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In 7 days...
1 week...
I will be 30 years old.

It seems crazy to even see it written. I am the last of my parents children to hit this milestone...an overwhelming, heady gift. I am happy-sad...wanting to stay forever 29. To hold onto the last bit of the girl I knew full of angst and unwavering ambition. For a time I thought I would have to conform to certain standards to experience love & family, a certain kind of life. 29 taught me that rules are meant to be broken and new paths creatively paved. 30 is the start of accepting what I know to be true. That whatever is the wild in us that makes us wander makes us uniquely who we are...and I am forever...still...wild at heart.

This blog is my attempt at keeping a record of my latest adventure. I am taking a 6 week trip to Europe to celebrate and revel in the beginning of the next decade of my life. I am a terrible emailer when I'm away and an even worse post-trip story teller (aside from the great baboon debacle in SA!). Since I can't take you all with me I hope you'll check in from time to time to see how things are going for me...don't expect daily musings as I will be out in the world for the first time in what seems like an eternity (a year is looong for me) and trying to do and see as much as I can. But I promise to do my best to keep you updated!

My stops will be: (in this order) Oct -Dec

OCT:
London
Granada, Spain
Cologne, Germany

NOV:
Istanbul and Bursa, Turkey
Amsterdam
Madrid

DEC:
Morocco (*this is a wish we'll see how it goes)
Barcelona
London

wish me light...send me love....