The Travel Bug Bit Me

When I was younger and I would hear about peoples travels all over the world I was surprisingly never jealous of them. At Newton I had the opportunity to travel to: China, France, Costa Rica, and Italy, but I never took advantage of any of these trips because it wasn't something that interested me. Friends would go on family vacations and partake in abroad programs all over the globe, but to be frank I just didn't get it. Even within the United States the majority of the traveling I have done is up and down the East Coast.

Because of my schedule last semester I wasn't able to do much traveling, in fact the only mid-semester trip I took was to The White Cliffs of Dover in Southern England. And to be perfectly honest with you it didn't really bother me that much. But at the end of the semester when I finally went to France I was hooked! I loved my time in Toulouse and Paris, and on my way to the airport from Paris to London I found myself saying to my friends, if we have time in the Spring we should totally come back to Paris and see what it's like without the snow (and I meant it!) Then after our spontaneous weekend a couple of weeks ago in Barcelona I was finding myself regretting my lack of travels outside of New England, and could not wait to sit down with my friends to book my 4 weeks of Spring Break.

I finally have almost everything booked, but I continuously find myself looking at the map of Europe and thinking, I want to go there, and there, and there, and there!

Below is a map of Europe with X's marking my travels:
Black X= Where I have been
Blue X= Where I will be going/have booked
Red X= Where I hope to visit before I leave (during the 2 month exam period)

I keep thinking about all of the other places across Europe that I still hope to visit even once I am living back in the states. Booking all of these trips are making me think about my future (even more than I already was). I always imagined a career where I would graduate, hopefully be able to afford my own apartment, and settle into a city that would become my home, but I'm beginning to realize that I'm not sure that's the life I want anymore. Eventually I want to move into my own house that I decorate myself, ideally with a family in the future, but at this point in my life that's not something I see happening anytime soon, and I'm actually okay with that. I hope that especially while I'm still young I have a job that requires me to travel around a lot, whether it's around the world or just around the United States there are so many cities and places that I still want to explore, and I really hope that this current boost will encourage me to do the traveling that I want to do.

I have made a new goal for my life, something I've talked about before but feel like will get me motivated, before I die I want to see a game at every Major League Baseball stadium in the country...that way I get to watch a game, and visit several cities and states (2 down 28 to go!)


Who's coming with me??


xo.
-A