One of the best choices I ever made in my life thus far was to study abroad in London. I had to take 21 credits the semester before and have three different Dean's sign an appeal because I wasn't allowed to take the three highest level Mathematics courses in the same semester. (For those interested, they were Number Theory, Formal Reasoning, and Calculus of Several Variables) Well, I got A's in all of three. Take that Dean, Dean, and Dean! Anyway, traveling to London with 32 of my friends is an experience that still influences who I am as a person and what I expect from life. As a high school teacher, I tell every one of my students to spend a semester abroad. I really dove in to the culture, and returned to London and Paris two months after the program. I have since been back to London a couple of years ago, and have been to Sicily a couple of times as well. The video that accompanies this post is from Fall semester 2003 on the Roger Williams University trip.
I've been through a lot of stress, and for lack of a better term depression the past couple years, and I decided several months ago that I must return to Europe. So my ticket is booked and I will be spending the month of August in Europe. Here's my itinerary (I'm backpacking so it may change on a whim. Remember whims?)
- Week in London
- Week in Paris
- Weekend in Belgium/Netherlands
- Two days in Normandy
- Few days in Loire Valley
- Few days in Provence
- Week on the Riviera (Nice, Cannes, Monaco, etc.)
- Two nights in Dublin (very cheap to fly out of Dublin)
This trip is probably the main reason I started this blog. I want to post pictures and hopefully video of my trip. That's why this is a blog of life. I feel like travel (like music or theatre), is one of those intensifiers that helps you make decisions about the way you see the world and what you expect from life. I can't wait. I depart Aug 3. Enjoy this old footage!
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