The Trip

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This time next week, I shall be in the U.K. This is a reality which has not quite sunk in yet. These days I look around me and I see where I am, where I should be and where I want to be, but the past and the future get neglected. I wonder if I place too much weigh on certain decisions and not enough on others. Perhaps the pending adventure will reveal new insights. But I don't want to dwell on this topic now, because I only aim to give our itinerary now.

We leave on Friday afternoon and arrive on Saturday morning. My brother will pick us up from the airport and that day we'll probably spend in London on a blitz “absolute-very-best-of”. On Sunday, we'll go into the heart of Wales to where my brother's life in the U.K. started. The plan is then that we'll take a bus tour through the country from the Monday to the Thursday, although that tour hasn't been booked yet. There are some administrative decisions which have to be made by the tour company which we don't have any control over. If the tour is not going to pan out, we'll rent a car and do pretty much the same as the bus tour, but on our own and at our own pace. From Saturday the 25th of June to Monday the 7th of July, my brother will take us on a personal tour through most of western continental Europe: France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. From the 8th to the 11th we don't really have any concrete plans, but I am going to take off on my own for two days to explore London. I want to explore the city at my own pace and have some friends who I want to see. I know that some people argue that the point of going overseas isn't to go meet up with other people from your country, but I'll risk it. I am really looking forward to seeing them, as well as meet new and interesting people. Finally, on the 12th we set off for home again and arrive on the 13th.

I am going to try my best to update regularly on the trip.

This is going to be legendary! :-)