In the beginning...

No not the big bang, we have heard enough of that already,

This adventure started many month ago so it is hard to say when to start.  We have traveled all over, interviewed, at Stanford, PNNL Northwest Labs, and England and we finally landed on the
island in the Atlantic. Stress has probably been the operative word but everyone has assured me it is an adventure.

The decision was finally made, visas, pet passports and CV's were painfully achieved, travel, house, moving completed and it was time to go. Travel is synomonous with change or as I see it challenges.

So to start the trip we decided to go to Hawaii, a stress reliever.

Had a wonder time with Kevin and Laurie as we waited for our visas to come in. 

Did a little snorkleing 

and relaxed at Kauai for a couple of weeks. 

And what do you know,  the visas arrived. 

We packed up and headed back to the mainland to organize the exodus and say good bye to Purdue. 

Thanks to Purdue for the party.

 Got the dogs checked out with the vets, sent to Michigan for the final signature from USDA and booked our flights to Paris. And you thought we were going to Oxford. Nothing is easy when we do things yes we went to Paris.  Long story short much easier to get into the UK if you do not go through Heathrow. So off to Paris it was.