moving... on

So part of my travel goals are to go to Europe. I want to go to England, Paris, all over Germany (including Berlin for sure), see Auschwitz in Poland, see all the awesome architecture in Greece that I can, and maybe go to Italy and Amsterdam. I always put it off when I worked for the airlines, waiting for Alan. And now traveling via airline pass isn't an option since I am no longer an FA. I would go alone, but I am worried a little about going by myself and I really want to prepare before hand if it comes to that.

On a side note, I mentioned my plans to go to Tampa unexpectedly changed. This factors into the Europe plans as I thought my future roommate would be the person to go with me... and as of now, that may never happen. So the compromise is to travel in the US to some places I have wanted to go to but haven't yet. I have figured a few places I want to go, but I haven't decided on anything yet. In the mean time, I will work out Europe plans.

For a while now, I have wanted to get a prius. And seeing as Alan kept both vehicles in the divorce, I need to get a new one. Part of me was thinking I would get a cheap car and save my money. But now, with all these ideas of travel, I having a prius would be great... and not to sound like a dork, but they really hold their value. After living in Alaska, I have very much redefined what I consider a "long drive" to go places. Just to get to the next city and the Target (very important factor) it is at least six hours.

Oh and the Prius is a good material way to define how much I wanted to not be married to Alan. I knew Alan was at some point soon going to buy me a Prius and take me to the Galapagos (another place I really want to go). I think the Beatles said it best: "money can't buy me love."

So now that the Tampa idea is out, I called Heather and she has been nice enough to have me come there to stay with her. I'm really excited to go see Heather and I have optimism about the opportunities in the area. University of North Carolina also has a Master's of Library Science... but with a concentration on archival studies, which is a bonus.

I am going to B and N to look at the travel books. I saw two I liked... one by Rick Steves and one by the Lonely Traveler; I love those shows.