Eurotrip 2009... The Beginning.

This past summer I traveled to Europe for the first time with my friend Tammy. I will explain details about the trip in a bit, but first i want to say that the entries that I post about europe can also be found at Tammy and I's Travel site . Im simply going to post my blog entries here but if you are interested about reading our trip from Tammy's point of view, please visit our other site!! :)

Now...About the trip:
With the impending weight of college graduation and all the life decisions that come with it looming ahead, there is a lot of pressure placed on the soon to be college graduate. Everyone deals with this pressure in the most productive way possible. The best and most efficient method though, is to get the hell out of the country. Realizing that the freedom of schedule we have experienced in college will not always be a luxury, with the life plans and work schedules that would most likely be in our near future, this was the perfect time to take an extended trip. So within two days after graduation, we managed to hurriedly pack our whole college lives into whatever boxes and trash bags we could find, toss them in the corners of our parents and friends homes, packed for two months, and headed off to the greatest adventure/distraction we could have dreamed of. It encompassed twelve cites in Italy, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Dublin, and London. Three weeks of study, followed by five weeks of exploration, and here are the millions of things we want to tell you about it…


But first here is a little bit about me...

Depending on who you are my name is Gellane/Gallane. I was born and raised in Mountain View, CA but moved to a small country town named Hollister when I was 10. I lived there until I moved to Santa Barbara to finish school. After two amazing years at UCSB, graduation approached quickly and I had no plan or any idea of what I was going to do come June. That all changed one lazy day in Santa Barbara, when my friend Tammy came over to watch movies with some In and Out. She asked me if I wanted to go to Italy this summer, and of course I said yes. A very hopeful yes. Traveling was something that I have always wanted to do but never had the means to. After she told me about this travel study program, I looked into it and knew I had to make this happen. Less than a month afterwards, tickets were booked, flexible plans were made and we were counting down the days…not only to graduation but as cliché as it sounds, a once in a lifetime experience.