...1, 0, let 'er go

I woke up today, and it looked like it would be a lovely day to move to Sweden.  So, to finish off the countdown that started just over 6 months ago, tonight I will be leaving Strawberry Ct and boarding a plane for a flight across the pond.  I have a short layover in Reykjavík, and a final destination of Oslo.  (Oddly enough, I think I took the same flight out two years ago when I moved to Finland.)

My family will be joining me for the initial leg of my Swedish adventure.  For the next two weeks, we will be traveling around Norway, exploring the fjords and tracking down puffins.  After getting their fill of lefsa and lingonberries, my family will fly out of Oslo and I will catch a bus down to Borås, Sweden—the town of textiles, mail orders, and one giant Pinocchio.  It is here that I will be living for the next year or so. 

As Bilbo Baggins softly remarked as he departed with the Elrond at the end of The Lord of the Rings,
"I think I am quite ready for another adventure."