How long is a piece of string?

It's the age old question isn't it. But in this instance the answer is the length of the world...sort of.

This is a map that I bought some time ago now but today I mapped out our journey of the world with pins and string. I've been wanting to do this for a while and my Grandad (who is a map pinning and stringing expert) is up visiting us so we did it together.

For some reason I got childishly excited when it came to putting the string on. I guess it's because for the first time, I'm actually seeing our trip in a very physical form.

Stepping back and looking at the end result, it was interesting to see the different legs of plane journeys. It would be that our first plane ride of the trip turns out to be the longest wouldn't it! But it shouldn't be too bad as the excitement of flying will shorten the flight I'm sure. Well, it will for me!  

The last time I went on a plane was when I was 7 years old and even that's a bit hazy in my memories now.

My Nana and Grandad did actually point out to me as well that our flight footprint won't look quite how it does on the map. Apparently on the flight going home, we fly all the way up near Greenland.

I can't wait to go! Its exactly 4 weeks before we do.