And we're off...

After a rather crazy day getting ready (ok, well crazy because the kids were so excited we had to kick them outside so they didn't drive us insane), we have closed the last zipper, snapped the last snap and made the last of what seemed like an endless round of decisions on "should we take x with us".

We are officially off.  Next stop, Frankfurt.  As some of you may know, Frankfurt airport has not always been kind to us.  It's the airport that lost Kohji's luggage for 3 days and on one particular trip where I got up close and personal with a German security guard.

We haven't yet told Ren that Frankfurt is in Germany. He's still mad at them for beating Argentina in the World Cup final and kinda growls every time he sees a German jersey.  It may not endear the Frankfurt airport staff to us very much