Prologue: Week 0

Well, here it is, my inaugural post. I agree, the title is somewhat misleading, given that I am not travelling by ship, but there is truth in the time I begin my voyage, if not the day. That certainly will be in the morning. Not too early though, I never really was a morning person, but I suppose that will have to change. I thought that rather than waiting for the first flight, it'd be best to start forming good writing habits and post my first today, one full week before travel.

Today was my last day at work in Australia - now the race is on to have everything packed, ready and organised. For those among my readership who don't know, I'll be heading to Malta - way on the other side of the planet:

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a direct flight from Sydney to Valletta, so the trip, in fact, looks like this:

Three flights, two days. It's not really too bad, all things considered. plenty of time to read a book. Which reminds me, time to go and organise that now.