Mon 14/06/10 00:43

It’s that time of the year again, Summer Break. This year I get an extra two weeks off because of Ramadon falling during the beginning of the Fall semester. The extra time is a mixed blessing, this is the first year that I was thinking that I was going to stay “low-key” on my travels and just do a trip to The States for a week. Now I almost have to take advantage of the time, I mean two months with only a week away would probably drive me crazy. So what to do…what to do?

I did a half-assed check to see if there were any tours to some place that I want to go available, but I don’t really know where I want to go, and I couldn’t find anything interesting. In the back of my mind I was thinking that England would be a good choice, I’ve never been, and it’s a good stop on the way back to the states. So I did a quick search for flights and it’s not really expensive, but it’s not cheap. I did another search for Morocco, one place that I really want to see but haven’t had a chance just yet, the it was expensive, plus I’ve been all over the Middle East and I think that I’d probably not get the most out it. So back to England…

So with the almost finalized decision of going to England, I started to wonder if I’d really get the most out of the summer just heading to one country… probably not. So I kind of decided on flying to Helsinki, Finland and backpacking my way to London.

This is what I’ve come up with so far:

July 10: Fly to Helsinki, Finland (2 days)

Stockholm, Sweden

Oslo, Norway

Denmark (don’t know where though)

Germany (berlin, and others)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Brussel, Belgium

London, England

Edinburgh or Glasgow, Scotland

Belfast or Dublin, Ireland

London, England (leave Europe August 19 +- 5 days)

Amarillo, Texas

Clovis, NM

August 25, Dubai, UAE

Now this itinerary is really basic, about the only thing that I’m pretty sure of is that I’ll be going to Europe for about a month. Though even that is subject to change.