Almost there!

Only one week to go! We leave to Bordeaux on January 26th and we're highly excited about it. We have already bought every piece of equipment we need for our journey and packed our backpacks, both so that we won't forget anything and to make sure that they stay within the limits of Easyjet's cabin baggage measurements.

On our last practice walks we also carried our packs to get used to the weight. We also did some walks in the rain, to test the waterproofness of our equipment, which passed the test with flying colors by the way! A couple of days ago we also experienced walking in some mud (a lot of it, actually); it wasn't really that funny, but it's something we'll have to deal with on the way, so better get used to that yucky feeling sooner than later. Here's some proof: