Adventures in Europeville…
I am taking a two month trip to Europe with my friend Matt. This adventure is a long time coming. I am stoked and a little scared - we leave tomorrow! Here’s the history behind this trip:
When I was 12 I visited Australia. We stayed in tropical resorts and dingy motels while riding on a giant bus down the Eastern coast. I learned that travelling is just plain awesome - the world has much more to offer than the Portland Metro area. I decided my next best opportunity would be to take a semester abroad in New Zealand. I got everything ready to go - I was going to go right after field training for the AFROTC.
About two months before field training, my knee got bungled. I already had my FT camp assigned and was in massive prep mode. Eventually, I had to have surgery and delay field training for a year. After a year of surprisingly difficult rehab I did finally attend FT, but my travel plans were totally thrown off. My friend I was going to go with had already gone to New Zealand and by now the prospect of studying abroad was complicated by classes I could no longer put off.
So I’m not going to study. I’m going to backpack! I would’ve hated studying anyway. My friend Matt wanted a to take a backpack trip as well, so we merged our powers of adventure.
We’re leaving tomorrow.
This travel blog site has a sweet map on the right that will track our progress. The internet is awesome.
May 9th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Daisy had another one of her crazy spells last night. We can’t help but wonder whether it has something to do with you leaving for your trip. ??? You will be missed! Love you.
May 17th, 2006 at 10:23 pm
hi guys, hope you’re having a blast. just thought I’d try out the comment column
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May 21st, 2006 at 2:56 pm
Graham! I hope the trip is going flippin’ amazing. Hey, if you stop in Spain make sure to ask the locals about the “Espectaculo de burro!” Don’t worry, they’ll know what it means. Anyway, get some tall Scandinavian girls for me and for every other tall man in the world.