Two Days to Vacay

This Friday, we’re setting off! We have a three week trip planned to Spain and France, where we’ll take in sights, smells, food, wine and…oh yeah, find a HOUSE to live in.

I’d like to say that I’m really, really, super excited. And I am…but only really at the idea of it. It still feels far too surreal to me, therefore it’s difficult to get excited about something that still doesn’t quite feel like it’s happening. The paperwork still isn’t all in place, though it seems like we’re very nearly there. The dogs got their vaccinations today and had to be re-microchipped since apparently their old ones aren’t recognized by the EU. Their paperwork doesn’t all get filled out until 10 days before we leave, so we still have that to do.

The to-do list keeps going, and going, and going.

But, instead of stay at home and deal with that boring stuff, we’re running away from it all for three weeks!!

Mike is very nearly done with our vacation powerpoint, but to give you an idea of the places we’ll be hitting up:

Yeah, that’s a lot of driving!! It’s definitely not the “sit back & relax” kind of vacation…it’s a “get off your butt and explore” kind of vacation, which is definitely what we prefer. And since we’ll be spending a week in Coruña/Ferrol, we’re hitting everything else up in a two-week period of time. It’ll be a great way to figure out some of our favorite areas, that way if we want to return for a long weekend, we can certainly do that while we’re living there.

Three weeks is a long time to be away from home and from our dogs. I’m very nervous about leaving them for so long, but I’m so glad that our good friends are staying here with them. I don’t think I could bear to leave them at a kennel for so long. But, since we’re covered on the dog front, there is really no excuse to not take a vacation like this and see everything we can possibly see within the three weeks we’ll be gone. There’s just too much of this world to see!

We have some very cool adventures set up for each stop, so I can’t wait to share those with you as we go. During my absence, I’ll try to write as much as possible, but I have some wonderful guest posters lined up as well to keep you entertained while we’re gone.

What’s the longest you’ve been away from home?