at 1730 we were all very happy for Sandra and Flo that they finally get to see the land of the smile, but at the same time we all were very sad about their departure on the Thai Airways flight TG925. During the whole Tuesday (with packing the backpack, watching the diving movie and waiting for the evening departure to the airport) Markus built up a strong feeling of itchy feet especially as 3 and 4 years ago it was Markus and Kerstin who left for Thailand at this time of the year. We are sure that the time will come that the three of us will travel to Bangkok and the Turtle Island. By now Sandra and Flo have landed safely and on time with the Boeing 747 on Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport where they now are waiting for their connection flight to Chiang Mai probably having their first Singha beer.

Jakob, Kerstin and Markus