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This trip is creeping up on me so fast and it's a huge blessing that I'm able to travel somewhere this year at all. Everything fell into place once it was decided on so I thank the Lord for His favour as I'm now super excited to embark to new places, new countries, and a whole new continent!
Where am I going you may ask?
EUROPE!
Yes, you read that one right! My first time heading to this beautifully renown and historic land. This adventure will be different in many ways. I usually favour travelling slow and soaking every experience up, but due to working full time now, I didn't have the luxury to plan every inch of my itinerary-in fact, I joined one that was started by two friends. So not only will I not be travelling alone this time like I did last year to Southeast Asia, I will be travelling with three other lovely ladies for three weeks. Thus, I know this will feel like a quick taste of Europe having travelled for months at a time in the past, but it will give me an enticing taste of what the Europeans have to offer and I already know it will lure me back in the future.
I think one thing to keep in mind is that you can't do Europe all at once. Especially with the limitations of budget and time, I think these have been the biggest factors in holding me back to explore Europe. Its vast expanse alone is hard to grasp and there's just so much to do and see that I wouldn't even know where to begin. So in a way, I'm grateful that the duration and destinations were already picked out beforehand as it saves me trouble in figuring these things on my own. Though, making decisions between four people takes much more compromise than when travelling solo, so I know there will be much to learn and grow from in the days to come.
Most people split Europe between eastern and western locations in terms of geographically convenient places to explore, but we are kind of doing it more south lets say. Kicking off in Greece then training throughout Italy, we will cap off this trip in Spain. Definitely a different mix than most tours would have it or backpackers would recommend, but I guess this is what makes us different and a first for 3/4 of us whose never been to Europe.
Well that's all for now, two more sleeps until I'm off to Athens, Greece!
More updates than!
*Updates may be delayed as I may not have enough time to reflect, find wifi, and blog when soaking up every glimpse of Europe in the time that I have. I'm sure you will understand =)
Where am I going you may ask?
EUROPE!
Yes, you read that one right! My first time heading to this beautifully renown and historic land. This adventure will be different in many ways. I usually favour travelling slow and soaking every experience up, but due to working full time now, I didn't have the luxury to plan every inch of my itinerary-in fact, I joined one that was started by two friends. So not only will I not be travelling alone this time like I did last year to Southeast Asia, I will be travelling with three other lovely ladies for three weeks. Thus, I know this will feel like a quick taste of Europe having travelled for months at a time in the past, but it will give me an enticing taste of what the Europeans have to offer and I already know it will lure me back in the future.
I think one thing to keep in mind is that you can't do Europe all at once. Especially with the limitations of budget and time, I think these have been the biggest factors in holding me back to explore Europe. Its vast expanse alone is hard to grasp and there's just so much to do and see that I wouldn't even know where to begin. So in a way, I'm grateful that the duration and destinations were already picked out beforehand as it saves me trouble in figuring these things on my own. Though, making decisions between four people takes much more compromise than when travelling solo, so I know there will be much to learn and grow from in the days to come.
Most people split Europe between eastern and western locations in terms of geographically convenient places to explore, but we are kind of doing it more south lets say. Kicking off in Greece then training throughout Italy, we will cap off this trip in Spain. Definitely a different mix than most tours would have it or backpackers would recommend, but I guess this is what makes us different and a first for 3/4 of us whose never been to Europe.
Well that's all for now, two more sleeps until I'm off to Athens, Greece!
More updates than!
*Updates may be delayed as I may not have enough time to reflect, find wifi, and blog when soaking up every glimpse of Europe in the time that I have. I'm sure you will understand =)
Labels: Europe, Greece, Italy, Ladielstrip, Spain
