Me piace viaggiare

So, I'm not sure Egypt is gonna happen. We are gonna all talk about it tonight, so we'll see. I don't know, I've been saving up my money for so long, so I feel like I have a fair amount of travel money. But most of my friends haven't saved up nearly as much money as I have, so even though I'm totally ready to pay whatever I have to for Egypt, I don't think they will be. Really it's just the flights that are going to cost so much. It is a lot of money.

But, on a happier, more travel-y note. Emily and I are planning more things! So, we've already booked flights to Prague and Greece and we hope to book some more on Sunday. But right now here is the plan: Prague (May 17-20), Athens (21-22), Greek islands (22-morning of 29th), 29th--ferry to Venice, Venice (30), Barcelona (31- June 2), Valencia (3-5), Lisbon (6-8 or 9th), Croatia (Split & the islands--9th-13), Budapest (14-16), Salsberg (17-19), Berlin (20-23), Amsterdam (24), and fly out of Amsterdam airport early on the 25th. Woah, that's a lot of traveling. And I know its gonna be tiring and that we'll probably end up getting on eachothers' nerves a bit, but I'm so excited. And even though I would love to spend lots of time in different countries to really get to know the place, I learned from the last break that there are some places that I don't need to spend a lot of time in. And so, I'm gonna look at this as a nice sampling of a bunch of different places, so that one day when I'm older and have money, I can go back and really spend time and money appreciating my favorite places. And I figure we are gonna be spending a fair amount of time in both Greece and Croatia, so at least we'll be able to slow down for parts of the trip.

Also, Ingrid and I are talking about maybe after the program ends, but before I head off with Emily (so around the 8-16) maybe heading over to Istanbul and Petra. It's really just an idea, but who knows? Maybe it'll happen.

Gah! I'm so lucky to be here and to just to have these opportunities! I'm lucky to have had a job that made a fair amount of money so I have money to spend as well as have an awesome family who supports me, including my grandparents who were beyond kind and gave me a hefty sum to travel with. I really do appreciate it all so much. Even if I didn't travel at all, I'd still feel so lucky. I live in the Eternal City, dammit, how cool is that?