the happy couple just had to choose april 29th

almost without fail (except London 2008 and Italy 2007) netter and i have traveled to europe over the Easter sunday week/end.  it works the best because i get good friday off and she is out of her toy fair craziness.  hence, the british isles trip was scheduled for april 21st through the 30th. 

then...prince william had to go and propose to his girlfriend of eight years, kate middleton.  congrats to both.  and then...they had to choose april 29th as their wedding day!  as utterly ecstatic as i am to know that kate will no longer be known as "waity katy" but instead princess catherine, i'm not super stoked that the prices for my vacation just quadrupled with their little announcement. 

going to have to re-evaluate our trip planning.  europe 2011 might instead be the vacation to avoid the british isles at all costs.  maybe amsterdam to see the tulips, maybe greece to view the architecture, maybe italian country side to eat lots of napolitano pasta, maybe portugal because i know very little about portugal, maybe switzerland because i heard they have excellent chocolate, maybe riga in latvia because netter really wants to go there, or maybe we'll stick close to home and head to the bahamas instead. 

although a small part of me thinks it could be pretty cool to actually be in the country on the day when the future of the british monarchy takes a wife.