CALLING IT A YEAR....

OK that's it everybody (or... you.. who reads this blog ;) ), this is offically my last day in Europe. Tomorrow I fly home early from Copenhagen to Reykjavik for a layover, and then straight to San Francisco. I honestly can say this was the best time/year of my life and I think not much can compare to it in the near future. I've studied abroad, met a ton of cool people in Stuttgart, and even more travelling around Europe, Asia, and Africa. I've spent so much time here in Europe, and sometimes being the only American at a hostel for a while, that going back to America and not seeing any foreigners will be a brutal and long-lasting shock.

Just to show you, and myself, what this opportunity in Stuttgart as allowed me to do, here are all the places I've been since August 30th, 2005 to August 28th, 2006:
Portugal, Spain, Morocco, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Iceland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Turkey, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
Trivial Facts:
° Counting coming to and leaving Europe, I have flown on a plane 35 times.
° For 1 year in Europe, the only thing that was stolen from me was my iPod very early in Stuttgart at a university party, and that was only because of an unsupervised coatroom.
°Total consecutive days abroad: 364

So to all of you who actually read this thing, I just want to thank you for a great year and a great time in Europe. There are just so many memories that I (cant) wont forget, and so many lessons that I learned that to me it seems sort of an injustice that so few people from America travel abroad. I think to actually be in Europe and know Europeans (instead of just fellow Americans) really opens up one's thinking, politically and also on a basic human level.

So again, thanks for one of the best years!


And to the Americans going on the FLOAT TRIP in September, get ready - this is going to be insane!!

ALSO QUICK NOTE: Denmark Photos are ONLINE! That is the last of my Webshots photos going online. Maybe float trip will go up there too.