Expectations and Preparations

We've all traveled, some more than others. Some trips were for business, some for pleasure and some just to get away and experience something new.  I've traveled enough that I never look at any one vacation as a trip of a lifetime, yet, this time that is exactly what this trip feels like. 

Personally I have not been to very many European countries yet and that seems to be where most people I talk to have been. I've visited some pretty remote and obscure countries and villages but somehow managed to miss the world's greats, the primary travel destinations that everyone else seems to go to first. This trip makes up for that as we are knocking out most of my European bucket list destinations.

Highlights of this trip for us will be Paris, Venice, Athens, and Istanbul, for some of the more exciting destinations, but we will be visiting multiple towns across eight counties over the course of three weeks. 

There are 6 of us traveling together this time. Myself (Trevor), Bryan, Joe, Alan, John and Larry. Six friends that hope to still be that when we return home. I have done most of the journaling on previous trips with an occasional post by someone else, but this time I foresee it may be a little different as John likes writing as much as I do, but that is yet to be seen.

As of this entry it is Saturday and we depart from the Little Rock airport a week from today. For now, there is still a little bit of planning to do and a whole lot of packing.