Off we go!

Welcome, and Happy New Year!

It's coming up on midnight on New Year's Day, 2011.  It's been a curious start to the New Year, spent in preparation of our departure tomorrow morning.  And for all the effort that has gone into the planning for this trip, we have these 2 sacks to show for it.

With the year only a day old, we can already say with certainty that this will be unlike any other for us.  We'll be headed for Heathrow around 7am tomorrow morning for the first of 20(+?) flights we'll be on as we make our voyage around the world.  It's nothing short of an ambitious, bizarre fantasy come true.  We started dreaming this up at least a year ago, and when we got to a critical mass of people who knew we had this crazy idea, we decided we needed to do it.  Better that than be repeatedly asked 'hey, weren't you guys supposed to be going on some big trip? what happened to that?'

Here's the plan as of today:

And so we bid London farewell and we're off - to explore new (to us) lands, do a bit of self-discovery, and put our marriage to the test.  Wish us luck, patience, good humour, and strong stomachs.  We can't wait to share our stories!