The day has arrived!

It's t-minus 4 1/2 hours 'til we leave to go to the airport. Our flight officially leaves around nine PM and we're taking a red-eye to Madrid and should be arriving around ten in the morning on the 28th (or so the itinerary says) and then flying 30 minutes from Madrid to Lisbon, Portugal. We spent all day yesterday packing our bags ever-so-carefully and weighing them in so as not to go over the 22 lb limit for carry-on items, and ladies and gentleman, we have successfully weighed our bags in at about 17 lbs!!! (And yes we are proud of that!) So now, without furthur ado, we wish you all fairwell from this side of the world and are excited to let everyone know about our travels!