It's been roughly 4 years since I started this blog while traveling solo to the South Pacific for three months having the time of my life with the most ridiculous and amazing people I have ever met. So much has happened since then...I bought a house, a new car, I've been on at least 25 awful dates and have been to something like 15 weddings...it's amazing how fast time can go by when you're not paying attention.
I've had the itch to travel for a while now, I've had ideas for multiple international trips but just haven't really followed through on them. I've been to heaps of places in the US since I came home but I guess nothing to write home about? It seems that when you decide to grow up and become responsible, socking the money away proves to be more and more difficult.
A good friend of mine recently moved to Naples, Italy with her husband so naturally I jumped at the opportunity to shack up on the Navy base for a few days then take her trekking all over Italy. The excitement and anticipation keeps building the closer I get to August 26th, I feel like a kid on Christmas. I can't wait to have that slight panic-attack moment of, "Oh jesus, should I have gone left there...no, maybe it was a right, shit, I have no idea where the hell I am..." The feeling of unknown situations is why I backpack. Putting yourself into a totally vulnerable position and making yourself get through it, that's why I do it. Sometime those situations make you meet amazing people and other times it sends your running down a street in Auckland New Zealand at a full sprint, flip-flops in hand, and looking over your shoulder until you bust through the hostel front door (whoops). Now I have the opportunity to drag along one of my best friends on a 14 day trip and hope to god that she doesn't hate my guts afterwards...here's to the independence I found in 2007. It changed my life...now I just get to bring someone along for the ride and hope she enjoys it just as much as I do.
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