Eight days until we will launch our combined weight of 357.7 lbs into an airplane, that then will fly us to New York. Upon arrival we will have lost 20 lbs, our combined Covid-add-ons and we can lightweightedly sail over to the old world, “where they lived happily ever after”.

End of the dream. It is true though, we do have a combined 357.7 lbs and – to be realistic – we’ll keep them for a while. But we do have many walks and hikes planned: for example up a volcano in Iceland (Ted’s birthday hike), a funky history walk in Reykjavik or an 8 day hike in Sicily (Aeolian Islands & Taormina). But that follows a whole week of eating and cooking, wine and olive tasting in Naples. Hmmm, I guess we will just see how many pounds we will bring back home…..