Crazy

Turns out I can blog on my phone from the plane. Obviously I can’t post it, but I can write on the wordpress app while in airplane mode. Airplane mode rocks.

This is my seventh flight in the last month. The fifth that is of the five/six+ hour variety. You’d think I’d be burnt out by this, and you’d pretty much be right. I’m more worried about ending it though and going back to the mundane day to day routine. It’s hard to go back.

I’m good at travelling. Honestly I wouldn’t mind this so much if there wasn’t a kitty at home. Luckily I have bitterkat’s brood to thank for keeping him a very happy kitty. In fact I have reason to believe he likes their visits more than me being there. I don’t blame him. He probably gets more focused attention from them than me and he is an attention whore.

It’s kind of weird, but all this travelling just makes me want to travel more. During my most recent stint at home I found myself looking up prices. I’ll soon have enough miles to go to Europe during peak season for free. Well, assuming there are any openings. All I found during a brief search were first class seats through September. I don’t have that many miles…

It’s hard to make a decision on where to go next. One of my two longest running Europe interests are to wander around the island of Great Britain. Mostly around England and Scotland though. Train trips to get around. I’d like to visit some areas where my anscestors came from. (That’s almost entirely England. Scotland is for other reasons) The other is to wander around Italy. I’m also open to visiting other places. Really I’d be happy to wander the trains all over Europe. Those are just the longest running. New Zealand is another, but obviously it’s not in Europe. Newer goals in other regions are Southeast Asia and Tanzania. Those will certainly be more outside my comfort zone, so it’ll take some more psyching up from my end.

For now I’ll just stick to one of my favorite pastimes. Doing Internet research. Hotels, transportation, destinations…

My two past Europe trips were only six months apart. The travel bug hits, it stays. And it’s a big bug.