A New Door

After about a year of planning, working and waiting, I'm off for another traveling adventure. This time I am focusing on Western Europe. After a brief 20 hour stop over in London, my journey begins in Thessaloniki, Greece. I'll work my way north through various towns until I reach Ireland. Along the way I will be stopping in Italy, France, Germany, England, Scotland and Wales.

My traveling companions will be the complete works of Jane Austen and anyone I get to chat with via Skype. Not sure when I'll be online, but if you download Skype we can chat, voice and video call all for free. You'll find me at Skype name jkuntz27. Of course you can also leave comments on the blog--even without a blogger username.

Life has been tense and crazy with trying to pull everything together for the trip. Phone calls to companies, setting up finances, buying the last few items and trying to pack it all into my carry-on size roller bag and my shoulder bag. All in all, stressful. With assignment halfway completed (Region 8, synod __?__) and only a short time post moving back to PA, I've been thinking how it would just be easier to stay put. Certainly more comfortable and right now, comfortable would be delightful. Well, back to packing. Hopefully once I get there the adventure will set in again.

Carry On My Wayward Daughter

Everything is pre-packed. From what I can tell, I should have everything I need. The last few days have been a frenzy of randomness with much roaming about the house finding something here and there I would need for the trip. A month is a long time for which to pack. In my usual fashion I seem to have compiled it all into two carry on sized items. Unfortunately I think one of the airlines will only allow one carry on. This is just as well since I have some heavy books in the one bag and I wouldn't want to lug them around all day. Nevertheless I am not a big fan of checking luggage with waiting for it at the carousel, the chance it might get damaged/lost/delayed, and not having access to everything you might need.

Thanks to Megan I did attend one of the best fireworks shows I've been to in a while tonight for the 4th of July. Thanks to Sarah G. I had the pleasure of seeing little Eli and gained the motivation to move many of my things into the attic. Never did get around to eating that last piece of chocolate cake in the fridge. Sad.