Ready for Take Off

Tonight my journey will start. With Austrian Airlines I will take off at 11.20 pm from Vienna and a direct flight with AUA - and my favorite airline and my favorite flight attendant will take me in 10 hours to Bangkok. As my friend Susanne will be on the crew of this flight I have the chance to stay with her and her colleagues in their hotel in Bangkok for a night before I will move to a hostel. So my trip starts quite fancy :).

It was not easy to pack all my stuff in this 'little' backpack. I packed and unpacked several times til I made it and now my backpack has 8 kg only. In case anyone is interested I will add a packing list in a while. However I have a very small handbag for the things I need on the airplane as well. This is were I have my ipad and my kindle, my headphones, my stuffed animal 'traveling owl' and other personal items which I might need on the flight. I reserved a window seat, so I might have a chance to sleep on the plane. A very important item which accompanies me on every long flight and about which I found out thanks to my friend Petra is a foot hammock - which makes the flight in economy class soooo more comfortable when you are able to put your feet and legs up a little higher.
I am excited, but to be honest my feelings are a little mixed. For many of you this trip might not be too adventurous, however for me it is quite a challenge - traveling all by myself with a small backpack only. I have not done a trip like this in ages. And I hardly ever stayed in hostels. So it will be a new experience. But what makes it most difficult is the fact that I am already homesick even before I left home :(. I miss my husband already now and I am still home. When I cuddle up to my husband in the warmth of the night I was thinking ' why I am doing this? why do I leave my warm bed and my safe home for an adventure at the other end of the world?'. While I was feeling excited about my trip during daytime I have been laying awake a lot during the last nights questioning my endevaour. So let´s see how my feeling will change during the next days.