Departure and Trip Itinerary

Well I'm set to begin my vagabonding adventures this week!! Following a few months of working in the real world and weeks of travel to visit friends and family I'm anxious and ready to go. After 18 years of structured schooling, traveling seems ideal to further my education (and have fun) before hopefully attending graduate school in the fall. I'm flying out of Charleston Thursday morning and will land in Dublin early Friday. I'll meet up with two friends and spend some time celebrating St. Patrick's Day. After about a week I'm planning to travel around Ireland on my own and experience as much as possible! I have a backpack and a short list of things to do, no detailed plans and no return ticket. If you've read this far and think that I've still maintained some of my sanity and would like to keep it that way, skip to the next paragraph. While I'm in Ireland, I've set up a few places to work/visit/stay through a program called WWOOF. Google it if you get a chance. I'm drawn to the simplistic ideals of the program and chance to meet diverse people and see the country through a different perspective.

I won't have a phone while abroad but I'm hoping to gain access to a computer every so often. I hope that everyone will keep in touch through e-mail and keep me updated! Also, I'm not opposed to traveling throughout Europe so if you have any suggestions or places I could stay let me know :-)


“What is the feeling when you're driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? -it's the too huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” - Kerouac