Wanderlust
Mar. 19th, 2004 03:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grammargirlI went to see my former thesis advisor today--just to say thanks for the eleventy billionth time, and to chat with her because quite frankly my Thursdays feel a little empty without my weekly dose of Lisa.
Anyway, since we don't have my thesis to talk about now, the conversation drifted onto other things, and I mentioned that my mom and I are going to go on a trip to Italy for a couple of weeks in the fall. I think we're both kind of dying for a change, and my grandmother's trust has blessed us with the means to have our little adventure. Lisa just mentioned, offhandedly, that I might want to think about asking my mom to make my ticket open-ended so I could stay for an extra few weeks. Just kinda wander around, stay in hostels, meet people, see cool stuff that I prolly won't get to see much of in the touristy package deals my mom's looking at. I've never done anything like that before, never really traveled by myself at all, forget in another country, and the prospect suddenly seems unbelievably attractive.
I love Ann Arbor, but I feel... claustrophobic, recently. I need to get the fuck out of here for a while, break out of this rut I seem to have created for myself. I need to go somewhere new, someplace where I can go days without meeting a single person I know. Italy'll do quite nicely, methinks. I just must keep my fingers crossed very tightly indeed that the Job of Joy and Gladness comes through.
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quixoticdancer, we should talk travel things. Soon. I really want to make this happen. Somehow. I want to be that dancing happy girl with adventure in her eyes. Actually, your eyes are closed in that picture, but you know what I mean.
Anyway, since we don't have my thesis to talk about now, the conversation drifted onto other things, and I mentioned that my mom and I are going to go on a trip to Italy for a couple of weeks in the fall. I think we're both kind of dying for a change, and my grandmother's trust has blessed us with the means to have our little adventure. Lisa just mentioned, offhandedly, that I might want to think about asking my mom to make my ticket open-ended so I could stay for an extra few weeks. Just kinda wander around, stay in hostels, meet people, see cool stuff that I prolly won't get to see much of in the touristy package deals my mom's looking at. I've never done anything like that before, never really traveled by myself at all, forget in another country, and the prospect suddenly seems unbelievably attractive.
I love Ann Arbor, but I feel... claustrophobic, recently. I need to get the fuck out of here for a while, break out of this rut I seem to have created for myself. I need to go somewhere new, someplace where I can go days without meeting a single person I know. Italy'll do quite nicely, methinks. I just must keep my fingers crossed very tightly indeed that the Job of Joy and Gladness comes through.
quixoticdancer, we should talk travel things. Soon. I really want to make this happen. Somehow. I want to be that dancing happy girl with adventure in her eyes. Actually, your eyes are closed in that picture, but you know what I mean.
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Hmm...what about Germany?
Date: 2004-03-19 04:58 am (UTC)And hey, tround-trip train tickets from Italy are only around 60 euro!...I know coz I just got mine and will finally get to visit Italy next month. Yay!.
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Date: 2004-03-19 11:31 am (UTC)Oh, gee, I don't know...talk about travel? i do that so seldom...:-)
How about...oh, tonight, maybe? Or any time your little heart desires.
I'll have you on a plane so fast you won't know what hit ya!
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Date: 2004-03-19 11:48 am (UTC)Incidentally, you're showing up on AIM as active but haven't responded to my IMs... you forget to sign offline before you left for work this morning or somethin'?
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Date: 2004-03-19 11:51 am (UTC)Oops, must have, Sorry!