A broad goes abroad

Tomorrow I leave for Iceland, armed with a very detailed Moleskine schedule that will probably go awry, a new camera, and an obscenely large backpack that inhibits every movement. I have decided to blog because I want to remember everything that goes down on this trip and have a way to inform my family and friends of my whereabouts and wellbeing without actually having to talk to them. I want to remember all of the ways that Europe changed me, how I grew as an individual and realized that I was capable of more than I ever imagined; you know, the little things that will really make a difference when they make a blockbuster motion picture based off of my memoir. It’s a vacation, after all, a last hurrah of sorts before the panic of graduation sets in (more than it already has).

The plan as it stands now is Reykjavik, Iceland –> Belfast, Ireland –> Sligo, Ireland –> Galway, Ireland –> Dublin, Ireland –> Rome, Italy –> Florence, Italy –> Venice, Italy –> Copenhagen, Denmark –> Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Amsterdam, I will be studying in an urban planning program at the University of Amsterdam’s Graduate School of Social Sciences. I know literally nothing about my program, except the address of where I’ll be staying, what time to show up to class on the first day, and how to score a sweet deal on a bike rental. The detailed Moleskine is simply blank after I arrive in Amsterdam on July 4, so I guess I’ll have to be all “flexible” and “spontaneous” and whatnot.

I’m going to try to post everyday, but that’s insanely unrealistic, so maybe I’ll aim for once a country. But even that might be a stretch, so once a week, minimum. But if wifi is spotty, this may be my last post. I’ll try my best.

As they say in Iceland, bless á meðan.