Fleeing Florida: August 2013

What I learned about Backpacking Europe.

1. Just because it's called 'Backpacking' doesn't mean you NEED a backpack. Get something with freaking wheels.
2. Don't go during the winter when the weather ranges from 20 to -20 degrees
3. Budget VERY well.
4. Bring a coin purse cause coins SUCK
5. Learn to say 'Excuse me' and 'Cheers' in every language of countries you will visit
6. Eat carbs.
7. Take a break, don't run yourself ragged.
8. Take advantage of Free.
9. Make friends so in future travels you have a free place to stay!
10. Go with someone you love more than how tired you will be

Home Sweet Home

Tired.
Glad to be home.
In need of a shower.
Must have Waffle House.
Never been happier to see Bree.

Thank god customs in Atlanta wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I got told by a TSA person to take a chill pill and made it to our gate in record time. Then I was told I didn't have a seat on our flight and I would have to wait 6 hours for the next flight to Jacksonville, along with a guy in the Navy. Randall was already relaxing in his seat. Somehow I managed to get on the flight. Bree so very sweetly picked us up from the airport! Then directly to Waffle House for bacon and gallons of coffee. So glad to be home...

Cardiff, Wales: Day 28

The entirety of our trip was built around this one single day so we could just nerd out at the Doctor Who EXPERIENCE in Cardiff! The minute we crossed the boarder into Wales signs showed we were no longer in a strictly english speaking country. Even their english didn't sound like english. We have never heard an accent like that. Or seen a language like that. There's just no way to describe how strange we found it all. The trek to the museum was totally ridiculous and long. We couldn't read the few street signs or find a map to help us enough to get to the Experience. When we finally caved and asked for directions... Like I said, interesting accents... We still pretty much guessed at where we were going. Thank god we found it!