Dealing with a few minor hiccups. I decided that we would go to Pamukkale, Turkey because there was an express overnight train and we could have had a sleeper car. The state website still lists this train, but apparently it is canceled. That leaves us with an overnight bus. Fewer hours than the train, but I don't think it will be nearly as comfortable. Oh well...
Our flight from Pittsburgh is scheduled to leave around 3pm tomorrow. We are going to try and take an earlier flight from Pittsburgh to give us more time to change to our international flight out of Newark tomorrow. The flight we are trying to catch leaves around 11am. We leave the house around 9am tomorrow morning. Sadly, our cell phones will stay behind. I will feel so disconnected with out my cell. I realized yesterday that I needed to bring a watch because I won't have my cell to check the time.
All the errands are done, house is clean, laundry clean still needs to be folded, lawn mowed. I will pack our bags this afternoon and pray we are less than 50 lbs, but need to be certain that they will be less than 20kg (44lbs) for our Ukraine to Turkey flight. We will lose probably that much when we give Sarah and Alister their Peanut Butter, Pam spray, saltine crackers, and chili powder. I don't want to pay for overweight bags.
Our last thoughts before falling asleep last night--getting a bit nervous: with anticipation and not knowing exactly how everything will go. However, we are really excited to be off. It has been a long time since we have traveled abroad.
