Dancing Lessons From God

"Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God." -Kurt Vonnegut

Besides all the amazingly wonderful places that I get to visit from the scheduled trips on my program, I just booked the BEST Spring Break EVER!!! As of right now there are 7 of us going... two of my roommates [Jenalee and Jessica] the guys room next door [Matt, Jacob, and Scott] and another girl [Carolyn]. Thankfully, we bought all of our tickets last night because the prices all went up this morning!  

Our Agenda:

Flying from Cyprus to London on Wednesday, March 23rd [at...4:15am...good luck to us?]

While we're in London, Jessica's friend is letting us stay in his flat for free!  We've also found free tours that go to Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, The Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, and a bunch of other places!

We'll be staying in London until Sunday, March 27th where we are taking a scenic coach [which I thought meant train.. but I think it's bus? Hmm. Oh well!] to Edinburg, Scotland. In Edinburg the free tour takes us to the Edinburg Castle, William Wallace and the Stone of Destiny, the real Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a bunch of other places, and... wait for it... THE ORIGINAL HOGWARTS!!! [sorry Michelle... but, be jealous. be very jealous]

We'll be in Edinburg until Thursday, March 31st.  Then we will be flying to Dublin, Ireland! Ah! :) There is a free tour there, as well, with destinations like the Dublin Castle and U2-Origins of the Rock Legend.  Carolyn, one of the girls traveling with me, has a friend in Galway so we are planning on traveling there for a day or too to see the "real" coastal, non-touristy side of Ireland! Then we jet set back to London and then home to Cyprus on April 4th. 

This Spring Break is like... my dream! I am soo so more than excited, and the people traveling with me are amazing.  The best part? [you'll like this one, Dad!] The total price of all our plane and bus tickets? $280. Oh, and I found everything! I think my new calling in life might be a travel agent... I even had to book everyone's flights and fill out their information for them! haha. Besides being midly stressed out trying to fit it all together, it was kind of fun! 


The only thing I'm nervous about is packing... We're flying Ryan Air and I can only have ONE carry-on that I'm pretty sure has a size and weight limit... Oh, boy. Ah. Oh well... it's all so worth it! Life is good.