“The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck."
| — | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Question from TUMBLRBOT
WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
I don’t think there is one place on my planet that I would like to visit more than any other.
For example, both Ireland and Chile are different from my previous experiences and so they both appeal to my curiosity. With the same amount of appeal. But because they are different, I suppose the appeal is different.
To some extent, for me, traveling is about viewing a world (note: not in a planetary sense) different from my own. But it doesn’t matter how those worlds differ from mine, only that they do.
For example, both Ireland and Chile are different from my previous experiences and so they both appeal to my curiosity. With the same amount of appeal. But because they are different, I suppose the appeal is different.
To some extent, for me, traveling is about viewing a world (note: not in a planetary sense) different from my own. But it doesn’t matter how those worlds differ from mine, only that they do.
Floating
You know that feeling of floating in the ocean?
The feeling of squinting into the bright, blue sky, examining the stark white clouds and knowing at any second a wave is going to wash over you and ruin your personal contemplation?
That’s where I am.
This trip is the only thing that is keeping me sane.
Those clouds provide me with focus. I’m floating here, for no reason in particular, and I watch the clouds. Something that is so intangible becomes a rabbit, or a sailboat, or a flower, or a horse…. And you somehow know that if you could just get up there, you could pet that rabbit, captain that sailboat, pick that flower, or ride that horse.
But you can’t get there. Cause there is no solidity in the water for you to stand on.
So you float in the salty water. And you know that someday you are going to touch those clouds, but until then you have no purpose, no additional goals. So you float.
Those unsettling waves wash over you: no summer job, most of your friends have deserted the area, your trusty car now belongs to your younger brother, and there are no quick trips to Oberlin.
This summer is floating. I would call it drowning, but there is no desperation or lack of air. I can envision my trip. Everything I do somehow gets me closer to it. However, I cannot touch it…. Yet.
2 months… (2 months, 1 week)
The feeling of squinting into the bright, blue sky, examining the stark white clouds and knowing at any second a wave is going to wash over you and ruin your personal contemplation?
That’s where I am.
This trip is the only thing that is keeping me sane.
Those clouds provide me with focus. I’m floating here, for no reason in particular, and I watch the clouds. Something that is so intangible becomes a rabbit, or a sailboat, or a flower, or a horse…. And you somehow know that if you could just get up there, you could pet that rabbit, captain that sailboat, pick that flower, or ride that horse.
But you can’t get there. Cause there is no solidity in the water for you to stand on.
So you float in the salty water. And you know that someday you are going to touch those clouds, but until then you have no purpose, no additional goals. So you float.
Those unsettling waves wash over you: no summer job, most of your friends have deserted the area, your trusty car now belongs to your younger brother, and there are no quick trips to Oberlin.
This summer is floating. I would call it drowning, but there is no desperation or lack of air. I can envision my trip. Everything I do somehow gets me closer to it. However, I cannot touch it…. Yet.
2 months… (2 months, 1 week)
Purchased Ticket for $334.21
Today, June 5th, 2011, I have bought my ticket from New York, New York to London, England. Plans for where I will be staying in Ireland are being finalized.
People, this is actually happening!
(This post was originally published June 5th, 2011 at 4:51 pm)
People, this is actually happening!
(This post was originally published June 5th, 2011 at 4:51 pm)
Mission Statement
When my sister graduated from college in 2009, she went down under to Australia (see her adventures here: The Sydney of OZ). Carlyn, my sister, had such a great time when she went that I decided that when I graduated from college in 2011, I too would go abroad. I began to work to save money for my own trip. This was 2 years ago, and in this time I have been able to amass $5,000.
This May I graduated from Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH. And it is time to commence.
In September of this year I will embark on my trip around the world. Why a trip around the world, you might ask. The answer: because I love to travel and there is no place that interests me above all others. Seeing other worlds and cultures has always interested me. Plus, the added challenge to myself is something that I cannot resist.
Can I get around the world starting with $5,000?
Follow me and find out!
This May I graduated from Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH. And it is time to commence.
In September of this year I will embark on my trip around the world. Why a trip around the world, you might ask. The answer: because I love to travel and there is no place that interests me above all others. Seeing other worlds and cultures has always interested me. Plus, the added challenge to myself is something that I cannot resist.
Can I get around the world starting with $5,000?
Follow me and find out!
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