On our way

Made our flight out of Houston and are now in Dulles waiting for the flight to Buenos Aires. Our six hour layover is giving us some final time to walk around in the USA. It's funny, it hasn't seemed to hit me yet, even now. It probably won't happen until I wake up from our overnight flight and we're about to land in BA. I have had inklings of excitement and a bit of fear but I have a feeling it'll hit then and I'll be like “WTF are we doing???” :) Or maybe not. Maybe we'll love every second. Who knows?

Our current plan is to meet a friend of Suzanne's (actually her friend's boyfriend) in downtown BA where we will drop off our stuff and wander around for the afternoon in the downtown area before he's done with work and takes us back to their apartment where we will stay until we head down to Bariloche. Hopefully by then we'll have some pictures and first impressions of Argentina and the beginnings of our great adventure!

~Mike

It is hard to know how to say goodbye to family and friends before we begin our adventure. Maybe instead of saying goodbye I should just say we'll talk to you soon. In some ways we may be more accessible when we're on the trip than at home since there will be time dedicated to the blog and we'll have better stories to share. It is crazy to think how much easier it gets to communicate internationally each year between Skype, e-mail, and cell phones. I just got off the phone with my Mom who is visiting my sister in Nigeria. I think it is starting to sink in that we're going on an international trip. When we were in the airport in Houston the flight next to us was going to Denver. Normally that would have been our flight from Texas but this time it was something different. It was like a choice: door #1 to return home vs door #2 to Argentina (via Dulles). Door #2 here we come! To be perfectly honest right now I'm just excited about the warm towel to freshen up in the morning. Between the warm towels and hot tea I always love international flights. In my version of paradise both would be included on a regular basis.
~ Suzanne