europe or bust!

well, i'm finally doing it...after talking about it for over 6 years and planning multiple trips in my head...i'm finally going backpacking across europe. it's so weird to actually say that. i don't think it has completely hit me yet. i keep having freak out moments where i worry i'm forgetting something that i absolutely can't leave behind for a couple months. but the reality is, if i don't do it now, when? time goes by so fast and before i know it i will be married and have kids and a lot of other responsibilities i don't have now. so the question is why NOT go? and despite the occassional freak out moment, i am so fucking excited!

i will write more when i know more myself :) but until then, a little quote that i love from mark twain:

"twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. so throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbor. catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover."