Day 1 ... Italy, here we come!!!!

Jon here, putting my nose in Earline's blog, and showing you a picture of her hard at work, getting all the little toiletries, etc. organized for the plane ride.....so much to think through!

EEB back - And, just in case you've never seen Euros, European currency, this is what it looks like.

Training y'all, this is called a " Life Straw" guess what it does? Well, it says that I can drink out of a river and be 99% safe. Ha ... I don't think so, but thanks Blumhagen for the Christmas gift. LOL ....

OK, we're here, checked in and ready to rock and roll. Luftansa airline is scheduled to take us in to Frankfurt, Germany tonight. Pray me through. Salad for dinner, followed by chocolate .... That's the American way. LOL .... So far so good. There's 14 of us and 2 professors. Pray us through.