My dream life....well almost...

“Earth's crammed with heaven.”
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

I am starting to plan for my long European trip. I will be taking it when I am 30 (not that far away). My best friend and I turn 30 the same year and had planned to take a fantastic vacation (if we are both still at this stage in our lives (singlish and family-less...we both have family but I mean kids, husband, house, American dream, yada-yada).

I am already researching it. I so want to go. I have bills and such, but am beginning to live for a super vacation. Maybe not even a vacation. I want to see the world. I mean how awesome is it that all of us came from the same 2 human beings and are so spread out, have such vastly different cultures and ideas, and have amazingly rich histories? I want to see what the world has to offer. I have already warned my aunt (boss) that I will be taking a leave of absence. I am going to try to feed this brain of mine any particle of travel advice I can find in preparation. 

I think that if I were not so afraid of missing people and making changes that I would be a world traveler (like this family http://www.soultravelers3.com/soultravelers3.html). I am fighting with myself and one half of me says to take a chance you only live once and the other says that is totally impossible in your situation and totally unrealistic. So as I write and learn about traveling I am going to try to post it so I am held accountable. At the very least, I am going to Europe during my 30th year and will have an utterly fantastic time and at the most (this might change I will try to live somewhere besides here in the US ...someday. I will try to lose the inhibitions and do what I would really love to do and not let anyone or thing discourage me. 

So we'll see what happens. It is going to be lovely no matter what!