Last Day In The USA

Packing to leave the country is like planning to leave for Mars. You know that there are resources there, but you don't have a clue what to expect at the same time. Needless to say, the last couple days have been intense. Trying to figure out what clothes, toiletries, shoes, books, movies, etc gets very tiring. You never realize just how much you actually have until you move. I thought we had done a good job scaling back when we moved from our house to the apartment, but then you still end up wondering how you ended up with so much stuff. We ended up packing all of it into 4 suitcases, 2 backpacks and 1 bag of food for the plane. 

This may seem impressive...until you feel how heavy the bags are! I can already say with confidence that we have exceeded the weight limit for our bags. We'll have to pay the fines, but that's cheaper than trying to mail it to ourselves later. (At least I hope so). 

Besides the packing the hardest part about leaving is saying goodbye to our family, friends, dog, co-workers, cars, house/apartment, blue bell ice cream (Ben's favorite food), and my cinnamon bread (my favorite food). We feel like we have been saying goodbye now for months. Even though we are sad about leaving we are also ready to start our new adventure. We have been planning this for so long we almost forgot it was actually going to get here. 


So the next time you hear from us we'll be long gone to Mars, I mean London and then Budapest for our training. Two weeks from now we'll be finally at our new home in Debrecen. Until then Jo utat! (means bon voyage in Hungarian) :)