Okay so it is now 3 weeks, or 22 days, or 540 hours till I get on the (first) plane for the loooong journey to LA. Yesterday I received my travel documents from Contiki which was a nice surprise as I was not really expecting them for a week or so, so for the last couple of days I've been obsessing over minor details such as which hotels I'm staying and and which optional things to do (yeah, I know but I'm unemployed and the only other activity I have is filling in job applications which is very, very dull . . . ) and creating a handy dandy little google map showing all the fabulous places I will be visiting and how far they are from each other.
(*On that note I must admit when I booked the tour I didn't really think about the fact I was going to be stuck on a tour bus for hours on end when travelling between cities. I'm not the biggest fan of buses as it is so I will let you know how it goes. I anticipate for at least 50% of the journey times I am either going to be knackered - and therefore sleep - or hungover - and hopefully be sleeping . . .)
I'm also now thinking about all the practical stuff - what to pack and what things I really want to do. I'm actually a little stuck! I guess in LA I want to do the tourist thing as I've never been to downtown LA, but in Vegas I've already seen a lot so I guess I will try and act as helpful tour guide to some of the others and as for NY I'm stumped. Due to a little 'mix up' with the travel agent I have 3 whole days there. Sounds great in theory but I've been there lots of times before so I need to be a bit creative about where I go. I definitely want to check out some of the different areas like Greenwich Village and soak up a bit of city culture, meet some interesting people. I guess, this summer the USA is my oyster, so lets see what fun and adventures can be found!
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A side note, I've just remembered I forgot to explain the story of how this all came about! I'll be brief (as in not to be too depressing!). Basically my engagement got called off, bit of a crappy situation as I'm sure you can imagine. Anyway, I was talking with a friend and saying how I didn't want to be around on the date the wedding was supposed to take place (whilst I was actually cool about the whole thing I knew that friends/relatives would be going on about it and I really couldn't be bothered with all that). So offhand I said, 'Maybe we should go to Vegas?' and my friend thought that this was a cool idea, started looking into it, long story short that fell through and I though, just go yourself! I started looking at tours that were about a week long, and then two weeks and before I knew it I was signed up for a 25 day tour plus 6 extra days before and after. I figured for the price of the airfare I may as well make the most of it. So that is the random, sad but ultimately-led-to-a-good-thing story of how I came to be going on this mad journey!
ReplyDeleteOmg must of been a trend breaking up with partners and leaving the country to get away from it all.... Bring on the USA baby!!
ReplyDeleteFor sure! And on 14th August we will have a BIG party in DC!!
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