Went to a ceremonial cattle drive and parade which traveled a few blocks through downtown this morning. Not real exciting, which lent all the more motivation for the trip planning I did in the afternoon. My brother and I have finalized our European itinerary. We'll basically be tracing a parallelogram whose corners are Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, and Prague. I hope this isn't too rushed, like our exausting Alabama-Quebec nine-day road trip last year. Beer will be a prominent attraction; besides Oktoberfest in Munich, we also plan to tour the famous brewery in Plzeň, Czech Republic. Our favorite vacation game, "Spot the German," will be somewhat meaningless though.