I was never one who felt the need to travel and see the world. However, after spending just over two weeks in Japan with my family I was hooked. I was ignorant to the fact that there were so many things to learn just from being in a foreign country and immersing yourself in the culture. I thought that anything I would need from a different country could be shipped via FedEx and anything I would want to see I could do so on the Discovery Channel. But after witnessing a sunrise from the top of Mt. Fuji with my dad after a two day climb to the summit, I quickly realized there are things you must live to truly understand.
You learn more spending a day jumping from train to train with nothing but hope you will end up in the right place then you ever could in a classroom or from any television program. I’m a bit concerned for my bank account in the future because I have definitely been bitten by the travel bug and I won’t be shaking it anytime soon.
My next adventure will be a six week trip throughout Europe. From June 14th to July 27th I will be embarking on a journey like nothing I have experienced before. I will start in Lisbon Portugal with six of the best friends a person could ever dream of having and end in Rome with three of those friends. Our trip will last 42 days, cover 9 countries, countless miles and endless adventures!
My mom said it best when she told me that "there are few times in your life when you will be able to travel with people you enjoy traveling with". She has my dad and I have a group of friends that cant be beat. I can't wait to dip my feet into the pristine waters of the Mediterranean in Barcelona, feel the romance of Paris under the Eiffel Tower, enter Berlin through the symbol of the 3rd Reich at the Brandenburg Gate and simply lay my eyes on, in my opinion, the single most astonishing sporting structure ever built, the mighty Colosseum in Rome!
This trip is bound to be an adventure, not everything will go as planned, the weather may not always cooperate, our feet will definitely hurt and I'm sure we will lose our way a time or two..but those will surely be the best moments!
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