{"id":40,"date":"2012-04-28T21:34:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T04:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joncu.roguenet.org\/swissblog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2021-09-21T22:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T22:46:17","slug":"let-the-packing-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/2012\/04\/28\/let-the-packing-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the Packing Begin!"},"content":{"rendered":"

No – we still don’t know when we are going – but we cannot wait until we do before we start packing.\u00a0 It now looks like we’re up against a wall, not knowing when we can go until 7 days before we must depart.\u00a0 This international travel, dealing with the red tape and slow governments, getting permits and visas, is all new to us.\u00a0 We’ve never travelled internationally without having our plane reservations months in advance.<\/p>\n

Now we’re supposed to leave in less than two weeks, yet do not have visas or plane reservations yet.\u00a0 In fact, the Swiss Consulate took Jon’s passport for “3-5 days” to issue the visa.\u00a0 That was 9 days ago.<\/p>\n

But we’re trying not to get nervous.\u00a0 We’re proceeding as if we may still actually leave on\u00a0May 12th.\u00a0 So today Jon began doing our first major packing – the Tandem bicycle …<\/p>\n

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That's the Bike - and those are the suitcases it will go into<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sort of like stuffing an elephant into a barrel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But it really does come apart<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tada!!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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