Friday, August 7, 2009

Outta' Here

Tomorrow morning "I'm leavin' on a jet plane" but will be back again just before Thanksgiving (Inshallah). Drew (#2 son) and his lady have just left for a 3 week roadtrip through Colorado and then back to San Diego. Joe (#3 son) is driving me up to Los Angeles today, we'll see "Julie and Julia", I'll tuck in to a hotel near the airport and tomorrow morning begin the journey to Italy.

I have my luggage down to a wheeled backpack and my bag/purse thingie. What that really means is that after Italy most of my good clothes will be shipped home and I'll reload by buying appropriate gear when I get to India.

The first thing I need to do when I get there is book a flight from Venice to Rome on the morning of August 24 so that I get to Rome in time to catch my flight to Dubia. For some reason Kathmandu will be via Dubai. And then the real fun begins because I'll need to find the train to take me to the station near the hotel in Rome . I have directions that seem reasonable but you never know.

From here on in posts to the blog will be conditional on finding internet cafes.
Stay tuned, pray that the gods of 'sense of direction' find me and take pity.
I'm off to Italy to eat! You guys pray for me ( need all the help I can get) and we'll see how 'love' turns out.