And We're Back

A lot has happened since I wrote that last entry on the eve of my departure from London. An entire semester back at Emory, graduation, employment, adulthood (well- maybe I wouldn’t go that far). Most of my friends are looking at apartments, finding nice cushy permanent jobs, pursuing careers and all those fun things. Well, that stuff just isn’t very appealing to me at the moment. I have no desire to get a job (well at least not one without the word “temporary” in front of it), I’m living at home indefinitely and my future career goals are simply a giant question mark. It’s not that I’m a lazy bum, the problem is that my heart is aching to go exploring, travel and learn. So, in the style of the great 19th century writers and artists, I am taking the Grand Tour. Well, in a style:

The Plan: Six months working and living in London; exploring all the wondrous places and details I know I missed last time; reading the classics and really trying to understand the vast swath of land, culture and history this is London. Hopefully, this will be followed by a 2-4 month (depending on how long my money lasts) backpacking trip around Europe.
Total it should be nine months abroad, depending on how long my money holds out. I expect it will be a really fun time, in any case better then getting a real job. But, although I may joke, I’m not just going over there to bum around. It’s not totally fleshed out yet but I have a lot of ideas and a lot of goals, which you will hear about later. One of the biggest is to revamp this blog to make it a true reflection of the things I am doing abroad. Last time around this was mainly just a way to keep my friends and family updated on my travels. This year my trip is much bigger and broader, and my hope is that my writing will reflect that.

Right now my goal departure date is November 10. I realize that is still pretty far away, but I will be writing on here in the meantime about my travel plans and preparations as well as a few more general travel related things. And there should be some big design changes as well.