Yes. Yes it is. I've dabbled a bit in the blogging world. I'm not sure why I'm so attracted to the idea of blogging. I've always liked to write. I journal and stuff, but I never really embraced blogging.... UNTIL NOW. Well we'll see how well this goes actually it's day 1 so I can't say 'I've embraced blogging' just yet. The reason I gathered you here today is because I'm going on a trip. I leave in 7 days. And I wanted to document my trip whilst abroad. I'm traveling Europe solo. I am pretty dang excited. Here are a few of the things people have said to me about this lil' venture: 1. You're going alone? Not even with a tour group? You're so brave! I'm not one to argue when someone calls me brave, but I don't feel particularly brave. I think to be brave I'd have to be scared first, and I haven't been scared yet. The main feeling I feel is excitement. And I'd like to take a moment to apologize to those whom I have talked about my trip to constantly. I'm just so excited. 2. How much is it going to cost? I've done a lot of research and planning. Like a lot. No I didn't find the cheapest way to do everything. I didn't want to open up a credit card and spend $2,000 to get sky miles and hotel points. My flight was around $900 round trip. I bought a global rail pass that lets me travel by train pretty much everywhere for a month and that was $600. I'm staying in hostels that are around $20 a night so that gives you an idea. 3. Won't you get lonely? I'm actually not sure... we'll see? I'm used to doing things by myself so it's not anything new, but a month of solo time? I'm not sure. Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm kind of looking forward to a break from people. A break from everyone I know. People have pretty set ideas of what kind of person I am and I feel like those ideas aren't always true, so I kind of want to go to a place where there are no expectations and be my real self. I don't think it's a trip to 'discover myself' I already know who I am, but it's a trip to let me be more of myself without adhering to the expectations of others. That can get pretty exhausting #amiright? 4. Where are you going? So I used to answer this question by listing off all of the places I was planning on visiting, until I realized that people are asking to make conversation, they don't really want to hear the whole list. Sometimes it takes me a little longer to pick up on these social subtleties :) . I'm starting in Ireland (Dublin to be exact) and then flying to Brussels and working my way around to different countries via train. I've created webpages on this website for all the countries I'm planning on visiting. 5. I'm so jealous! You know, I used to be jealous of people like me too :). What's holding you back? Starting in DUBLIN, IRELAND and here's a link to my Ireland Page
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