It has been quite awhile since my last blog. I guess I just haven't had the motivation lately. But today, I have something to write about. This morning, J and I jumped on a plane and ended up in a completely new country in an hour and a half. Plane travel is so amazing! When your alternative is an 18 hour train ride, you can't help but give a moment of silence in gratitude for the Wright brothers. We must also appreciate the amazing technology we have today that allows you to book a flight less than 24 hours in advance using the Internet. For travelers like J and I who can't make up our minds and put off making travel arrangements until the very last minute, having this capability is quite necessary.
We haven't taken a plane for about a month and had to "plane pack"this morning. This is a term we have developed for the significantly more diligent packing job that must occur for plane travel. For train travel, you just chuck everything in your bag and carry anything else that doesn't fit, like the liter sized bottle of olive oil we always have on hand for cooking, balsamic vinegar, wine, produce etc. To "plane pack" all liquids either have to fit in the backpack or be donated to the hostel community. The backpack needs to be neatly packed and organized so it can be checked, meaning no dangling laundry bags, shoes, soggy towels, etc. It has been so long since we last "plane packed" that we forgot something that didn't belong in the carry-on and therefore had a tragic airport security casualty....our wine bottle opener :-(
We are now in Lisbon, Portugal. Neither one of us have ever been here, and we've heard so many amazing things about it. We haven't equipped ourselves with a vocabulary of useful Portuguese phrases yet, but we are here for 2 weeks and have plenty of time to pick up the language. I'm looking forward to some beach time, but first on the list... a nap!
~Michelle
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