It's the finer things---like Europe!

When I get an idea in my head, it usually spreads like wildfire and burns for a while (procrastination) before I do anything about it.



I've always wanted to travel, and I've always loved learning new languages--I can speak a little French and a little Spanish, but I would like to speak them more fluently.



My mum said that she wished she'd gone travelling, and done all this stuff (getting pregnant at 17 wasn't the wisest of moves on her behalf--but here I am. YAY!) and I really want to go travelling, besides, i'm not going to get pregnant that's for sure! But here's the downside, I'm going to have to wait until the summer of next year to do it. I know it seems like such a drag, feeling so enthusiastically about something, only to be shot down by reality. Honestly, I think it will go pretty quick because it'll be my first year of university, I'm doing a lot of writing, hopefully some publishing---or a lot ;)



Ah, I just want to travel now, get some more culture and see beautiful things. I'm incorporating a place in Italy in my novel, Clandestine--I've never been to Italy before, so everything I write will be coming from a lot of research and pictures. I shouldn't have said anything really, because I can just see people trying to spot errors in my work (eek) but you'll have a long time to wait--at least until December.



I am trying to persuade my friend to do it with me--hopefully she will and we can go on a month long European trip. But I have nearly a year to save up and do it, and I'd like to think that I will. I'm sure that what I learn can be used to put in my future writing--the language, the clothes, the food, the people, the houses, everything really.



I think it will be very inspiring, and each different country has its own myths and legends--and I will go out of my way to know what they are. And if you're in Europe, living there, or traveling, tell me a little bit about it--where you are and what it's like.



So let's see, one year today---I hope I'll be a new, cultured man who has done his fair share of travelling.



-Joseph.