Take-off

Finally, I got some time over to enter my first blog entry! Hopefully I will be able to be more productive once the trip has actually started ... =)

I've really been choked with stuff to do at work and with things to prepare for the trip at home. That's no excuse really, since Tina has been in the same situation (if not worse). Anyway ... Today, the day before we leave Gothenburg, we think that we have everything under control *fingers crossed*. The TODO list has finally become quite short and it feels like we haven't missed out on any important things (like bookings, vaccinations, jobs, the apartment etc.)

Yesterday we drove up to my parents place i Vänersborg, where we're now fixings the last few things while spending some relaxing time with my family. Today we went walking with my parents, and as you can see (picture below) we have snow here ... What a contrast it will be to land in sunny Brasil on Tuesday! We're slowly starting to realize that we're actually going on a world-wide trip starting TOMORROW! Jesus ... But at the same time, we can't wait to get going! I dreamt of doing such a trip for a long time now ...


So tomorrow morning, we start the four-legged flight from Gothenburg to Natal in Brasil (via Stockholm, Madrid and Sao Paulo). We will probably both sleep quite a lot during those flights; we're both pretty tired from the stress of the last couple of weeks. But we'll have plenty of time during the first couple of weeks in Brasil to "re-charge the batteries"! I can imaging that we'll spend quite some time at the beach (at least the first week, until I can't stand the tranquile life anymore and I've to do some thing more "active") ... =)

Next blog post will hopefully be from a internet café (next to a beach) in sunny Natal! I hope you're not the envious kind ... =)

até logo!

Jacob