Making Lists

We're getting closer! Flights leave six weeks from tomorrow. The South Korea team returned this week and I'm eager to hear more of their stories. They've got some great pictures and blog postings at http://kimchicorn.blogspot.com/2010/03/korean-cuisine-retrospective.html if you're interested in learning more about their trip.

I've been starting to organize trip items in my spare bedroom: an inflatable neck pillow, a bottle of Tylenol, a new tube of lip balm. And I'm starting to make some lists of things I need to remember to do before I leave, such as paying the water and electric bill in advance, fertilizing the lawn, and getting some dollars exchanged for Euros. 

I've also discovered some interesting things, such as the fact that my debit/ATM card is not accepted in the Netherlands. Too much chance of fraud, says the credit union. I've also discovered that our airline (Continental) will charge for an exit row seat and charges $45 for the second checked bag ($50 if you wait to check it at the airport). Guess I'll split that in half and pretend that it's $22.50 for each bag instead. It's also an 8.5-hour flight from Newark to Amsterdam. The good thing about our plane is that plugs are available in each row. Good. That way I can play Ramp Champ and Tap Tap Revenge on the iPhone to my heart's content :-)

We are meeting Sunday night in Muncie where the Limbirds (Rotary members) will be fixing us a Dutch meal and giving us some travel tips. I'm hoping that I'll have a draft of our brochure to pass out at the meeting as well. Depends on how well Butler does in the NCAA this week. Go Dawgs!