and we're nearly off

as i type this, in 24 hours, M&i will be an hour or two away from heathrow airport outside the fine (and expensive) city of London. then we land, mill about for less than 2 hours and off into the great blue yonder again to land in Brussels.

it's exciting and a little frightening at the same time, at least for me. M has done a lot more travelling recently than i have, so she's playing the role of cucumber (filed under: cool as). my anxiety levels were elevated this morning, but as i took care of things, i've started to feel better about things again. i think the big turning point that told me that things were going to be ok was when i had the euros in hand. cost an arm and a leg ($1.46 per 1 euro), but i now have enough for our B&B's (they like this cash on arrival thing, not credit cards) as well as other incidentals w/o having to get raped by an ATM.

i've packed the bulk of what i'm bringing, my little sony 2gb 705f (yes, it is pink) is nearly fully loaded (i have 124mb free), fully charged and now i need M's to load the Harry Potter books on for her. battery is charged for the new camera, batteries are charging for the small camera. memory cards are clear. laptop is charging and has our basic info. card reader packed, micro mouse packed, so i'm feeling pretty good right now.

so off to Brussels, Brugge & Cologne we go.