Thanks to The Caffeinated Book Reviewer for hosting Sunday Post.
My departure for a two-month work trip to Germany is coming up fast. Our cleaning and getting rid of a lot of stuff continues! I’m leaving on April 5th. If anyone has any international travel or packing tips, I’m all ears. There is a very cool page on Instagram called “The Folding Hacks,” and I’m scouring that trying to learn how to get more into my suitcase, but neatly. I’ll still be posting from Germany, and I’ll be continuing my volunteer work as Indies Co-Editor and as a reviewer for Historical Novels Review, the magazine of The Historical Novel Society.
I am still behind on Goodreads and blog visiting, but I’m hoping to catch up this coming week.
WHAT ARE YOU READING
(Partial blurb from publisher Atria Books) 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild destroyed French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen—children’s libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.
WHAT HAVE YOU JUST FINISHED
Historical Fiction combining The Blitz in London with a bookish theme. Loved it.
WHAT ARE YOU READING NEXT
A serial arsonist has burned down another house and two children are missing. Detective Jace Franco is on the case.
This is Book Two of the An American in Paris mysteries, in which Julia Child is a supporting character. I absolutely loved Book One.
Hope you all have a wonderful week!
I imagine it’s quite hard packing for being away for two months. Hope you manage to find some good tips and have a great trip!
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Thanks Nicki! Have a good week. I’m not leaving until April 5th, but I’m trying to get a head start!
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Two months on a work trip is a long time!
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Yep. But I’m planning to travel to Brussels and Prague on at least two weekends while I’m there, so I’ll get to have some fun too.
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I was hoping you’d get a chance to do a bit of sightseeing!
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The Underground Library sounds great! Have a super trip.
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Thanks Darlene. I’m 11 days out from my trip, but it will go fast!
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Have a good working trip, Bonnie!
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Thanks! Hopefully I’ll have some fun too!
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I’d say pack your favorite clothes, nothing iffy. Hope you have an amazing trip!
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
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Thanks Anne. I’m definitely bringing only machine washable stuff and hopefully outfits I can mix and match.
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That is so cool! I didn’t realize you were going to be in Germany for 2 whole months! Tip: Patience! So many things are so different in Europe than they are here in the US. For example (from my trip to France) – you know how we just line up naturally when waiting for a bus, entering somewhere, etc…, in France that was not something that happened – it was every woman for herself. And deodorant in France – nonexistent – of course we went in the summer and had to take public transportation.
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No deodorant? Wow. I have been to Paris once, but that was back in 2011 and I know it has changed since then. I’m glad I got to see Notre Dame before it burned.
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I hope you have the best trip!
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Thanks so much. I will be posting pictures from after I get a chance to sightsee.
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