Things have been hectic with Stefan finishing his thesis, both Bernie and Stefan moving from Santa Barbara (Bernie after nearly a decade in SB) and preparing for 4 months abroad all within 4 days, but we are almost ready. Since this is the first post, we thought we would add our itinerary:
Sacramento-Los Angles-Paris-Prague Aug 21-22
Vienna-Amsterdam (overnight layover)-Cape Town Sep 7-8
Cape Town-Amsterdam-Paris-Mauritius Oct 1-3
Mauritius-Paris (overnight layover)-Mumbai Oct 10-11
Delhi-Paris-Beijing Oct 31-Nov 1
Beijing-Seoul-Sydney Nov 15-16
Sydney-Cairns Nov 18
Cairns-Brisbane-Perth Dec 1
Perth-Melbourne-Hobart Dec 4-5
Hobart-Sydney (flight not booked yet)
Sydney-Seoul (overnight layover)-Tokyo-Honolulu (16 hour
layover)-Portland-Sacramento Dec 13-15
Here is a link to our flights on Great Circle Mapper (nearly 70,000 miles in all). We won't go into the booking details here, but if you are wondering why we are traveling in such circuitous routings it is because we are on award tickets and also due to the configuration of the SkyTeam airline alliance, there are no direct flights between many of our stops.
Needless to say we are quite excited.
We depart from Sacramento tomorrow afternoon and meet up at LAX with our friend Troy from Seattle who is joining us for the European portion of our trip. Troy's 32nd birthday will be celebrated in Prague on August 26th. Happy birthday Troy!
(Picture at left is a going away lunch with friends Stefan, Thom, and Scott).
8 comments:
You two look ready to take on the world!
You forgot to mention that within your hectic 4 days you managed to eat at Tortillaria Flores, set up a blog and post your coordinates for each of your destinations! Have you figured out how many hours you will spend flying over the next 4 months? That will be a fun stat.
Looking forward to notes from Prague.
-J & K
Are you going to be posting photos as well? What will I do without my bumps and stumps for so long???
Everyone is still confused that you height mark on my wall is in fact on the ceiling. I hope you make it back up here at some point to show them how you bent your neck like that and I have Bernie's flip flops so you'll have to come back up here eventually. Happy Birthday Troy! Have fun for me too! and take lots and LOTS of pictures!
Even though you won't be passing through NYC, well, NYC will be with you in spirit. Bon voyage!
Hi Guys,
You have embarked on an incredible journey. Looking forward to seeing you in Tsumeb, Namibia.
Happy Landings
Klaus and the Rest of the Namibian Gang
Best wishes for a great trip. Dad has been following your plane and called me this morning.
Love,mom
Hi,
Hope you guys are having fun! Nicht su viele Pilsener Urquelle trinken!
Mike/dad
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