Friday, December 7, 2012

Trifecta: Souvenirs


Kitzbuhel and the Alps at night, skytracer.com


Opposing Vail,


Newlywed wives planned instead a cheap flight to Kitzbuhel’s slopes.

Spilling every last drop on Austrian cobblestones,

And reimbursing broken bed fees,

Naught remained for keepsakes.

Life’s memento arrived 9-months later.

31 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was a fun read!

Draug said...

Ha! :) What a surprise been must have been!

Anonymous said...

Wow. I loved this one! Great story! So sweet about the baby at the end. That's a really, really nice story. *smiles* I really enjoyed this one, Gina :D

TMWHickman said...

Heheheh. The Alps win again!

Kenya G. Johnson said...

Go newlyweds wit yo bad selves! LOL!

kymm said...

Broken bed fees. Lol. That'll teach you!

Bo said...

Terrific!

Unknown said...

Loved the broken bed fees. Great post.

Samantha Brinn Merel said...

so cool! this must be such fun writing!

Stacie @ Snaps and Bits said...

You did it! I'm going to at some point but this is crazy weekend - Single Mom and I have to decorate and get the cards out!

DEZMOND said...

there's something in the Austrian air...

Gina said...

Yes it was! Our own little Weinerschnitzel!!!

Gina said...

Thanks, Scriptor! It was a an adventurous and fun ski trip andmy first to Europe. Yep! She came along 9 months to the day!

Gina said...

Thanks!

Gina said...

Thanks, Ruby. I gave it my best shot :-)

Gina said...

Yes! The Austrian Alps owned me in more ways than one!

Gina said...

We'd been married 11 months and used our last $$$ to reimburse the innkeeper. We are reminded of it often by these friends.

Gina said...

Back in the "wild" days, Kymm! It taught us to have more money with us on crazy vacations in case we broke another!

Gina said...

Thank you, Bo.

Gina said...

Makes for a funny tale now. Back then...not so much. No spare money for such negligence ;-)

Gina said...

It always is fun to write short stuff!

Gina said...

I didn't think I'd get it in before I left to go out of town. Decorating and cards take many hours. I've done the cards and half the decorating. Have to get my act together.

Gina said...

Or in the bier! It's strong. That might have had something to do with it!!!

Tara R. said...

A honeymoon souvenir? The 'broken bed fee' line made me laugh.

Gina said...

The innkeeper was upset and kept saying it was a new bed when we arrived. We looked at each other in disbelief but paid her to replace the broken slates. I swear... But our friends get a kick out of saying we truly broke it. I still don't think we did ;-)

Steph said...

This is so sweet. Naught remained for keepsakes. I love that line - and then its followed by an even better one. Nice, Gina.

Sandra said...

That's one glorious souvenir! Nice, Gina!

Trifecta said...

Gina, this is great. I love this. I'm kind of angry that this is community-judged, and I'll have to trust everyone else to love it, too. :-)

Gina said...

Thanks, Stephanie. Yep, we blew it out. Spent every last nickel we brought. Surprise, surprise!!!

Gina said...

The gift that keeps on giving 22 years later :-)

Gina said...

Thank you so much for saying that! You made my morning, Trifecta!