life hereafter

…plotting another european adventure for september…

How cool would it be to head over to spain for two weeks with nothing but a change of clothes, some cash and a bike!

less than 24 hours before I leave for the Europe. I now have that weird mix of excitement and anxity, this is definatly going to be an adventure.

There is a 50/50 shot I will be arrested and not allowed to return home… I’m taking bets, 2:1.

Got a little surprise today when I checked into my hotel. Apparently my Firm and the hotel chain I frequent are having a little appreciation week. I was lucky enough to book a stay at this particular brand on this particular week and benefit!

I ended up with a supremely large room, fruit basket, bottled water, a luggage thing and the opportunity to earn double points the rest of the year.  Not bad for doing something I was going to do already.

On another note, this past weekend was supremely awesome in its own right.  The bike race on Sunday was not to be believed. I’ve never seen that many people, that drunk standing next to that many cops cheering for that many cyclists. It was pretty awesome. Oh and running into kids you graduated high school with but haven’t seen in six years is fun too. Especially when you are out partying.

Watching the races also made me that much more excited to go see the Tour de France this summer.  I’ve come to realize there truly is nothing stopping anyone from taking their road bike and just hoping onto the course, jumping in with the pack (if you can keep up) and essentially joining the race. I swear I saw one guy do it this weekend.

Yesterday was totally worth waking up at 8am for.

Woot!

Got a large envelope from the United States Government today. The first thoughts running through my mind were, “Oh God… I must have screwed up on my taxes… I am getting audited. I don’t make enough money to get audited… OH!” After I reached inside and pulled a few documents out, I realized I had just received my very own U.S. Passport!

Yay. Now I can travel to all sorts of places including Canada.

That was quick, see just slip the government an extra thirty bucks and things go your way… Now all I have to hope is that my picture dosn’t make me look too much like a terrorist…

The roommate and I are planning on going to Europe this July.

Currently, we in our hands plane tickets from Philadelphia to Zürich leaving on July 1st and departing from Paris back to Philadelphia on July 23rd. I’m in the process of mapping out our trip between Switzerland, Italy and France and should have an itinerary shortly.