The Adventure Begins

So our flight from Winnipeg to Chicago was on a small airplane with only one flight attendant. Mark was not only a flight attendent but also a tour guide and actor. His deminstrations of the seat belt and how the oxygen mask worked was the best I've seen. In Chicago we explored the airport and had lots of fun on the moving sidewalks! We took speed walking to a whole new level. Our flight from Chicago to Frankfurt was long and filled with lots of crying babies with stinky diapers. We watched Monsters vs. Aliens and slept. Luckly our Ipods drowned out most of the noise, but sadly not the smell. We arrived in Frankfurt early and easily found our baggage and hopped on a train to Siegburg, where it wasn't as easy to recognize my cousin who picked us up.

My cousins live in Ruppichteroth, a small village near Köln. We spent most of yesterday half asleep but still enjoyed a walk and some ice cream with Elina, my cousins daughter who is the same age as us, ate some awesome food and went to bed at 8:30.

Today we explored the village by ourselves and didn't even get lost! This afternoon we are going to buy Birkenstocks and then have supper with my Onkel David and Tante Freida.

I'm all packed!!! Documents photocopied, flights confirmed and just working on typing up my itinerary while eating salsa salami. Things were a bit crazy today. Almost broke down and cried a couple times. God is amazing though and each time I cry out to him he's been answering immediately! Back to work though now. Hoping I'll be in bed in about an hour. Pray for a safe flight for Amy and I tomorrow.

Moving

So I'm up early again today because I can't sleep. Its down to 54 hours until I leave! At the moment all my stuff is packed up and ready to move back to Steinbach with my parents. Once I get there all I have to do is unpack, organize my stuff that I'm actually taking to Europe, repack and run a bunch of errands. All this in one day!

Today is a sad day though because I'll be saying goodbye to all my friends for the next 4+ months. I know I will cry! I've made some great friends at Oasis Community Church that I'm going to miss.

My next post will be from Europe! Oh My!