Ready, Set, Go!

Our bags are packed, the house is clean(ish), the mail has been stopped, Gianmarco's plans are set, and a myriad of other details have been attended to. It's amazing how many things we're all responsible for!

Tomorrow morning we roll into the car at the crack of dawn and head for Milwaukee. Meg's brother David is watching Bella while we're gone. He's also driving us to the Chicago airport for our flight.

Monday evening we squeeze into our little airplane seats on Turkish Airlines for our 12 hour flight to Istanbul, Turkey. If it wasn't digital, our libraries of music, books and movies would fill a huge suitcase all on their own. I'm actually starting to look forward to doing nothing but reading or having a Northern Exposure marathon - except for the tiny seat!

We're hoping to use our time in Istanbul to take the metro into the old town, have dinner and maybe have a spa treatment. Then back to the airport for our midnight departure.

Eight more hours in cattle class brings us to Kathmandu. Despite the jet lag I know we'll have, we have a long list for our (hopefully) single afternoon in the city: renting sleeping bags, getting SIM cards, changing money, and meeting our guide.

Then the next morning we hope to fly up into the mountains, to the small town of Lukla.

Mountains - here we come!