1 more month

So it's official, one more month until I got to Europe! the countdown finally begins and honestly, I couldn't be more excited.  I have most things planned and all I really have to do it gather a few more things and then I'm all set.  In case you want to know where I'm planning on going well here is my itinerary; first I'm flying from Vancouver to London then go straight to Dublin and spend a good 2-3 weeks around the Emerald Isle (Cork, Derry, Belfast, Donegal, Galway etc..)  then from Belfast I will be heading to Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland.  Spend some time there then going catch a coach down to Manchester where I will meet up with a friend.  Then from there I go to London, fly to Lisbon, do Madrid, Barcelona and travel through Nice to Italy.  In Italy, I will be in Milan, Verona,  Venice, Florence, Pisa and Rome.  After, I will be in Greece, see some Greek islands then fly to Vienna.  From there I'll be going to Prague, Berlin, up north through Copenhagen to Stockholm.  Finally, fly from Stockholm to Amsterdam, then Paris and back to London where I will be flying back to Canada. 
       Now I know it seems a little ambitious to see all those places but I know this is not going to be my last time going to Europe and next time; I'll specifically go to a place and spend more time there.   So this is the backpack that I'm going to bring; the MEC Pangea 60L, it has a removal day pack but I'm opting to not to include and use my own backpack.  It's small enough that it shouldn't be to heavy when I carry it around and because of it's size I can limit myself to what I can bring. (Europe countdown: 30 days)

introductions

So finally, I have started this new blog.  I've been postponing this for sometime now but I realized that it's the perfect time to start it  The main reason that I wanted to start this blog is because I'm going to be gone in about a month, and I figured this would be the best way for people to keep in touch with me.  Plus after Europe, I'm planning on traveling some more and I can use this to keep updates, and to also post up some art that I create, from paintings to different types of food that I make.  So stay tuned and hopefully I'll start publishing more things as time draws near. 

So this is going to be my first time traveling to Europe and I'm going to be alone.  I saved my money, worked hard and planned everything by myself.  I'm gonna be gone for about 3 months and the first month I'm going to be all alone.  Normally, I wouldn't be the type of guy who would do something so adventurous, I'm more of the guy who goes with the group and sort of stays in my comfort zone.  Luckily, a close of friend of mine is going to be joining me in the second and third month.  But it's really exciting and quite nerve racking trying to plan everything to go well.  I'm positive it's gonna be an amazing experience and that I'll meet lots of great amazing people. (Europe count: 35 more days until I go to Europe!)