Deep in Snow and Preparing

Santa Fe is deep in snow these days and Elyn and I are deep in preparations for our trip to Spain and other points to be determined. It seems that there are thousands of details to take care of before we leave. Making sure that we have all the misc. gear with us, including two cell phones, one computer, two iPods, one portable printer, one digital camera, plus all the cords, chargers, etc. to make them run. Then there is travel clothes, which haven't been worn since the last trip. What will we need? We can only guess.

Nutritional supplements and prescriptions are another quantity of stuff. It takes more and more of this stuff to keep us going as we age.

Which pieces of luggage to take? What coats? What shoes? Again, we are guessing about a lot and probably will purchase more stuff when we find out what we will really need on the road.

The current plan, which changes day by day, is to travel directly to Sahagun, Spain where we have friends. We will stay there a few days and hopefully take care of the paper work to apply for our residency visas. If that process will take several weeks, we will travel down to the south, visiting Gerona, Barcelona, and other south coast areas. Then we "may" fly out to Malta to stay for awhile. All these plans can only be made when we know better about the Spanish officials and how long they will take to process our stuff. We are supposed to have temporary ID cards once we turn in the papers, but we can also travel on our US passports if necessary.

Our return flight is scheduled for February 14, but if we get everything done before that we may come back to the US early. As you can see, we are pretty much taking it day at a time. This uprooted life does bring some anxiety, but it also is very exciting. I think the excitement is worth having a little uncertainty and anxiety.

I may not post again until I can find a cybercafe or WiFi hot spot in Spain. Bon Voyage!!