"Here's to the First day of the rest of my life!"

Welcome to the first real entry of my travel blog. This will be about my journey as I travel around the world stopping at various places along the way; Scotland, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Bali and New Zealand....who knows were else I may stumble across.

So, here I go! I'm totally sleep deprived with all there is to do with preparing for a trip like this and also so excited to embark on this journey that I've truly been thinking about since my house sold last September. It took some time to get to the point of where I am now......leaving the country and really making this happen.

So first, I should explain the "Antoinette" Some of you may know that my given name is Antoinette. I've always loved the name but let's face it, when your in kindergarden or first grade that is a mouth full! I was having dinner last May with my aunt and uncle and we discussed how I could re-create myself as "Antoinette" on this journey especially since people I will meet won't know me as "Toni" so that will be easier. Hopefully I can remember to introduce myself as Antoinette(let alone spell it)

So, I should be off but will back up a bit in later entries to fill you all in on my life the past 6 weeks.

Tune in! Love and Peace