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Dave promised Alex Trebek that he'd take Leslie to Europe this summer, which is legally binding in most jurisdictions. We'll be visiting Munich, Berlin, and Bautzen in Germany as well as taking advantage of an extended stopover in Iceland on our trip.

• Plan itinerary for Wednesday and Thursday, June 20 and 21, in Iceland
• Remove unwanted pictures from phone; load with wanted pictures and music
• Copy television shows from HTPC to laptop
• Burn Jeopardy! DVD for family
• Look into mobile wireless device rental
• Order prize table games for Oasis before leaving
• Investigate credit card auto rental insurance
• Submit car rental receipt for reimbursement

We'll arrive in Munich on the evening of Friday, June 8, and will leave on the evening of Wednesday, June 13.

When we arrive on the night of Friday, June 8, we'll be staying at the Hotel Atlanta (Google map). For the remainder of our stay we'll be at a charming little vacation rental near Theresienwiese (Google map).

Here's a list of things we're interested in doing and seeing in and around Munich:

• A bike tour of the city and its parks (Lenny's Bike Tour, 11:30 AM and 4:00 PM daily, leaves from Marienplatz [C1])
• A walking tour, particularly the Bavarian Beer and Food walk offered by Radius (6:00 PM daily, except Sunday and Monday, leaves from Hbf [C1])
• The glockenspiel at New Town Hall (11:00 AM, 12 noon and 5:00 PM [C1])
• Street food from the Viktualienmarkt ([C1])
• The Munich City Museum (10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, closed Mondays [C1])
• The pedestrian mall
• An organ concert at Frauenkirche (Wednesdays at 7:00 PM [C1])
• Browsing the Alois Dallmayr delicatessen (9:30 AM to 7:00 PM, closed Sundays [C1])
• Oompah music and the historical displays at Hofbräuhaus (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM with music at lunch and dinner [C1])
• Tour the Residenz treasury and court garden (9:00 AM to 6:00 PM [C1])
• Playing boules at Hofgarten ([C1])
• See the surfers at the English Garden (and go skinnydippin'!) ([C1-3])
• Check out the history of measurement and the sundial garden at the Deutches Museum (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM [C1])
• Visit the Museum of Transportation (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM [C1])
• Book a tour of the BMW factory ([C2])
• See the Alps on a clear day from the rooftop bar at Bayerischer Hof ([C1])
• Drink beer from the Andechs Monastery (church 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, biergarten until 8:00 PM [C12])
• Find a friendly local spiel shop
• Admire the architecture and do a little window shopping at Kursthalle (other side of Neue Rathaus from Glockenspiel [C1])
• Shop for exotic groceries south of the Hauptbahnhof ([C1])
• Take on the luge at Tegelberg

• 3:30 PM: Arrive at BMW Welt and pick up tickets for the plant tour at the info counter.

We'll spend Thursday, June 14 in Berlin, arriving and leaving the same day.

• Coin-operated luggage lockers available at Bahnhof Zoo
• Walking tour
• Lunch with Claudia

We'll arrive in Bautzen on Thursday, June 14, and will make our way to Iceland on Tuesday, June 19.

• Arrival in Bautzen

• Hiking at Saxon Switzerland
• Weicha, Siegfried's farm and Weissenberg

• Dresden day trip

• Gorlitz day trip

• Bautzen with Claudia?

• Market morning in Bautzen
• Leave for Iceland

We'll arrive in Reykjavik just before midnight on the evening of Tuesday, June 19, and will make our way home on Monday, June 25.

We'll stay our first night in Reykjavik at the Butterfly Guesthouse (Google map). We'll then pick up our rental car the next morning and sightsee our way to the Westman Islands to stay two nights: Wednesday, June 20, and Thursday, June 21. Then on Friday, June 22, it's back to Reykjavik where we'll spend the weekend, staying again at the Butterfly.

• 11:45 PM: Arrive in Keflavik
• Flybus from Keflavik to Reykjavik

• 1:00 AM: Arrive at Butterfly Guesthouse
• Noon: Pick up our rental car at Sixt (Google map)
• Sightseeing on the Keflavik peninsula and the lower part of the Golden Circle
• 6:00 PM: Arrive at Hotel Vestmannaeyjar

• Sightseeing in the Westman Islands

• Sightseeing on the upper part of the Golden Circle
• Arrive at Butterfly Guesthouse
• 4:00 PM: Return our rental car to Sixt (Google map)

• Sightseeing in Reykjavik

• Sightseeing in Reykjavik

• Depart for home

• Transfer from JFK to Laguardia using NYC Airporter