“The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.”
-George Ade, an author I've been looking at lately sort of like Mark Twain
I am home again. Arrived home about 2 weeks ago and have spent the time sort of jumping back into things somewhat, and just acquainting myself more slowly again with the life I have here. It is certainly what we would call "a transition time" . Yeah, and also planning the next trip of course, because as I've mentioned to a few people, travel is like cocaine for the mindset: highly addictive.
I am a listmaker. As well as using them for the usual purpose of remembering stuff or organizing thoughts, or your grocery list, I also think they tell stories. I've been pressing myself to keep this blog updated the whole time, but I found it so hard to make myself sit down and write completely as I was experiencing things, because I didn't want to spend my time in Europe writing about my time in Europe. So now, as I've been home about two weeks, I've had some time to sit and reflect on it all, re-remember things and look at some pictures I haven't even really looked at yet. It seems surreal, like I was never there, yet the pictures and moments are crystal clear in my mind. I think about 9% of the stories of this trip are up here; thus, its quite lacking. :-) There is more yet that I will write, and some of it I will post up here. The trip is not over yet.
And so, a list of all the basic steps of my trip, or places I had some sort of significant experience in (determining significance is the hard part) This is a list for me as much as you, lovely reader.
Paris, France
Interlaken, Switzerland
Gimmelwald, Switzerland
Rome, Italy
Bari, Italy
Patras, Greece
Athens, Greece
Thessaloniki, Greece
Istanbul, Turkey
Sofia, Bulgaria
Zagreb, Croatia
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Budapest, Hungary
Prague, Czech Republic
Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
Pilzen, Czech Republic
Vienna, Austria
Innsbruck, Austria
Bregenz, Austria
Winterthur, Switzerland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreutzlingen, Switzerland
Stuttgart, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Lund, Sweden
Copenhagen, Denmark
Stockholm, Sweden
Lund, Sweden
Berlin, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bruges, Belgium
Ghent, Belgium
Cerbere, France
Barcelona, Spain
Bordeaux, France
Paris, France
Lansing, Michigan
