Oh To Dream...

Here's the deal...Let's quit our jobs and go to Europe!

I'm trying to convince one of my best friends to quit her job and travel around Europe with me. Not that big of a deal, right? I've come up with a ton of reasons why we should do this, and even more things that we can do.

This is Europe:

map from www.youeuropemap.com

All I want to do is visit about 11-12 of the countries that make up the meat of Europe. The total size of travel is almost equivalent to the state of Texas. We would have 2 months. That's 8 weeks or 60 days. Or if you really want to get into the fine details, 1,440 hours.

While driving down to San Antonio this past weekend, I came up with so many fun things to do whilst we traipse about the European continent.  Really, I was just trying to stay awake. But, I decided that out of all the ideas I had, dressing up in Lederhosen and singing The Sound Of Music songs in Austria was the most intriguing. Come on, who doesn't want to do that?? And if you're sitting there saying, "Not me," you are so lying. 

But really, I want to go country to country. I want to learn new things. Take awesome pictures. Eat something different. Live out of a backpack (ok, huge suitcase). Stay in a haunted castle. Do a cartwheel by the Seine. Visit Korcula and play Marco/Polo. Backpack (really this time) around Bolivia. Scream, "Ricola" in the Swiss Alps. Drive down the Autobaun really, REALLY fast. Revisit Ben and Westminster. Eat some chocolate. Visit some lakes (hopefully in every country). Walk around Montmarte singing "Come What May." Maybe I'll get to visit Hitler's hidey-holes. Get some inspirations for a book I want to write. Man, there are so many things! That's just the beginning. And, to top all this off, I'll get to spend time with my brother and his family, who will be stationed in Germany.

I have roughly 14 months to research this, save for this, make this happen.

Now, the planning begins...