Bodensee trip...cancelled

We received an important email from the room parent of Gabriel's class earlier. There is a confirmed case of scarlet fever in the class.

Before Gabriel went to bed tonight, we noticed that he had rashes in his abdomen (which is consistent with allergies); but he did not have a sore throat or fever, which should precede any rashes in scarlet fever (so we learned on the US Centers for Disease Control and the Mayo Clinic websites).

But we promptly decided to cancel the train ride to Bodensee through the Black Forest. First, we want to be on the safe side and to make sure that it is not scarlet fever. It would not be fun if he feels sick all of a sudden on the Black Forest train. Second, the hotel room in Konstanz had a credit-card hold, and we would be responsible for 80% of the room charge if we didn't cancel prior to the arrival date.