5/13
Tomorrow I'm scheduled on 3 flights taking me to Hannover, Germany- just the beginning of my backpacking adventure across Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Greece, with my two gals Ayla and Greta. How does one wrap their head around this? It is yet to be determined.
Over these next 6 weeks, I will be experiencing these countries and also taking observations about the culture and lifestyle. I have done a lot of research over the past semester, taking notes on other people's observations on the culture, and what to expect. Also, more on the healthcare aspect of this experience, (it's impossible to turn off your inner nurse...) I have been looking at statistics over noncommunicable diseases in each of these countries, and preventative measures taken, if any. On this adventure, I plan to interview one person in each country (preferably a female between the ages of 16-25) to find out more in depth information about their perception on their culture and health. One link is attached at the bottom of this post, and the other is in the following post for those interested in reading about my pre-trip research!
My bag is packed with all sorts of goodies, like maps, a sink stopper, a padlock... all of the backpacking essentials, apparently. Doing research on how to pack was a whole different story than my school research- who knew that the heavier items in your bag should be at the top? Won't I fall over? And the money belt I'm supposed to wear under my clothing- that's definitely new. Hopefully it'll be so hard to find that bad boy, it'll keep the pickpockets away.
Despite all of the research on what to pack, my mom just asked if I want to pack toilet paper. Is there something she's not telling me?
On to the fun part of the trip- on our itinerary right now, we are planning to go to Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Hannover in Germany; next to Paris, France, and through to Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville in Spain; heading out back through France to Nice, Cannes, and the fancy Monaco; then to Italy in Verona (hello Romeo and Juliet), Venice, Florence, and Rome, hopefully being able to stop at Le Cinque-Terre; and lastly onto Greece- Athens and Santorini. We purposefully saved the best beaches for last, assuming that we'll be so tired we will just have to do nothing but lie on a beach.
I've been waiting for this trip my whole life, and it's almost here.
So, Europe. Bring it!
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