Girls Trip!

Living half way across the world from family and friends proves to be a bit lonely at times, so I was so excited for friends to fly over from Chicago last week! Our adventure started almost immediately after they stepped off the plane in Frankfurt (of course I brought them pretzels to the airport to kick off the journey!).

The first weekend we road-tripped to Salzburg, and Dornbirn, Austria, Munich, Germany, Zurich, Switzerland, and Strasbourg, France. It was a whirlwind tour that added about 1,000 miles to our rental car. Come Monday, our chauffeur had to get back to work and allow Girls Week to start.

Monday was spent in the thermal baths of Baden Baden, one of my favorite German cities. After a little relaxation and pampering there, we were ready to hit the road for Paris! Despite the massive country-wide strike, train cancellations and serious terrorist threats, we weren't going to let anything come between us and Louis Vuitton and the Eiffel Tower. Once we arrived in Paris we all felt safe due to the extreme amount of security surrounding the city's precious sites. We had such a great time sight seeing, shopping, dancing and of course, eating! The trip was a success despite the alleged chaos in the city!

Nussloch is a little quieter now that the girls have gone back to Chicago.  They definitely left their mark and I miss them already....Here are some of my favorite pictures from our vacation:

The Crew at Hangar 7 in Salzburg

Ashley, Colleen and Kelly with the "founder" of the champagne shower

With Ashley at the Eiffel Tower 

J and E with Colleen on the way up to Neuschwanstein Castle via horse drawn carriage

In Strasbourg- think it's a wine barrel 

Colleen teaching the Germans how we do it in Chicago. He later picked her up and paraded her around the restaurant.

Everyone make an X for Mexx!

Doing our own Sound of Music dance in Maribel Garden where scenes were filmed in Salzburg