Excitement and anxiety

Today is the day, today we head to Paris!  We will leave Ottawa, take a short flight to Montreal, then we have a couple of hours there and then leave around 8pm to Paris.  We will get to Paris at 8:45 am and somewhere in there we lose 6 hours. 
I am so excited for this trip...reuniting with Wil, the sites we will see..the food...the wine but there is also a lot of anxiety.  It is my first long flight since I went to Africa with my dad when I was 15.  That is a long time between transatlantic flights.  It will also be my first time in Europe.  It is Tiana's first long flight since she went to Australia.  It is Tabitha's first long flight and actually her first time off the North American continent.  It will be an overnight flight, so I am hoping that we will all sleep a little otherwise I might be in teenage boredom hell.  We get in on Tuesday morning and Wil doesn't come in until Wednesday evening so we will be on our own for 2 days and none of us speak French.  I know most of them will speak English but I really prefer to speak the native language.  This time that won't happen, my Spanish won't help me so I either need to stick to Spanish speaking countries or travel with Wil.  Hopefully this will be my last long trip by myself.  Well we are renting an apartment outside of Paris so the girls and I will explore the neighborhood and hopefully get some groceries.  Or maybe we will just stay in bed ....doesn't that just sound like Parisian heaven?  Laying in bed, not having to get up for animals, work or school...now if I can convince Wil to cook and clean, I will be in good shape...lol. 
I am so excited to see Wil again.  It has been 7 months but man it has been a loooonnngggg 7 months.  It is weird to think of being together again.

Last night on the Amazing Race they had to memorize this quote by Hans Christian Andersen. "To move, to breath, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote: To travel is to live."  I love this quote and feel it to the depths of my core.  If finances afforded it, I would travel so much more, but I thank the Lord for the opportunities I have been given and I am so excited to pass a little bit of that on to the girls.

Today we LIVE!

God Bless and talk to you on the other side of the trip!