Day 1 of our adventure Departing Sydney

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Departing Australia today

We begin our journey departing from our home in Sydney but we need to thank some amazing people who helped us get here.

• My mum and dad, Kiki and Carl.
  
• Janet and David and their gorgeous pets - Jedda, Sally, Roy and the two cats for letting us stay with them when we were homeless over Easter. Janet saved the day with her amazing packing technique 'the roll' allowed us to fit everything in effortlessly and still with room for any little extras we may find on our travels (e.g. a toothpick)
  
• Greg and Mark for hosting our black Vespa, newly christened 'Vinny' while we are internationally based
  
• Rob Elliott (the healer) who has looked after us for nearly 13 years with remedial massage
  
• Dom, Heather, Liam & Madison Elia who are adopting us for a summer holiday in Canada in Jul/Aug
  
• All our friends who have given us well wishes our adventures
  

We will miss you in terms of seeing you regularly but we are only a click away and we'd love to receive your news / updates via e-mail.

Our first stop will be Rome with adventures in Italy set for the Amalfi Coast, Siciliy, Tuscany and Cinque Terre. Then off to France and Spain - Canada - England - Scotland - Holland - Finland - Nepal - India as confirmed destinations with others to be confirmed as we go. This trip has been a dream of ours for nearly 10 years so finally we are gainfully unemployed and only have a back pack each for our adventure for at least 10 months.

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