Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Pre-vacation

So I've been traveling for over a week now, with just over a week left before I fly to Germany. I've visited both sets of grandparents, three sets of aunts and uncles, two brothers, and my mom. Tomorrow, I drive from Provo to MO, where I'll stay the night with dad before he flies out to join mom and Tim on Thursday. Then it's about a day with each of the remaining brothers, from Kansas City to Kentucky, and back, before turning in the rental car on Monday morning. It's probably a bit too much, but it'll be my last chance to visit most of them at their homes for a while. The long drives aren't that bad yet. I might have something different to say tomorrow night after making the long haul. But tomorrow is the longest day, so at least it'll be over.

I've been working on finding CouchSurfing hosts in all the cities I plan on staying in while traveling before Christmas. I still have a way to go, but at least I've started contacting hosts for the first week or so. I finally today pinned down a tentative travel plan. There will be some changing I know because I don't have the date for the research meeting in Mainz on my future project, but I think I've got it set up to easily move things back and fit it in. So it's coming up, and I'm getting pretty excited. I gotta go and finish getting ready.

I'm having trouble uploading a picture. Hopefully, I'll get that going in the future.

1 comment:

ReaRiahRoa said...

So it is nice you have this site, it is still hard to believe you left Berkeley. I keep expecting to see you even though we said good-bye. Just wanted to say I am thinking of you and I hope all is well. If you end up in Paris or Spain, let me know and maybe we can cross paths in November ... Good luck on your journey and God bless you for your ambition.