Excitement

So in case the last post was a little vague, here's some clarification.  I applied to The Sunshine Foundation as is evident from the letter - interested readers will be happy and jealous to learn that my excellent writing paid off and I got my dream!  Since my family and I received the news, pretty much all the talk everywhere has been on the theme of our impending holiday.  Many people have asked to come along in our suitcases, however, we don't have enough suitcases to take everyone along - we wish we did.  It's all so surreal - in less than a week, I will be on a plane for 7.5 hours, going to almost a completely different universe than I have ever experienced.  Talk about opportunity of a lifetime!

It's crunch time, packing, packing, double checking, triple checking, quadruple checking everything - because we can't go back if we forgot something at home.  Readers who wish to continue to follow us on our fascinating journey, can look forward to numerous humorous anecdotes and helpful tips for those travelling in France with mobility challenges and for anyone with a trip coming up in the near future.  To all you travellers, adventurers, foodies, historians and all around Francophiles, this blog will be a treasure trove of titillating tidbits.  To al those who don't quite fit into any of those categories, but wish they did, I hope you enjoy my journal as well.  I will try to post as often as I can, of course, depending whether we are in a wifi zone or not, I can assure you will get all the updates and tips you could ever want and more.

Today was my Sunshine send-off.  Winners and HomeSense are corporate sponsors of The Sunshine Foundation, so this afternoon at 3, some friends and family and me of course gathered at Winners for my dream presentation.  It was very informal, but enjoyable! Thanks to everyone who took some time out of their afternoon to wish me bon voyage!