Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Goodbye NYC...World, Here We Come!



Thanks Meg for the cute little travel charm. ;-)

We begin our journey on the 3:15pm flight from Newark to LA tomorrow afternoon...followed by a very long flight to Auckland, NZ. Please keep Andreas and I in your thoughts, and most importantly, your Prayers over the next three months.

Talk to you all again from New Zealand!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Final Trip Schedule

      Four days to go before we take off on our adventure around the world!
      We are so excited, and can't wait for Thursday!

OUR TRIP ITINERARY:

March 31 - Depart NYC for Christchurch, NZ
April 2 to 12 - Drive South Island of New Zealand
      APRIL 3RD - SHANNON'S BIRTHDAY
April 12 to 16 - Sydney, Australia
April 16 - Melbourne, Australia
April 17 to 19 - Phillip Island, Australia
April 19 to 21 - Melbourne, Australia
April 21 to May 3 - Cairns, Airlie Beach, Surfer's Paradise & Brisbane (Drive down the West Coast)
May 3 - Auckland, New Zealand
May 4 to 11 - Beijing, China
May 11 to 17 - Bangkok, Thailand
      MAY 15TH - ANDREAS BIRTHDAY
May 17 to 25 - Ho Chi Minh City & Mui Ne, Vietnam
May 25 to 29 - Hanoi & Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
May 29 to June 1 - Siem Reap, Cambodia
June 1 to 5 - Koh Samui, Thailand
June 5 to 8 - Bangkok, Thailand
June 8 to 14 - Jerusalem
June 14 to 16 -Eilat, Israel & Petra, Jordan
June 16 to 18 - Tel Aviv, Israel
June 18 to 22 - Zurich, Zug & Brunnen Switzerland & Konstanz, Germany
June 22 to 26 - Paris, France (Euro Disney with our families)
June 26 to July 4 - Portugal
July 4 - Fly back to NYC

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

ALL OUR BAGS ARE PACKED....WE'RE READY TO GO!

All I can say is that my mother is a SAINT... and I love her! 
On Sunday night she flew from Houston, where the temp was 85 degrees, to NYC, where the temp is between 30 and 40 degrees. Did I mention that it rained AND SNOWED here today? The weather has been nothing short of miserable here since she arrived, but we have had so much fun, and managed to get a ton of things checked off my to-do list! 

MY Mom managed to neatly stuff all of our needs...and MOST OF OUR WANTS...into two travel backpacks, which will be our only luggage for the next 90 days! 

Travel Note
***Due to the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, we have been forced to change some of our travel plans. I hope to post our entire, revised travel schedule by this weekend!  

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

The Adventure Is About To Begin

On March 31st, Andreas and I will set out on a 90 Day Trip Around The World! We hope to keep this blog as a way to not only track our adventures, but also to keep in touch with our family & friends!

Destination 1 - New Zealand

We will arrive in NZ on April 2nd, and embark on a 1 week driving adventure around the South Island! I should mention that we will be driving & living in a tiny camper van!  My sister has assured me that this is what "everyone's" doing in NZ...All I can say is that she better not be wrong. ;-)