So like atypical Americans, we actually planned a vacation that was longer than 3.5 days and decided to head off to Austria and Croatia for two weeks.
The last time Patrick was in Austria was when he was 14, and I think he was only there because the tour bus he was on took the wrong while he was in Munich. I was in Salzburg and Vienna when I was in Luxembourg my junior year in college - yes, just a handful of years ago.
We also had never been to Croatia. Granted there wasn't even a country called Croatia until a decade ago - and even then it wasn't really the best place to go for vacation - but more on that later. First stop - Salzburg