Its the final countdown

A blast from the past.

Today is Sunday. Next Sunday at this time we'll be getting ready to go to the airport to catch a flight to Singapore - this is the first step of the journey.

A night in Singapore starts the trip, and we then settle into a airplane seat for a mammoth sixteen hour flight from Singapore to Vancouver. The flight stops in Seoul for about an hour after the first six and a half hours of flying. Another ten hours flying gets us to Vancouver, where we're booked into the YWCA in the middle of town.

It will be good to have another look at Vancouver, as it has been more than 12 years since we were last there. I guess the place will have changed. Sonia's brother is now living in Vancouver (avoiding getting a job from what I hear), so we'll catch up with him and the various cousins or distant relatives who have migrated to the northern hemisphere. After a week in Vancouver to have a look around we fly to Edmonton on the Friday.

This week will be focussed on packing (both bags for the trip and the house to be moved), handing over work stuff, and saying goodbye to people. It is likely that I'll see some of them again, but it might not be for a while... Also need to get tax and immigration closed off so we don't get into trouble. So much to do, so little time, and we're still sitting in the coffee shop.