We paid for another part of our trip!! This means the Greece tour is definitely a go.

There's trouble in Egypt. Bad trouble. The people have risen up against the dictator Mubarak who has been in power for the last thirty years. Now there are riots in the streets. Everyone assures me it will calm down by September when we go. Still they are holding their elections for a new president then so who knows. It might be we have to go somewhere else. I hope not. We have paid for all out deposits for the other tours now. Bec and I decided to hold o...

So we had our tours, we had our dates, we'd even paid for our flights and insurance. Now I hear from Kimberley that she is planning to move to England in the new year. She'd be there when I am. Well, if that's the case I have to change the dates of my flights to spend a few days with Kimberley. Despite not have planned on it, I am now really looking forward to doing a Double Decker bus tour around London. I'm hoping that since she'll have been there a while...

Now that we have a plan, we have to follow through. That means save, SAVE, SAVE!!! Not that we haven't been for the last year but it was sort of half hearted. Now we have a goal, a target to work toward. She can't make fun of my colour coded spreadsheets anymore. So I'm organised, it's not a big deal. It's not like I've got anything better to do with my time. And at least I am keeping track of my spending. This way I know what I've paid for, what I still ne...

Bec and I started planning this trip over a year ago, around mid 2008. Not that we really did anything about it. There was some half hearted saving going on and a few destinations in mind but it wasn't until Kimberley started planning her families trip to the Middle East that we started any actual planning. Bec contacted Kimberley's travel agent, Jill and set up an appointment. We went in together, just to sit down and talk about what we wanted out of our trip. ...