Here is Bela imitating the "Avo Bird"

Ok, here are some things I am looking forward to:

airplane rides
Bela getting to ride on an airplane
ferry rides and boat rides
taking pictures flowers and people and the ocean and cliffs
smelling the ocean
seeing Bela play with goats
old buildings
seeing Gabe see his Dad

Here are some things that are worrying me:

Bela riding on an airplane
making all the transfers
weird food
starving
Bela starving
Gabe filming a pig being slaughtered
Gabe running in to his Stepmother
money
the plane crashing

Here are some things we had to buy for the trip:

film, alot of it.
memory cards, alot of them
a leash for Bela
jack converters
tape for video camera
some clean shirts for me, (gotta make a good impression)

Welcome to the blog for our trip to Portugal!

Of all the things that are exciting and new about a trip to a foriegn country, Gabe has been talking a lot about some local birds that would sing him to sleep when he was a boy. He has been mimmicking the sound they make, and Bela has picked up on it. Of all the things...