Well, Sweden was awesome. As we sit here in Paris now, I have finally put together all of the costs for the jaunt to Scandinavia. There were a few outstanding items that I went ahead and included. I suppose if…
5… 4… 3… 2 great days in Stockholm
We had high hopes for the better part of a week in Stockholm. We landed on a Tuesday and our flight out was not until Sunday morning. On the first day, we were so jet-lagged from travelling Memphis-La Guardia-JFK-Stockholm that we…
Our First Week (by Anna)
8/30 – First day of the trip we had to wake up at 4:30am, 4:30!!!!!!! TERRIBLE. The plane got to New York at about 9:30am, but the plane for Sweden leaves at 9:30pm. We will be sitting in the airport…
Seemed like a good idea. The Vasa (by Caleb)
9/5- As I am writing this we have been in Sweden 4 days and have finally mastered the subway system. My first day in Sweden basically consisted of getting lost twice and carrying 60lbs of baggage around, because halfway through…
A Rocky Start
8/31- Day 1, Travel Day Our plan for the day was to fly into LaGuardia airport in NYC, ride the shuttle to JFK airport, store our luggage, then go out and explore the city during our 10 hour layover. I…
The Packing List
1 day until liftoff. It has been awesome to visit with family and friends for the past month, and now it’s time to truly break away. The journey begins tomorrow and we think (hope, pray, doubt) that we are ready. We…
To-Do’s and Ta-Done’s
I think today marks the longest I have been out of work since I left school. In 16 years, I only took a 2-week vacation once, and even then it felt weird. A few times I worked away from the…
Innoculated and Insured
Tonight I am feeling nigh invincible. Well, not really, but there are certainly fewer bugs that worry me. We are all Hep-A-, Hep-B-, Typhoid-, and Tetanus-proof. We also have scripts for anti-malarial pills that make us more susceptible to sunburn…
The Itinerary Post
At our family 4th of July gathering, I had many requests to post our itinerary. After much debate and reworking and cost analysis, our final route is complete. This is an overview of our trip. I have decided that trip…
Of Visas and Vaccinations
It has been a head-spinning and wallet-lightening couple of weeks for us concerning the trip. First, we received our passports – Yay! We badly need to secure our Chinese visas, so we quickly filled out the forms and sent our new, original passports…