31/03/2011 - The Lead Up

Well, we have less than three weeks to go before we depart on our Round the World trip.

This trip started over a bottle of Sauvignon on the deck one evening whilst talking about how it is important to live each day to its fullest and not take anything for granted. Over the months that followed I think Kath got tired of hearing me talk about it and so I insisted we buy the tickets and all else will fall in place. Its a few months later now we find ourselves without a home (rented), no cars and living with NANA and three weeks to go.

NZ citizenship at last!

There has been an overwhelming amount of advice from friends and colleagues at work but most seem to think that we are mad to do this with a 9 month old and a 2.5 year old. One thing we can say is that with a goal like this in mind, it forces you to get stuff done, tidy up the loose ends and basically remove all the obstacles. I finally got around to getting my citizenship for example. 

So, for those who don't know, the trip consists of:

South Africa for 3 months
UK for 1.5 months
USA/Canada for 5 - 6 months.

This timeline all depends on our ability to stick to a firm budget and the welfare of the kids. Please check out this blog for all our updates and what I hope will be many funny and interesting posts.

Bye for now, from the newly kiwified Saffie.

Later