And they're off!!!

So after years of planning and months of meticulous preparation we are finally about to leave for the airport to start our round the world adventure. For those who don't know, we are going to california first, followed by Japan, New Zealand, Australia and finally Thailand in the space of the next 101 days.
So today started well. We were all packed and ready ages before we needed to be ready. Then disaster struck! While cleaning the kitchen Colin shut the kitchen door. Problem was we couldn't open it again. It had jammed. We had just 45 mins before the taxi was due to arrive so we had to act fast. It's not the 1st door to have broken on us so we knew all we needed was a coat hanger to hook through. Sadly these are in short supply in the kitchen so we improvised with 2 knives. This resulted in me receiving a small knife wound to my nose!! Don't ask how, you had to be there.
Anyway, I'm not bleeding to death over the keyboard as i type so think I'll survive. Now we're waiting for the cab (all doors being left open until the last minute) and we'll soon be on our way.

Over the next few months we'll try to keep you up to date on what we're up to, where we are, if Colin's injured me in any other way and, of course, how long the 'hairy one's' beard has grown!! Of course, due to lack of time but mostly sheer laziness this may not be as frequent as we'd like, but we will try.
Bye for now xx