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| Schloss Platz |
Well, I know this is being written a couple of months after I should have written it but I’ll just go with the cliché and say “better late than never”. I figured tonight would be a good time to write this since I am on the verge of ending my European Tour and I started this one week before I left the states. So I guess it seems quite fitting that I am writing my final blog now. I don’t believe this will be my final blog on this site but it will be my final blog about this eurotrip.
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| I DID IT!! |
Last year, I have had the opportunity to have so many experiences I don’t even really know where to start. First was my greatest accomplishment, I completed college at Arizona State Univ with my bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies. This took me much longer than I expected because of my inability to settle and make up my mind. In May, I got the chance to walk across that stage in a funny hat with all my friends and family there to watch. It was a great feeling.
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| My gorgeous girlfriend |
I knew that when I finished college I was going to want a huge change in my life and it came in the form of my girlfriend. Very shortly after I completed my degree, I began to date Stina and for it to work I had to leave the country. So I did. I packed up all I own into a storage shed and a couple of bags and moved to Europe. I left my life behind along with all my friends and family. Trust me it was not an easy decision and I felt incredibly bad for actions but I had something I needed to do and wanted to experience.
Once I left my comfortable little bubble in the United States, it became time to see and experience a whole new world. I began in Sweden, traveled to Finland, through Denmark, and ended in the south of Germany. I must say once there not everything went to plan but it was still amazing. I got the chance to live in both the Swedish culture and German. As I started to feel comfortable in Stuttgart it soon came time for a new destination and world that I never knew existed. To Africa I flew.
The best way that I can describe Africa was that it was a new world and without a doubt an eye opener. In hind sight, I should have never made the trip and it possibly was one of the fatal flaws in my stay in Germany. I didn’t have the finances to make such a journey and put an impact on how soon I could start working. All in all what is done is done and I saw something new. At the end of all my travels of 2011, I went to 8 countries, 3 continents, with 7 different spoken languages, and no regrets.
After this, I shall continue my blog for all those who are interested but it will no longer be about this trip to Europe and Africa. At this point, I am not sure where I will go with it but I will continue to write and I hope everyone continues to find it interesting. And for Europe I will miss but I will be back soon!
