We are down to 5 days and everything is happening so fast! We still have packing to do, a couple of bills to pay up front, and then all the last minute instructions for family, friends, and most importantly, our wonderful farm caretaker, who is excited about being a "real farmer" for a year. Then we have to make sure we have all the important paperwork, which we (meaning Steve) have managed to forget in past travels which has made them true adventures. Thankfully, he has a very good memory so when we arrived in Madrid, laden down with heavy bags on a hot day, we were able to stagger down the right street and found our hotel (although it was very nerve-wracking).
I'll be keeping up this blog more when we are Down Under as Steve will probably be out taking photographs at first light (and I am not a morning person!) and at the end of the day (when I'd rather be relaxing with friends and sharing a glass of wine). I can't complain though, he has made this possible and he does such great work with his camera stuff.
There's a long list of people to see before we leave and the days are filled to the brim so there isn't a spare minute anywhere. Thankfully, nearly every evening is filled with dinner invitations so I can empty our refrigerator of food (delectable leftovers - an oxymoron if there ever was one!). Then finish packing, one last cleaning, and we are off! To a whole new set of challenges, I'm sure. I probably won't feel truly settled until we are in our rental apartment in Suffolk Park, NSW and the phone/internet/electricity/gas and whatnot is all set up and running. So, in other words, life will be crazy for the next month, until mid-May. If any of you thought we are crazy, you are probably right!
Enough procrastinating, back to packing....
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