Quiet around here. Currently looking into hotels in Rome, Milan, and Florence for when I go with my family (AKA - the only portion of the trip where I'll stay in nice accomadations!) I've never done Italy before, minus a day in Genoa, so if anyone has any advice about hotels to stay at, hotels to avoid, cool things to see (remember, I'll be with parents!) in Rome, Florence, or Milan, pass them my way, or leave a comment below. Thanks!
Boy, does it feel good to have a date. And boy, does it feel good to be in Phase 5! I've been in Phase 5 for over a month, and I didn't even know it. I'm now Phase 1,2,3,4, and 5 certified, though not 3.5 (booking a ticket to Madrid), as Ryan and Aaron are. But soon!
I made the first edits to the finance section including my ticket purchase last week. Hopefully this journal will be edited one to two times a weekup until we go abroad, with the frequency growing logrithmically the closer we get to departure. After departure, expect more frequent updates from us. Ryan told me that both his parents and Mike's parents stumbled on the site completely on accident. If any more of our friends, family, or stalkers come upon the site, email us and give us a holla!
In two weeks I will return home for Christmas, when I will force Aaron to get out of his bed and start posting. Until then, a busy week here in Washington DC, so don't expect too much.
I love the phase system! I am a fan of all things lacking rules and regulations, much like our very own "phase system." In fact, none of us really know how many phases we'll end up with, once we finish this crazy adventure of ours... So I am unilaterally going to mark this momentous occasion (where Mike, Nithin and myself are writing on blogger.com) as the start of phase 5. We now have a website where people can come to check the progress of our trip, or use this as a reference to meet up with us during the trip. Some of our families and even fellow travelers have found this website without us talking about it! I hope we can continue to use this as a platform to keep our friends and families updated on the progress of our trip and to encourage anyone who has dreamed of traveling to go do it, and send us an e-mail so we can meet up with you on the road.
However progressive a jump into phase 5 may sound like, I still have so much to do before we actually depart, including GETTING MY IMMUNIZATIONS!! (Sorry, that was more of a note to myself).
Well I hope to see Aaron and Ryan in phase 5 soon, and perhaps we can design a new, more flashy, more organized website in the future (I'm looking to you Brandle) where we can also promote this ambitious, mythical documentary I keep talking about... More info on that later!
