I was in my first year of University, sitting in some programming course, bored out of my mind, and I just started sketching a map of Europe into my notebook.
I started to fill out the borders and cities that I knew, and started to fantasize about being elsewhere.
Anywhere but that lecture hall.
Quickly, my imagination got the best of me, and I realized that if I just bought a plane ticket, took some time off work around summer time, and just did it, I could probably pull off a European backpacking adventure.
So, 19 year old me packed his bag, and headed to Europe. I covered 20 countries, and I found that I had a deep appreciation for northern Europe.
It wasn't an insane journey. It was just awesome. And after that... I never wanted to come home...
So thanks Europe. You got me started.
SerpentZA
2015-12-01 03:25:41 +0000 UTC