Summer of Adventures

It seems somehow appropriate that I begin this year's blog while stranded in Chicago after my flight to Romania was canceled yesterday. Because what is travel about if not going with the flow, taking the good with the bad. Apparently the volcano in Iceland, Mount Eyjafjallajokull, is still causing some problems for flights in and out of Europe. I'm not really sure why some flights are canceled, but others are fine, but I'm hoping to make it to Amsterdam tonight. In any case, having just returned from a week in Costa Rica, I've had plenty of the good lately. And if the bad means hanging out in Chicago for a night with my friend Christie and getting to Bucharest a day later than planned, then I'm not complaining.

I have to leave for the airport in just a few minutes, but I just wanted to get this thing started with an itinerary of my plans for the summer.

Here's the plan as it stands now:

May 9-16 Costa Rica
May 17-18 Chicago
May 19-22 Bucharest
May 22-24 Danube Delta, Romania
May 25-July 8 Bucharest (hopefully including weekends away for climbing, hiking, etc.)
July 9-19 Lisbon, Portugal (with tentative trips to Morocco and Spain over the weekends)

I had an incredible time in Costa Rica with my boyfriend, Michael, and his lovely family. I'll post stories and pictures from the trip soon, but for now here's a preview.



Mike and I exploring the beautiful Costa Rican countryside...


...before heading to the Pacific Coast to relax and check out the rain forest.

More pictures and stories to come (including monkeys)!