I’ll admit it. We’re (at least I’m) getting old and concerns re my ability to handle the rigors of long distance travel do arise. On Wednesday, we were on deck at 6:45 AM local time, arriving at our hotel in Porto, PT, around 5:30 PM on Thursday. That works out to roughly 26 hours in transit …
The clock is ticking and I think we’re in pretty good shape. We’ll see come crack of dawn tomorrow.
Laurel builds wonderful travel books that really help to make our trekking smooth and easy. In what may be a bit of hyper-preparation, I hit the local Triple-A yesterday and acquired an International Driving Permit. Many travel books tell you these are a must for international motoring, but over a span of many years and dozens of …
And the checklist’s not looking too bad. I’m excited.
With Morocco in the mix, maybe we should call it “Euro+2014.” Anyway, we made one little plan update this past week (staying in Sintra for a night, one less night in Faro). In a nutshell, Euro 2014 is: The Iberian peninsula from Lisbon to Barcelona and from Gibraltar to Andorra Morocco French Basque country (Bayonne, …
At 56 days to departure, Euro 2014 is starting to take shape. With the exception of the train between Lisbon and Porto and the bus from Faro in Portugal to Seville, ES, all the transport reservations are done. There’s lots of driving in this year’s plan including Lisbon to Faro, Seville to Gibraltar via Cordoba …
The planning for Euro 2014 got started a bit later than usual, but we’re also beginning the trip a bit later (end of August). Anyway, this year we’re headed south: Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, French Basque country, Andorra, Morocco and a pau hana wrap-up in Paris. OK, so Morocco isn’t Europe. I use the “Euro” term …
We had a really cool time at NAB2014. It’s been a long time…
Open items on the checklists are declining; house sitter has been briefed and he’ll be taking us to the airport; flight check-in is done; Zoe’s looking a bit forlorn–she recognizes the signs. Things are looking pretty good. Our inbound aircraft is about to enter Canadian airspace–meaning we should have an aircraft to depart on–and it’s not …
The countdown clock on the is now blinking a day and change until we’re on our way–pretty exciting. It doesn’t seem all that long ago (mid-January) that we hashing over the macro-level outline. As the graphic says, 9 countries, 7 currencies, etc. As it always does, the time will pass way too quickly, but I can’t …