The Final Stretch

Well, as you have probably already noticed, I have made a few changes to my blog in preparation for my trip. I added an event calendar that shows the tentative plan of action for the next month and a half, and I created a map that more or less plots the course we will take during our journey. The itinerary is not set in stone; we will be buying train and bus tickets as we go along, so we have the flexibility to stay longer in any city if we really like it, and leave early if we really don't. In fact, the only thing that we really cant miss is our flight out of Amsterdam on Nov 15th, so as long as we get there before then we are fine.
In the mean time, when I'm not sending out couchsurfing requests and double checking train times, I am cleaning up my apartment and sorting things that I will need to bring with me during my travels. I plan to take only one backpack with me, so everything that comes will have to comfortably fit in there. There is nothing worse than starting a huge adventure like this and having to lug around 100 pounds of unneeded stuff across an entire continent. Lightweight is the name of the game.

I am getting pretty excited about the whole thing though. I have been itching for a change for a while now and the moment has finally come. By the end of the week I will be homeless, and come next week I will be unemployed as well! Hurray! Um, wait. Ok, so hopefully I will only temporarily be homeless and unemployed, I imagine that is not a state I would like to remain in indefinitely. But in the mean time, it will nice to have unlimited freedom to go where I want, do what I please, and pretty much just enjoy life for the next two months. Im sure reality will waste no time in crashing down on me once I return to the states and I realize that I have to find a job ASAP, but oh well, I will worry about that when the time comes.

Anyway, wish me luck as I wrap up the last few things here, and I will post again as soon as I can. Peace