I’m going to be gone for 4 months. It’s the longest I’ve ever been away from home, and as soon as I get back I’ll be gearing up for college, which starts 2 weeks after I land in the BWI airport.
I head out on March 21, and I’m planning on coming home on July 21 (all dates are approximate on a trip of this scale.) The Olshan Clan is starting this journey together- my parents and I are going to explore Iceland as a unit, but after a week of hot springs, sulfury smells, and the Reykjavik Blues Festival, I catch a plane to Amsterdam and they head on home.
So what’s my plan for all that time? To see and do a little bit of everything. Well, everything is impossible, but I’m covering a lot of territory.
Here’s a list of places I’ll be spending some time in-
Reykjavik
Amsterdam
Brussels
Paris
Lyon
Aix-en-Provence
Rome
Florence
Venice
Zagreb
Budapest
Vienna
Istanbul
Dehli
Palampur
Kathmandu
Qingdao
Seoul
Tokyo
Kyoto
I’m looking forward to trekking to Annapurna Base Camp, playing cellos in Rome, and real Korean fried chicken in the near future, but I’m also aware of how difficult this long term travel will be. It needs to be difficult, because I will be working hard to learn, understand, and grow as I visit places I’ve never seen before.
So here I go, heading straight for a Big Adventure. I hope I’m ready.
-N