Our flight was relaxing. It was nice to just sit after such a busy week of preparing. We took a train from Gatwick to London, and then the tube to White chapel where our flat is. On arrival no one was there, and the key was not under the mat as indicated to us in an email. The wait seemed very long because of how tired we were. A little Irish man came out of his flat while we were waiting. He reassured us that it was normal for renters to have to wait for t...

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. We feel extremely blessed to have the friends and family that we have. The dinners, coffees, emails, phone calls, texts etc.. have meant so much to us. Now we are on our way! Elout and Adalei came by to see us off at at 7:00 am, and by 7:18 we were on the road. It is a clear sunny day. The first challenge of our trip came only an hour after leaving. Darius wasn't feeling well and you guessed it... started thro...

8 sleeps until our adventure begins. We just finished our yard work. It feels strange getting the yard ready knowing that we won't see it again until the end of summer. At this point we are organizing the house. One moment we are excited and the next grumpy. We are short on patience at the moment so sorry if you crossed our path at the wrong time lol :). If we survive the next eight days then I'm sure we can survive anything in Europe.