Monday, March 22, 2010

Just 6 weeks till im off to Europe for the summer

I am setting this up to keep in touch with all of my family and friends while I am over the big pond. I am very excited and anxious about leaving. Right now I am stressed about finishing out my last semester of teaching. I have learned many things about myself and about others through teaching and I now know for sure that I never want to teach art history.
Anyway, I this is the route I will be taking while I am overseas. First I will be spending just over 3 weeks in Greece with the Radford University study abroad. After that I will enjoy a ferry ride to Italy where I will be stopping in Bari, Naples, Rome, Florence and Piza.  Next off to Nice and Avignon, France.  Then Barcelona, Badrid, Bilboa, Spain.  Bordeaux, Paris(where things get interesting and Nicholas Stewart will be joining us), Reims, Roscoff, France.  As if life can't get any harder, I will then hop a cruise to Ireland for a few days where hopefully a few loved ones will be joining the festivities.  After Ireland, a day in London, before traveling UNDER the English Channel to Brussels and then Amster Amster dam dam dam....... If I can still remember my name at this point It will be off to Copenhagen and Stockholm, Sweden before going to Oslo and hopping a train to Flam, Norway for the highest elevation train in the world.  Then the long trip back to German for a few night stay in Berlin, on to Prague, Wien, and Salzburg, and Innsbruck, Austria.  Without further delay it is time for some relaxing in Venice where we bid a fond farewell to Nick, that is if he made it out of Amsterdam alive.  Just a few more stops before it is time to head back to the USA.  By this time I am sure that I will have either gotten homesick or decided to stay.  Just one more stop in Milan and off to Zurich where I will be going skiing in August :) in the ALPS :) fairy tales can come true,,,, it can happen to you.......... hang onto your dreams and work hard, they will someday come true....... next posting will be after May 7th, when I arrive in Europe...... I hope everyone is well, I love you all........ Please, if you have any advice or "must sees" send them :)