been and gone and done it!

so here i am about to put up my map and display of the trip (once a teacher always a teacher) and he's been and gone and done it! doesn't it look an awful long way?

and, yes, we have got a lot of stuff organised already...but lou didn't mention the two new back packs, his new video camera and wide angle lens, my new digital camera, lonely planet guides to russia, mongolia and china, a russian phrase book, (chinese one en route from amazon) a lot of new clothes, the possible purchase of an ipod...the list goes on...and on! :)

at the moment we're waiting to hear if tickets to moscow are sorted or if i have to speak to someone in paris..let's hope they speak some english as this is too important to hope you've said the right thing!