Excelsior.

OK, here we go. 

This blog is just as much for me as it is for you guys. I want you to share my experiences with me even though I am going to be all by myself….and I also want to remember my days and my thoughts because I expect (hope!) this trip is going to be pretty life-changing. I've always loved writing but never really had anything meaningful to write about…so this is my first and I'm really excited about it!

Never thought I'd be in this position to be honest…. I quit my [well-paying] job, I'm 26 years old, I have no "commitments" and I have enough dinero to do what I want for a little bit. Pretty cool. But I'm not going to lie, I thought that at this point I would be almost married, ready to start having my babies next year. I have my wedding dress already and had the night completely planned out….. and think it would have been absolutely gorgeous, but maybe not the right thing at the right time… So it didn't work out the way I had envisioned and maybe (???) for the better. I still have this weird nostalgia feeling though… I'm longing for this life I was so excited and truly thought I'd have by now. Who knows. Maybe things really do work out in funny ways - ways that you least expect.

But yeah. So this is me right now - I have been bitten by the Travel Bug and cannot take another day in this grey colored sky, 12-hours-a-day job, and lonesome apartment in East Norwalk situation I'm in. I want to see new things, new places, new people…and just experience a new perspective of this crazy, beautiful world. Hope you like reading about my adventures and hope you keep in touch.

7 countries. [TBD] months. 20,468 miles. 

First stop…across the pond to London.