Getting Ready to Leave

This is my first attempt at blogging, so we'll see how it goes. 

Some background...having worked for 11 years at Accenture with often time long hours and countless work travel, I've decided to take some time off to recharge and travel for the fun in the process. 

I'm leaving for a four month sabbatical starting on Wednesday, Sept 19th. My itinerary will include the following:

09/19-09/26 Norway
09/27-10/05 Stockholm, Sweden
10/06-10/12 Athens and various Islands, Greece
10/13-10/18 Istanbul, Turkey
10/19-10/28 Dubai, UAE
10/29-11/12 Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Hong Kong, China
11/13-12/04 Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
12/05-12/11 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore
12/12-01/04 all over Australia 
01/05-01/18 all over New Zealand

My goal is to blog at least once in every place. If I can get to every day, that would be even better, but I'm a realist. With only 3.5 days to go until my adventure begins, there is still so much to accomplish. At least one of my tasks of "starting a blog" can now be marked as complete :-).

Now it's off to packing and having a final meal with the family.