(Like having the stomach flu on game day yesterday and not being able to play, but this is a happy blog, so just know I'm feeling a little bit better...after 6 bursts. I might even start eating again! We now have 5 weekends off from volleyball matches, so we can take a deep breath before heading into our last 5 matches.)
In the course of this single week, the following crazy things have now been set into motion:
1) I'm selling my iPod Touch. Why? A French friend posted on Facebook that he wanted to buy one. A Facebook status that speaks to your heart is always a sign to take action. The good news is he is paying in two installments, so I have some extra time with my SwagPod2 before saying goodbye. The bad news is I have just enough extra time with my SwagPod2 to break it.
2) I'm visiting Tanya Schmidt during my upcoming vacation. This was already a potential idea, but only if I finally dropped the hope of getting to come back to the USA to finish my paperwork. I'm going to just deal with that disappointment by going to Germany. Boo-hoo [YAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!].
3) I applied for and got accepted as a volunteer for 5 days at...ENGLISH CAMP! Okay, it's actually a program called Diverbo, and it's an English immersion setting for German adults. So I'll be at a resort in the Black Forest of Germany for 5 days. ALL EXPENSES PAID. Speak English and be entertaining - check and check.
4) After that all happens, then I have this magical window of 2 days to go...somewhere. YES. A beautiful unknown (it will probably be Lyon - ha). All I need to do is eventually get to Lyon, where Marc will be waiting for me, and I will have a bus take me back to Paris at the end of what will have been another wonderful adventure for the blog-book.
This is essentially a "consolation trip" after having to back out of my Spain plans for this year.
I believe I am quite consoled.
In the course of this single week, the following crazy things have now been set into motion:
1) I'm selling my iPod Touch. Why? A French friend posted on Facebook that he wanted to buy one. A Facebook status that speaks to your heart is always a sign to take action. The good news is he is paying in two installments, so I have some extra time with my SwagPod2 before saying goodbye. The bad news is I have just enough extra time with my SwagPod2 to break it.
2) I'm visiting Tanya Schmidt during my upcoming vacation. This was already a potential idea, but only if I finally dropped the hope of getting to come back to the USA to finish my paperwork. I'm going to just deal with that disappointment by going to Germany. Boo-hoo [YAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!].
3) I applied for and got accepted as a volunteer for 5 days at...ENGLISH CAMP! Okay, it's actually a program called Diverbo, and it's an English immersion setting for German adults. So I'll be at a resort in the Black Forest of Germany for 5 days. ALL EXPENSES PAID. Speak English and be entertaining - check and check.
4) After that all happens, then I have this magical window of 2 days to go...somewhere. YES. A beautiful unknown (it will probably be Lyon - ha). All I need to do is eventually get to Lyon, where Marc will be waiting for me, and I will have a bus take me back to Paris at the end of what will have been another wonderful adventure for the blog-book.
This is essentially a "consolation trip" after having to back out of my Spain plans for this year.
I believe I am quite consoled.
For the complete low-down on my #strasbawulyontrip...
My Sunniest Strasbourg
Down in the Ba-Wu
Say What You Want To Say...In English
Have ONE Bag, Will Travel