"you guys look like turtles"

It is the night/wee morning hours before we take off on our European adventure. T. Rex's "Bang a Gong" was blasting from my newly assembled EUROPE '09 PLAYLIST when Monica and I decided to do a test run with our new rolly slash backpacky slash turtle-inspired eagle creek bags!

This is by far the most appropriate picture we took...all others were of us crawling on the ground like turtles (mother was our photographer/director)....that may seem weird to you but it is 1:30 in the morning and Mon really procrastinated packing so this is about the time where we get loopy and jokingly panicky and do strange things. Thus turtle pictures are too embarrassing to post...maybe we'll recreate once there....maybe not.

Anywayssss...we leave at 2:00 pm from San Francisco on a direct flight to Frankfurt (we like to call it Frankfart and might be referring to it as such in future posts...we hope that offends no one) and will then be hopping on a train immediately Amsterdam-bound. Once there, we intend to eat at the Pancake house everyone has been recommending. Any other suggestions? We'll be there for three days! Can't wait! Peace and love, San Jo!