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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives
Only about 5 weeks left before we’re of to South America. 
Lots of things to prepare, and work projects to manage.
Finally the ticket prices for april are coming in. I tried to make a booking using my airmiles but nothing seems to work out. Man they make it hard to use those miles… I actually have enough miles to get one return ticket to Colombia, but there’s no seat available for the return flight. Bummer! Trying alternative routes makes it too complicated - it’s definitely easier to use airmiles when you’re a single traveller. Upgrades are not really an option either, because the economy tickets that are applicable for this are almost double the price in the first place. Oh well.
We are so excited to go! Since the end of January we’ve been in touch with 2 local charities where we’ll do the volunteer work. They’re very enthousiastic about us coming too. Will write more later about what exactly we’ll be doing.
Other than that: went hiking last week to Mitsu-toge-yama. Great hike, great weather, but very tough because of steepness and snow. We started the hike at 10am and got off the mountain at 6pm (just before dark!) with only 1 hour break in total. My poor untrained body… I actually injured my left knee a bit. Strained my muscle or bone or something. Had trouble walking normally the last bit and it was painful. It still is actually--getting better every day but still not gone. Not good if this happens when we do the 4-day Inca trail because then I’ll get stuck in the middle of a mountain range.... Must practice and train more before we go.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Colombia here we come
Manuel got his leave of absence officially approved today! Look at his happy message to my phone:
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
footprint
Today it is Sinterklaas, but we’re not really doing anything with it. Saving it for another year…
Our days and weeks are full. The usual end-of-year rush brings lots and lots of work. And I am spending a fair amount of time singing with the British Embassy Choir in rehearsals and concerts as well. We’re performing a special program this season: ‘Sounds of the Winter’, composed by our musical director (Steven Morgan) himself. On Sunday we even had a day of studio recordings. Keep your ears tuned for that CD coming out.
Trip planning will have to wait until all of this is over. But: today the guide book ‘Footprint South America’ arrived. Pakjesavond after all. One step closer to our dream trip becoming reality!