Translation of preamble in German

In the that time of the year, when I used to go to school, I had to get up very early and leave the house at around seven o'clock in the morning. At this time it was still night, dark and cold outside.
Before you make a reservation we need to check whether it has car parking, please wait. I will be in Switzerland next week. I am trying to get 4 or 5 days off. I will be back on the end of the year.
The reason for doing an excursion to Macau was that we had to catch a flight back to Thailand. Air Asia offered a ticket for 50$, while the same flight from Hong Kong would be over 200$.