Sick with the Travel Bug

I spent the last week with one of my best friends, helping her move to SLC, then flew home on Saturday morning. Upon arrival at baggage claim it took what seemed like an eternity for my flight's luggage to start appearing. After four bags dropped onto the carousel, the carousel stopped because a big bag got caught at the end of the conveyor belt. After 10 minutes of waiting for help to arrive I got a little crazy and jumped up and across the carousel, onto the top part where the conveyor belt / ramp are, and began freeing the bags. Like 90 people started cheering and clapping, meanwhile a security guard began to yell at me about the dangers of falling... "well somebody had to do something," the lady holding my purse retorted. It was hilarious, but a reminder that I can't being doing this stuff in foreign countries where I can actually get into trouble ;) Speaking of foreign countries, I BOUGHT MY PLANE TICKET TO BCN LAST NIGHT!!!!

That flight on Saturday gave me the travel bug, and now all I can think about is traveling. Thoughts of airplane smell, the run between gates to make a connection, and the satisfaction felt upon arrival flood my wandering mind... it's so hard to focus right now. I don't think there's a cure in my immediate future that can satiate my desire to be free, abroad, and have new eyes.

This is the itinerary:

Tue, Sep 21, 2010 Depart: 07:29 am Arrive: 03:30 pm Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEA) Washington, DC (IAD) Travel time: 5 hrs 1 min 1 Stop - change planes in Washington, DC (IAD) Connection Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Depart: 05:15 pm Arrive: 07:15 am Washington, DC (IAD) Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) Travel time: 8 hrs 1 Stop - change planes in Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) Connection Time: 50 mins

Depart: 08:05 am Arrive: 11:10 am Next day Arrival Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) Barcelona, Spain (BCN) Travel time: 3 hrs 5 mins I am feeling euphoric, but will probably be a little on edge until I receive that visa/passport in the mail. I also gave my notice at work, which went really well and I am at peace with this decision. Now I just need to secure a place to live, which will be easier to do after September 1st. I assume this will be the primary cause for anxiety during this journey as it's difficult to find a place to live from the other side of the world. I am so fortunate to have a friend from Barcelona, Javi, who has given me detailed direction about which neighborhoods are safe, which neighborhoods I would like, and which neighborhoods are convenient. This gave me so much peace of mind.