I can’t believe the time is already upon us for me and my friend Janel to depart off to Europe.  It’ll be our first trip to Europe for both of us and I’m sure it’ll be an absolute blast.

A short itinerary: (More details on travel here at TripIt.)

• Depart Portland at 1:30pm 9/27.
• Arrive into Europe through Amsterdam at 8:30am 9/28.
• Depart Amsterdam at 11:30am and arrive into Munich at 1:30pm 9/28.
• Enjoy the rest of the day getting settled into Munich at my friend Huy’s brother’s place.
• Thursday morning, 9/29, head over to Oktoberfest early enough to enjoy the festivities and hopefully meet some wonderful people to let us share share table.
• Spend most all of the day there.
• Not sure what else Munich holds for us other than seeing some amazing castles and driving on the autobahn.
• Depart by train to Paris on 10/2.
• Arrive in Paris and stay with an awesome CouchSurfer.
• Enjoy all that Paris can offer in just four nights.
• Depart by plane to Dublin on 10/6.
• Make it to Guinness for a tour and hopefully make it to Jameson.
• Go on a south island tour of Ireland from 10/7-10/9.
• Spend one last night pub crawling around Dublin. 10/9.
• Depart to Portland on 10/10 at 12:30pm.
• Get into Portland at 7:20pm.

What a trip it’ll be!  If you have any advice or things for us to see – leave a comment!!!

See you in two weeks!!!

After a lot of dreaming, my friend Janel and I are finally making our way to Europe.  We’re stopping in three countries: Germany, France, and Ireland.

First stop is Munich, Germany.  Leaving PDX on September 27th and arriving on the 28th into Munich.  We’ll stay for four nights in Germany doing all we can in the short time we’re there.  One big event we’re hitting up is Oktoberfest!  We’re leaving October 2nd.

Next stop will be Paris, France after a long train ride.  Not sure what we’re doing there yet, but whatever we do will be awesome. We’ll be there from October 2nd to the 6th.

Our final destination is Dublin, Ireland.  We’ll be here from the 6th of October to the 10th when we fly back to Portland.
Not sure what kinda trouble we’re going to get into, however I know it’ll be a fun ride!

Here’s to a new adventure!!!

This last week (Wednesday thru Tuesday) I was spending time around the Big Island of Hawaii with my younger brother, Aaron, and his friend Randy.

What a trip it was.  I saw so much during the short amount of time we were on the island and so glad I was able to get away. Read the rest of this entry