Halfway Point

So I kind of came to the realization that I'm already half way through my trip here in Dublin and I'm kind of conflicted on how I feel about that. Obviously I'm looking forward to getting back to my fam and friends back home but I've also had the pleasure of meeting some wicked people here too and it will definitely be sad to leave them all because I know I won't be able to make it back to Europe for quite some time because of the expense. Knowing this, I am determined to make these last 6 / 7 months as exceptional as possible and I intend to cram as many trips as possible into this time frame.

I'm headed to Hamburg Germany next week and I'm hoping to be able to visit Berlin as well on one of the days because a trip to Germany without visiting Berlin seems incomplete to me. What I'm most excited about is to be able to actually speak some of the German I've been slowly learning over the past year and a half because I'm not able to use it on a regular basis. It'll be super fun to order a coffee or food at a restaurant and attempting to speak solely in German. I'm sure I'll be stuttering my way through my sentences but hey, that's the fun of learning right?

Aside from Hamburg, I'm headed to Scotland in March and I'm going to be visiting the Scottish Highlands which I'm extremely excited about. The beauty of the Highlands is undeniable and I can't wait to be surrounded by mountains and beautiful scenery plus, maybe I'll spot Nessie ;) 

I'm going to try to visit several other countries in this short time I have left as well. I really want to go to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Austria, Italy, and Spain since my last trip to Spain kind of fell through. I'm really going to have to focus and refrain from spending on basically anything so I can funnel all of my money into these trips because to be honest, I make just enough to pay my bills and eat so it's quite a challenge. There's this illusion of being to travel all across Europe that came with this experience but the reality is that you also have to survive here so it's not as easy just to drop everything and travel as I would have liked.

This experience has been fun and such a learning experience and I'm excited for what the last half of the trip brings me!

HAPPY VEG