This morning I am going through my "pre-trip" panic with Willie Nelson's song, On the Road Again, rattling in my brain. When I try to blank it out, it is quickly replaced by Leaving on a Jet Plane with the thoughts that this trip is really about planes, trains and automobiles. So, in a few hours, I'm off and, if things go smoothly at Heathrow (and how often does that happen?) by 2:30 GMT tomorrow afternoon, I will be in Newcastle meeting my second cousin for the first time. More about that in the next blog.
As per usual, I keep stuffing last minute items into my suitcase - ones that I likely two days from now will wonder what they are doing there and worrying why I didn't pack other stuff.
Anyway, this trip really is about seeing family and friends in the UK and Switzerland before heading to the south of France to relax for a couple of weeks with friends from here. After that, I spend a week in Alsace with one of my closest friends at my favourite time of the year - the "vendange" or harvest. I've done all the planning and, hopefully, it will all go smoothly. I've been to most of the places before and I'm not sure how exciting the posts are going to be but I'm sure there will be some stories to tell.
So, now back to checking that suitcase for the umpteenth time!
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