In exactly 2 weeks I will be sitting on a plane, heading to Heathrow, and beginning my once-in-a-lifetime-bank-account-depleting-life-changing 71 day trip to England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece! I'm starting to get very excited/nervous about it. On the one hand I'm excited because I know that I am starting a journey that will not only be fun, but also an amazing learning experience. On the other hand I'm also quite nervous because, come on- this is scary! Heading to 7 foreign countries all by myself, not knowing any people, the language...its a bit overwhelming when I think about it too much! But I know that this is my opportunity to really LIVE life- going out of my comfort zone, meeting new people, exploring new places...as a lot of people have told me, I'm doing what most only dream of!
I'm writing this blog to not only update my friends and family on where I am and what I'm doing on my trip, but also as a sort of diary for myself. I expect there will be many experiences and stories that I will not want to forget, so this is the perfect way to document it all! And of course, if my blog becomes some phenomenon where thousands of people start to read it and then it turns into a book and then a movie (I admit, I just saw "Julie & Julia" and was a little inspired), well that's okay with me too!
So what do I hope to achieve with this trip? Do I want to meet some rich European man, fall in love, marry him, and live happily ever after in my mansion on the French Riviera? I admit, that would be kinda nice. Do I hope to come home a "changed woman", wise beyond my years, full of knowledge, wisdom and insight? Also kind of nice, but probably unlikely. To be honest, the only thing I want from this trip is to have FUN. Anything on top of that will just be icing on the cake!
Love, Dianna
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