As any almost-three-year-old can tell you, international travel is not to be taken lightly.  That’s why the Road Warrior Princess makes no compromises, as seen in her recent trip to Switzerland and Germany.

Annika left the comforts of Oregon prepared:

• princess crown — check;
• DVD player — check;
• pink princess roller bag that Annika insisted on pulling through the airports herself — check.

Her efforts were rewarded with a great trip that included:

• first flying the whole family to Houston so the twin babies could stay with Nana and Grandpa Dell (or, as the twins call them, “Mommy and Daddy 2.0″);
• flying to Zurich, Switzerland with Mommy and Daddy, then driving to Munich;
• during the drive to Munich, repeatedly asking when she could see a castle (an important topic for any princess, of course);
• visiting two castles (the Residenz in Munich and Linderhof Palace in southern Germany);
• celebrating Mommy and Daddy’s 5th anniversary by dining at one of Munich’s hottest vegetarian restaurants (no, you don’t need to adjust your computer);
• Daddy spending a Saturday morning in Mike’s Wunderbarer Waschsalon (free wi-fi included), which reminded him of the last time that he went to a laundromat in Germany and obtained change by taking his mother to her first Turkish grocery store;
• driving through Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland in one day;
• staying at a lovely hotel in Luzern, Swizterland, where Annika could run up and down the halls and eat delicious waffles every morning for breakfast; and
• renting bikes on their last day in Luzern and taking a lovely afternoon ride.