We leave tomorrow morning and we are almost ready to close up the suitcases. Bill and I each have a carry on bag and I have a back pack for the second leg of my trip for when I will be back packing with Gigi on the
Camino de Santiago. The first leg of the trip we will be with Jodi and Richard . We have been friends for 20 + years. We met when we both started a new job at Warren's Florist and Gifts where she still works ( only now it is just a boutique). We have worked together had babies together, shared sorrow and joy . She is a true friend and a blessing. She also has never been to Europe and this will be her first stamp in her passport. I have kidded her for years that I have a bucket list planned for her designed to take her out of her comfort zone!!! Despite all of her original fears- I think she is more excited than I am . When we land in Madrid , we will wait for our next flight to take us to
Malaga- pick up a car and drive ourselves to
Casares . We will arrive there Monday afternoon and our first hotel is at www.hotelhermitage.es It is a beautiful small boutique hotel nestled in the hillside overlooking the Costa
del Sol of Spain. The most common question I have been asked is how do you pack for a 5 week vacation. First there are more restrictions to fly with in Europe- Each bag cannot weigh more than 35 lbs and if you carry two bags - they cannot weigh more than 50 lbs together- or you pay 10.00 a lb that you are over. Pretty steep incentive to stay under the weight limit. My bag for the first leg is 28 lbs and my back pack is 18 ( 46 lbs total) . So I should be good. I try to scale down a little more each time I travel. Would love to get it down even more but it is the shoes that always get me in trouble !! I currently have 5 pairs packed!! Jodi said she doesn't feel so bad now- she packed 7. Completely reasonable-
lol! Last night before our big adventure- printing boarding passes, going over the house rules with James and cleaning out the refrigerator. Almost time to leave all that behind and just be. Can't wait!!
We leave tomorrow morning and we are almost ready to close up the suitcases. Bill and I each have a carry on bag and I have a back pack for the second leg of my trip for when I will be back packing with Gigi on the Camino de Santiago. The first leg of the trip we will be with Jodi and Richard . We have been friends for 20 + years. We met when we both started a new job at Warren's Florist and Gifts where she still works ( only now it is just a boutique). We have worked together had babies together, shared sorrow and joy . She is a true friend and a blessing. She also has never been to Europe and this will be her first stamp in her passport. I have kidded her for years that I have a bucket list planned for her designed to take her out of her comfort zone!!! Despite all of her original fears- I think she is more excited than I am . When we land in Madrid , we will wait for our next flight to take us to Malaga- pick up a car and drive ourselves to Casares . We will arrive there Monday afternoon and our first hotel is at www.hotelhermitage.es It is a beautiful small boutique hotel nestled in the hillside overlooking the Costa del Sol of Spain. The most common question I have been asked is how do you pack for a 5 week vacation. First there are more restrictions to fly with in Europe- Each bag cannot weigh more than 35 lbs and if you carry two bags - they cannot weigh more than 50 lbs together- or you pay 10.00 a lb that you are over. Pretty steep incentive to stay under the weight limit. My bag for the first leg is 28 lbs and my back pack is 18 ( 46 lbs total) . So I should be good. I try to scale down a little more each time I travel. Would love to get it down even more but it is the shoes that always get me in trouble !! I currently have 5 pairs packed!! Jodi said she doesn't feel so bad now- she packed 7. Completely reasonable- lol! Last night before our big adventure- printing boarding passes, going over the house rules with James and cleaning out the refrigerator. Almost time to leave all that behind and just be. Can't wait!!
Woo hoo, Deb! Here's to a journey to remember!
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