Day 1: Fri 9/14/2012 - The adventure begins!

Well, this is it! The trip that I've been talking about for weeks (months?) is actually here and in just a few minutes I'm leaving for the airport. I am feeling so many things right now ... excitement for this adventure. Pride for having the courage to do this on my own. Apprehension for doing this on my own. Slight social awkwardness for all the new people I'm going to meet. Hyper excitement for all the people I am going to meet.

I'm usually a very heavy packer - I like to have lots of clothes, shoes, etc so I can have a bunch of options. This time, since I'm taking a bunch of little airlines and just for the challenge, I decided to only take a backpack. So, I guess you could say I'm "backpacking" Europe, but let's be clear, I'm not staying in hostels. I wish I had the bru-hah to do that, but I just don't. So, I'll be using my well-earned points for hotel rooms along the way :) So, 4 outfits, a couple shoes, some electronics and personal stuff, and that's all I'll have on the road. I'm so low maintenance, I know.

Ok, off to the airport. T minus 12 hours and I'll be in Lisbon, yippee!

My foot and my backpack (I can't figure out how to rotate this)