Signing off from Paris

Faithful followers, it is now time for me to sign off from my home base of Paris as I prepare to depart on a two month solo European backpacking adventure.  I am not planning on blogging regularly since I will not have regular internet access, but I have not ruled out the occasional entry under extenuating circumstances (aka, an irresistibly amazing story).  So, keep a weather eye out for rogue posts!


Itinerary:
Prague for 5 days with a friend from camp
Florence for 6 days with another friend from camp
Venice for 2 days
Nice for 3 days
Barcelona for 4 days
WWOOFing (farming) on a cheese farm in the Pyrénées for 3 weeks
Rome and Perugia for 6 days with my two best friends from middle school
Geneva for 3 or 4 days with my best friend
back to Paris for 2 or 3 days before flying back to the States on June 20th


I will be doing all of the traveling alone and by rail, and will be staying with people I know except for my time in Venice, Nice, and Barcelona.  I am actually fairly grateful for my lack of company.  I expect to be safer than if I was with a large group of loud Americans, especially under this heightened political climate.  I also expect to do a lot of self-reflecting.  My goal is to come out of these next two months with an answer to the following question: What do I love?
I have a new memory card for my camera that holds almost 2,000 pictures, I have my backpack full of clothes, and I have my determined sense of adventure! Off I go!

The Road goes ever on and on

Down from the door where it began.

Now far ahead the Road has gone,

And I must follow, if I can,

Pursuing it with eager feet,

Until it joins some larger way

Where many paths and errands meet.

And whither then? I cannot say.