It's Coming Up

In about a week and a half, Andrei and I will be landing in London! Still have a lot of information to gather, but all the important things are done...ways to get places, places to sleep, rough idea of what we want to see/do.

We have scratched York off the itinerary to allow for day trips in each city, which we are pretty excited about. From London, we will be visiting Stonehenge(how could we have missed it) and spending a few hours in Bath. In Edinburgh, we will be taking a tour bus to Loch Ness, Glencoe, and the Highlands. Also a must see and we get to see more than just a city, which is what Scotland is all about. Same goes for Ireland where we will be taking a bus tour to the Moher Cliffs and a few other destinations(as suggested by one of my friends who studied abroad in Dublin).

We are excited!

Something To Be Excited About

Well, I guess there's a lot to be excited about since my last post. Many decisions have been made after much unnecessary worry and things are happening. To name a few, my brother graduated from high school, I have decided to move to SF at the end of August, my mom is selling the home we grew up in this summer, I have told my employers my last working day, and we have made some progress with Europe!

When first trying to decide where to go in Europe, we wanted to go to about 7 countries. Finally, we narrowed it down to the Great Britain and Ireland. As of now, the plan is to fly into London, bus/train up to York for a day or so, keep heading north to Edinburgh, fly to Dublin, then head on back home from the 1st of August to the 16th.

And the something to be excited about is that we bought the tickets today! And at not too shabby a price, either. So, looks like we're going.

Banana Slugs

Went to San Francisco this weekend. Cold and wet. Two favorites. Played with the colors a bit on Picasa. Lion is at Sutro Heights Park after breakfast. Skyline is from Buena Vista, I believe.

Figuring things out. But it's nice.

New Job

So, I actually found a job right when I was about to give up. I started 2 weeks ago. It is technically two jobs in the same one.

The first job is for a set of twins-girl and boy. I pick them up from school and do homework with them, take them to afterschool classes, arrange playdates, and try to think up some fun things to do. I get to do a lot of addition and subtraction. The second job is as a caregiver for their older sister. It's Monday-Friday and I get some half-days. I'm enjoying it so far. Still adjusting, but enjoying it.

Just my first one

Just opened this blog account and made it pretty to my standards, so I figured I may as well post something. Just a simple hello.

I think I started this blog because mainly I want it for the trip I am planning to go on with my younger brother next summer. Haven't come up with a cool name for it yet, so as of now I will refer to it as "Europe Trip 2010." We're thinking of going in July, or right after he graduates from high school for about a month. Hopefully, this is enough time to spend 3-4 days in each of the countries we intend to visit. Right now the list is England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. Personally, I would also like to hit Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria, but that might be pushing it for a month.

We're going to be backpacking or at least traveling extremely light. This trip is not for relaxation, mind you, as we will most likely have no food, no money, and no rest. Luckily, to us that seems like an adventure. I just want to go wherever we want and really experience the places we go. I want to sit in a pub with my brother and hand him his first glass of Guinness in Dublin. I want my brother to experience a bit of independence and new perspective before he goes off to college.

So I'm doing my research early so we can do this right. And trying to see if I can save up the money needed for this trip, plus some in case we decided to do a lot more.

First things first, I need a job.