here it is...

well...for all those who love me enough (or simply are bored enough...haha...) to follow my up and coming traips across the fine continent of Europe, here is my official blog of european happenings. i'll try and update as much as possible while i'm over there...possibly add some photos, and just generally let you know of the random and/or wierd things that seem to happen to me wherever i go. although...i'm sure that i'll be fine, with absolutely no foreboding scenarios to report, as i'm bringing a roll of duct tape, an emergency whistle, and a knife...which i hear amount to the three solvers of any type of problem i could possibly encounter. :) on top of which...i have hannah as a traveling companion, and i'm pretty sure that between the two of us we could take on the world. (err...at least one of it's more mild mannered continents...) not to mention, the burliest backpack (se nombre: sven) this side of the alps, loaded to the seems with a month and a half's worth of crap. :)

So, there you have it.
i'll probably be posting on here from now on, updates on my trip preparations, (as if anybody wants to read them...like i said, if you're bored or something...)

Today's trip happenings:
-purchase of my london city pass ( miserable pound to dollar exchange rate might be the death of me!!)
-purchase of 50 rolls of film in bulk off the internet. (never thought i'd spend $170 on B&W film rolls at once. but you can save your breath about the thriftyness of digital, becuase i will not cave.)
-the creation of this blog
-generally attempting to block out the massive wad of dough that this little jaunt has put me out. (budget travel my eye...)
-getting more and more excited my the minte....i leave in 20 days for the trip of a lifetime!!!!!