We want to  wish everyone a very happy New Year and all the best in 2016. It’s hard to believe we are in 2016 already. It has been a very busy time for us spending precious time with family and friends. We have enjoyed this time and the companionship of our family and friends, and now look forward to the next chapter of our retirement. Tomorrow we begin the moving process to Spain.

Our schedule includes Planes, Trains and Automobiles (hopefully we fair out better than the movie). We have a rented car and will be heading to Ottawa in the morning to the Via Rail train station. We will be taking the train to Montreal and then a taxi from there to the hotel. On Monday we take a bus shuttle from the hotel to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The flight to Spain in not a direct one and it takes us to a few countries along the way. We will arrive after several stops in Alicante Spain on Tuesday at approximately 3:45 pm. 

I have been working on developing videos for the BLOG and I want to share my first attempt of adding video. The video outlines out our flight path.  Spain Flight Path  Let me know if you like the video and I will work on adding more interesting ones in the future.

Packing has been a challenge, trying to pack our entire wardrobe into a suitcase and one carry-on for each of us. The other challenge is managing the weight restrictions for the suitcase and carry-on. After several attempts and reducing the number of shoes in the luggage Shelley was able to get under the weight requirements for the luggage. I also reduced clothing in my carry on to meet the weight requirements. I am packing a laptop, I-pad and several cameras along with other technologies. These all add weight to the carry-on and that leaves little room for additional clothing. We are all packed up and ready to go. “hasta la próxima”