here I GO...

Email sent. bags packed. Owen is patiently waiting for me to shut this computer down... and get outta here. 

Have to go deal with the Insurance paperwork for my car. Was stolen friday, and recovered in SF Tues... just in time to be a royal pain, but it wasn't harmed that bad, so I lucked out! Then i am truly FREE TO BE ON VACATION!

Later gator! Talk to ya next time from the other side of the pond............

12 hours till take-off... let's give this blog thing a whirl

Passport. Check. Toothbrush. Check. Ready to jump on the plane, and settle into vacation mode... DOUBLE CHECK. 

In 12 hours, I will be on the plane delivering me to Nuremberg, Germany... and into Jana's trusted hands for the month of September (better know as "Oktoberfest 2008"). I have had so little time to immerse myself in the fact that I am really going that I almost look forward to the 11 hours on the plane to work myself into the right space. Right?! Ok, ok. After about an hour on the plane, I'll be over that.. but you get the picture. A little tylenol PM will soothe that silly optimism.  

Setting up this blog was my last task before catching a few hours of sleep. Y'all know how much I like to share my travel tid-bit... and over the years, I have listened to your feedback. "The emails are just too damn long". Ok, you short attention span folks (and you know who you are Mani Sidhu!), let's give this BLOG thing a whirl. 

Let me know what ya think... and do forgive any newbie etiquette infractions!