After hours of shopping, packing, weighing bags, re-packing, paying luggage fees, printing itineraries, and not enough caffeine, we are finally ready to go! I'm so excited I probably won't sleep tonight. Emily looks like she's about to pass out though. We will miss everyone but promise to keep updating. That's me in the backpack btw, where I will be spending much of my time, and on the luggage tag is my long lost friend, the Dodo bird.
Wish us luck, friends! Next time we post will probably be when we're on the other side of the Atlantic!
As you can see, I am preparing for my travels to France with Emily by brushing up on my French.
Right now that's about all I can do besides packing because Emily is visiting Trinity University right now and left me at home to wait since we don't leave for France for another week. *sigh* I'm very anxious and wish we could leave now!
You might be wondering, "who is this Emily? and why are you -a kiwi- going to France?" Well, my friends, if you did not know, kiwi's are native to New Zealand. Kiwi's, meaning the fruit, the bird, and the people, are kind of a big deal there. Emily's sister Kelly travelled to New Zealand back in April for her honeymoon and bought me as gift for Emily, who lives in Dallas, TX--and goes to school in San Antonio. (there's this weird white thing though that's sticking out of my but that says 'made' in China, but I'm definitely from New Zealand. Don't know what that's all about...) Anyway, we became friends right away and since I love to adventure (can that be a verb? well is now.), Emily has decided to bring me with her as she spends a semester in Grenoble, France, so that I can see Europe! So far I've only been to New Zealand and Texas, which are probably two of the coolest places in the world. But I'm still super excited to go to Europe.
There's not much to report about from here. I stay upstairs and not much happens without Emily around, except the cat meows quite a lot. So, I'll will wait until next week to write more when Emily and I are on our way to London, where we'll stop for 2 days before going to France.
À bientôt!
