Today was a long travel day. I’m looking forward to being home, and eating Mexican food. I was sad to leave though – it has been an incredible adventure, and I’m so glad I did it.
6 Countries (Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland and Germany). I went about 1,300 miles – which is the same distance as it is from Tampa, FL to Madison, WI.
I had a 9 hour flight from Berlin to JFK. My original flight back to Minneapolis was cancelled weeks ago, and they automatically rebooked me on a new connection…which included a 6 hour layover, so that wasn’t awesome. Then a 3 1/2 hour flight home, which is almost over. Storms in New York and Minneapolis both had me really thinking i shouldn’t have left Berlin, but I’m getting home tonight after all (And I’m staying awake, to sleep tonight – which means I’ll have been awake for about 24 hours). Only about an hour delay in the end.
So grateful for the time away from work, Stu’s encouragement for me to get active in ULI a few years ago, and the incredibly patient Delta agents who helped me change my flights to make this a reality. The more I travel – the more I see, and learn, and experience – the more I love to travel. Someone on this trip talked about the wanderlust gene, and maybe I have that. Someone else said they couldn’t stop traveling until they found their “place” – a place that just fit them so perfectly, they could stop searching. Maybe I just haven’t found my place yet. Or maybe I just know there is so much out there to learn, and I’ll never stop exploring, no matter how much my brother and mother wish i would just stay home. 🙂
Thank you for joining me on this journey.
