Saturday, January 31, 2015

Wherever the wind takes me...

I now have less than a day before I embark on my journey to Austria. My itinerary/to-do-list: 

-Arrive Feb. 2 at 8:30am, in Vienna, Austria. 
-Spend the day in the city as a clueless tourist. 
-Somehow find and check-in to my hostel I booked by 2pm.
-After sleeping close proximity to strangers, wake-up early and catch a train.
-Arrive Feb. 3 at 1:30pm in Graz, Austria.
-Stretch back out after lugging heavy luggage.
-Stay in Graz, Austria for a little over 5 months. 

--that is a pretty descent list. 

So do I have any fears going into this trip? Not really, probably has not hit me yet. Though I am going into this trip with an open and adventurous mind! I mean I am going to be running in breath-taking scenery, living in a new place, meeting new people, and picking up lots of German! This gives a whole other meaning to "2015, new year, new me." 

Traveling (outside of the U.S. and Canada) has always been a wondrous experience for me. Wherever the wind takes me I say. For I am a boat just floating around a ocean waiting for its next encounter with land. Again I find myself sailing towards a distant island. After many months of being tossed and turned by stormy seas, and enjoying clam waters while bathing in the sun's rays--it is time. Now it is time to anchor my ship again. What happens next is a mystery, but the winds have been fair so I feel optimistic. 

So come and join me on this journey! There is much to learn and see! 


Island #1 (2012): This is me in Speyer, Germany eating a Thüringer.

Island #2 (2014): A picture of my legs dangling off the back of a pickup truck heading towards Jinotega, Nicaragua.