Dear Espana…It’s good to be back

Spain is just as awesome as I remember it.  

These are for you mommy…

Puerta Del Sol, Madrid

Flamenco!

More to come…

aaaand away they go!

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

- St. Augustine

It’s honeymoon time!  YES!  Our flight leaves this afternoon out of LAX and we arrive in Paris around 3pm-ish on Thursday (it will still be Wednesday in the USA – we are time travelers).  I couldn’t be more excited!  There will be time for me to blog (train rides, airports, while my husband plays games on his PSP and such) so I hope to keep you updated at least a bit while we are gone.   

I haven’t been on a 2 week vacation since 2003 when my mom took me to Europe for my college graduation.  It feels so good to be going back.  I love the culture and the people, the lack of plastic surgery (truly!), and the FOOD!!   I am thrilled to share it with my new husband.  We have so much to see and just the right amount of time.  

What I do not miss though is the day-before-you-leave-for-vacation stress.  Geez.  It kicked my ass today.  I feel even worse for my man who had to go to urgent care, found out his property that he’s trying to sell is being tampered with AND had his car break down today.  Oh well – what are you gonna do…?  Ignore it until we come back.  Sounds like a plan to me!  I am sad I will be missing my mom’s Friendship Festival and the San Diego Chargers Monday Night Football Game at Home (haven’t missed one of those bad boys in years!), but I guess I can sacrifice that to a glass of wine atop the moonlit Eiffel Tower with my hunk of a man husband.  Hmmm.  Yeah.  That sounds fantastic actually.

The other exciting piece of news that I have is that I’m going to be getting an early birthday present from him in the morning, something I have been wanting for quite some time:

The Nikon 18-200mm – A kick-ass lens to go with my kick-ass camera.

I am going to be all hooked up by the time we get to Europe but don’t expect any earth-shattering images quite yet.  I am an uber-beginner.  We’ll see what I can pull off though!!  At least I’ll have a few things to take pictures of.  (hahaa)  Our first stop is Paris for 5 days, then Lausanne (Switzerland) for 3, then Madrid for 5 more, and an overnight connection (rallytime!) in Rome.  We’ll be back on Oct 1st to tell everyone how badly we’d like to move there.  (Wouldn’t that be amazing??)

Ok – it’s WELL past our bedtime.  I will miss you tons and tons family and friends.  Au Revoir!

Peace & Love…