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<\/p>\nWhat’s up loyal blog readers? Even though I get the feeling that I’m likely writing to four people, you’re my fans, and I love everyone of you!<\/p>\n
In November of 2004 I took a trip over to England with my family to visit my brother-in-law’s parents for Christmas holiday. It was a fun experience to be in a different country and to spend time going in and out of London.<\/p>\n
At the time, I had just started my associates degree online after a very tumultuous stint of real college made me realize that I was just not suited for sitting in a classroom, especially for a technology degree that was geared for seven year olds.<\/p>\n
Over the next 5 years I would come to realize the joys of working on papers no matter where I went. Spending countless hours bullshitting my way through papers, and always at the deadline. No matter what trips I went on, LA, Denver, Chicago, I would sit with a laptop and work on papers while my friends resented the fact.<\/p>\n
In the end, I managed to finish a MBA with a technology management concentration. At some point in the process I told myself that when I graduated I’d treat myself to a couple weeks abroad roaming different parts of the UK and Europe if possible.<\/p>\n
That time came in December of 2009. I booked a ticket for London Heathrow a few weeks later and started to pull together my International favors.<\/p>\n
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For two weeks I’ll be roaming the streets looking for experiences and photo opportunities. Armed with a Canon DSLR and a couple of rather decent lenses my goal is to try and capture culture, landscape, and history as I wander around looking for experiences.<\/p>\n
It’s probably worth noting my specific travel methodology. I am not much of a planner. My assumption is that if you plan, you will fail. If you don’t plan, everything will be a success. While I’m not here to argue that point with you, I will say that it has never failed me before. Karma, coincidence, and luck all seem to guide me in the right direction. Even though I haven’t stepped foot onto European soil yet, I’ve already got some amazing opportunities lined up.<\/p>\n
So far, all I know of my travel is that I have a place to stay in Central London at a pub not far from Westminster Abby and the heart of London. Thanks to a good friend who I met through my brother-in-law it appears that for the first few days in London I will have an amazing proximity to everything I want to capture and experience. <\/p>\n
North, to Crewe, I’ll meet up later in the week with a good friend, Chris and hope to share experiences and get exposed to local culture away from the bustle of London. When I travel, I always like to be exposed to local culture as I find it’s the most genuine experience.<\/p>\n
Leaving Chris’ I plan to find myself in Paris and then possibly Amsterdam. These are the types of things I’ll figure out as I become comfortable and begin to wander. The trip will likely culminate with family in the South before returning to London for one last night of drunken insanity before boarding a flight back to where I’m sitting at this very moment.<\/p>\n
The rest is up to chance. My hope is to actually get around to blogging as I’ve enjoyed in prior trips. Since I’m traveling alone I feel that I’ll have ample time to keep everyone updated and create a sort of realtime archive for myself to enjoy. I’m taking a mini laptop with me armed with Adobe Lightroom, so expect a few pictures here and there and plenty more when I return.<\/p>\n
The only part that sucks is getting everything buttoned up for work and making sure that the world can sustain itself for a two whole weeks before you return…As one laments inside about trying to solve every problem so that you weren’t spending precious vacation time with a laptop out, working. I only intend to use my laptop for blogging, archiving and editing pictures (which will suck at 1024×576).<\/p>\n
Otherwise, it’s break in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n
But the best part will come tomorrow, when all the spinning and panic to get everything done at the last second (holy crap, have I actually verified that I still know where my passport is?) all spins down as I take my seat in that 767-400 bound for Heathrow.<\/p>\n
Cheers!
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