bubble wrap to beach towel...

so my last day in the flat has finally come and I just wanted to say goodbye.

farewell beautiful flat, I look forward to seeing you again when I get back...

stretch and roll

with less than 4 days to go before I fly, it came to that time to start packing.  on Monday I bought 3 different bags because I couldn't decide which one would fit all of my clothes in.  fortunately the rails and rails of clothes didn't take up as much space as I had originally feared.  so the smallest and best bag won.

I'm pretty impressed that I am only packing 4 pairs of shoes, not bad, not bad at all.

now I just have to find room for all of the gorgeous going away presents that my friends and family got for me.  that and the many bottles of suntan lotion...

less than a week to go...

with just a week to go before I start my 2011 adventure, I thought I would pull together some inspirational images to get me in the mood.  these are a few images that I found online of Salvador, Bahia.