Monday, August 31 – Thursday, October 15
Another European adventure! This time, I’ll be spending six weeks exploring Europe, discovering new places, revisiting familiar ones, and hopefully learning a little more about myself along the way.
The journey begins in Scandinavia,
with visits to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. From there, I’ll head to
Amsterdam to join a week-long riverboat cruise. Once the cruise concludes, the
adventure continues east to the Czech Republic, where I’ll visit Prague
and Brno, followed by Poland, with stops in Katowice and Kraków. The
final destination is Birmingham, England, before heading home.
Interestingly, the planning for this
trip started with two things: booking the riverboat cruise and securing tickets
for a concert in Birmingham. With those two anchors in place, I began filling
in the rest of the itinerary, country by country, city by city.
But this trip is about more than
simply visiting new destinations. I had several questions I wanted to answer:
- Could I really enjoy six weeks of extended European
travel?
- How would I enjoy Scandinavia, three countries that
would all be new experiences for me?
- Would returning to countries and cities I had visited
before be as rewarding as discovering somewhere new?
Those questions became part of the
motivation for putting this trip together.
Over the coming posts, I'll share
more detailed accounts of my experiences in each country, the places I visited,
the people I encountered, and the unexpected moments that inevitably become
some of the best travel memories.
So, follow along as I discover new
Europe, revisit already-seen Europe, and perhaps discover a little more about
myself through travel.
I've said it before, and I'll say it
again: International travel changes me, and that's a good thing.
Let the adventure begin!
