Planning

After two wonderful weeks in the Cayman Islands, I am home.  Throughout the course of two weeks, my mom and I have been talking about, dreaming about, and slaving over the sights in Europe.  The first part of our trip is planned to almost perfection.  We have booked our flights, reserved our hotel rooms in each place, and even "mapquested" out each destination that we want to visit, down to the mile, and minutes in walking. Whether it be E. Dehillerin, the place where Julia Child and Barefoot Contessa went to buy their kitchen supplies, only being less than a mile away from our Paris flat! Or, the Portobello Markets in London, less than one mile, or a quick hop on the tube.  We have it all down to a 'T"..... or so we thought.  Sometimes, even with perfect planning, there tends to be a bump in the road.  Little bumps that we do not think to plan for.  The volcanic ash seems to be making an appearance in some of our travel plans.  As of today, the London flight was delayed by three hours due to the volcanic ash.  If this happens on Wednesday, I will miss my connecting flight to Amsterdam to meet my mom.  Boy, this could lead to some interesting adventures.  Not adventures that I planned to have, day one of my European summer.  However, I guess you can't plan for everything that happens in life.  Some people say that everything happens for a reason; I find myself trying hard to believe this in sticky situations.  So, after weeks and weeks of planning for an amazing trip, I am putting my faith into God, and into Mother Nature.  Hoping that the air will clear, and praying that God connects my mom and I safely in the same city.  This is one adventure that could get very interesting!