Dorothy Has Our Tickets

SL (Sweet Lorraine) and I cannot embark on an adventure without some sturm und drang, and this year is no exception. Last year, faithful bloggee, you may recall that, after months of planning we timed our vacation to perfectly coincide with the awakening of eyjafjallajoku in Iceland. This year it is tornados in Kansas. Seems that the DHL courier planes could not land in Kansas due to tornados, so we do not have our ferry tickets, and we are leaving in 37 minutes for the airport.

We asked our travel agent in Greece why they are taking so long, and his response was that they were sent to the courier just before Good Friday, so the holiday interfered with the process. Now if you have ever been to Greece, you will already know that they are VERY religious; the Greeks have more churches than Mississippi has McDonalds. So my confusion can be forgiven when I try to understand how Easter came as such a surprise to our Greek travel agent.

Somehow, we will work this out.

Adventure 2011 - Off Again!

Images: My Travel Guitar, Folagandros, Santorini, Faros, Sicily.

Welcome back, bloggees!

SL (Sweet Lorraine) and I are delighted that you might be a part of our next adventure.
Randy Webber said to me, "It's far better to retire a year too early, than a day too late."

He was right.

So that's what we did. We retired. I do feel the need to tell you that, while Randy has excellent retirement advice, do not listen to his tips for drafting fantasy football teams. He has been known to draft deceased players onto his JAFFL team. His entry fee is, however, appreciated each year - I believe it funded Derek's post-secondary education.

We learned from our adventure last year. So here are our amendments.

Pack less, but bring a guitar. Last year, our plan was to buy a guitar in Europe and sell it before we left. Did not work. Crap guitars, hugely overpriced. It was incredible how much I missed having a guitar to play and write with. The guitar I bought is a Fender with a bolt-on neck. I take it apart, put it in the suitcase and re-assemble it.

Pack less. I am not known for my sartorial spendor. I am quite happy with shorts and t-shirts .
I cannot convey the excitement in our house as we count down the 4 remaining days....