thinking about postponing my canada trip from....
original dates - may 25-28, memorial day weekend
new proposed dates - june 30 - july 4th, the weekend of CANADA DAY!!!
pros - get to be in canada on canada day, get to spend more time in canada, will still be back in the states by the night of the 4th for our holiday
cons - one more day off, might cost more on airfare...
looks like the trips may be shifting. but definitely still happening.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
catching up
this past week has been filled with great experiences. five people really made the week special, and here they are...
nick - wangaratta, australia. tuesday night i got the chance to host my first couchsurfer. as you know, i've surfed a lot...but since i live outside of major cities i don't really get requests. but nick was bicycling from dallas to new orleans and stopped through waco so i seized my opportunity. he got a bit lost on day one but i found him after driving a while and looking for a cycler in the dark. after a brief stop at sonic for fuel, we rode back to waco and chatted with a few friends from work. got to grab lunch at my fave burrito shack with him and then met up again briefly in austin on friday night. great guy and wonderful surfer, so thanks for making my first hosting experience a good one!
sarah - austin, texas. name twin. oh how i love you. and if it weren't for couchsurfing and my random quest for a partner in travel i never would have met you. my weekend in austin was originally planned because she wanted to do the color run and i thought it looked like a blast. little did we know it would be a mudbath for three miles with no color until the party at the end, but we made the most of it and had fun. i'm so happy i got to see you and spend time with you this weekend!!
simon - melbourne, australia. i met simon at plus prague hostel (in prague, czech republic obviously) on my eurotrip. while i have met up with other americans i met on the trip, he is the first non-american i've met up with in person since i returned to the states. he happened to be going through austin at the same time so we got to spend the weekend together (with sarah, nandi, and austin...who i'm getting to). he got to see a bit of where i work even though i practically dragged him there in his half-sleep since he still hadn't quite woken up, and then he got to be center of attention when he rolled into McGregor's finest, The Coffee Shop, with his giant backpack looking completely out of place in this small town Texas diner. only a few days of catching up, but it was nice to get to see someone from the trip again. if you're reading, enjoy the rest of your time here in the US of A and see you in december....
nandi and austin - somewhere near tuscon, arizona and fort worth, texas - you guys are great. they couchsurfed at sarah's place friday night so i was able to go out to 6th street with them friday night, then saturday we wandered around downtown, played mini golf, and watched austin hyped up on 5 shots of espresso all day (it's more entertaining than you'd guess). saturday night the guys and i hit up pete's dueling piano bar and had a grand ole time chilling and enjoying the last night all together for a while. they seem like old friends already, and hopefully we'll meet up in dallas soon for a ranger's game!
connecting with the people around you is the best part about life. it's not about money, or status, or things. it's about relationships and how you treat those relationships. i had a great time in prague, but i could have chosen to never talk to anyone again. instead, i have kept in touch with many people from my trip and plan to visit more in the future. are you valuing your relationships enough? or have you lost site of what matters?
nick - wangaratta, australia. tuesday night i got the chance to host my first couchsurfer. as you know, i've surfed a lot...but since i live outside of major cities i don't really get requests. but nick was bicycling from dallas to new orleans and stopped through waco so i seized my opportunity. he got a bit lost on day one but i found him after driving a while and looking for a cycler in the dark. after a brief stop at sonic for fuel, we rode back to waco and chatted with a few friends from work. got to grab lunch at my fave burrito shack with him and then met up again briefly in austin on friday night. great guy and wonderful surfer, so thanks for making my first hosting experience a good one!
sarah - austin, texas. name twin. oh how i love you. and if it weren't for couchsurfing and my random quest for a partner in travel i never would have met you. my weekend in austin was originally planned because she wanted to do the color run and i thought it looked like a blast. little did we know it would be a mudbath for three miles with no color until the party at the end, but we made the most of it and had fun. i'm so happy i got to see you and spend time with you this weekend!!
simon - melbourne, australia. i met simon at plus prague hostel (in prague, czech republic obviously) on my eurotrip. while i have met up with other americans i met on the trip, he is the first non-american i've met up with in person since i returned to the states. he happened to be going through austin at the same time so we got to spend the weekend together (with sarah, nandi, and austin...who i'm getting to). he got to see a bit of where i work even though i practically dragged him there in his half-sleep since he still hadn't quite woken up, and then he got to be center of attention when he rolled into McGregor's finest, The Coffee Shop, with his giant backpack looking completely out of place in this small town Texas diner. only a few days of catching up, but it was nice to get to see someone from the trip again. if you're reading, enjoy the rest of your time here in the US of A and see you in december....
nandi and austin - somewhere near tuscon, arizona and fort worth, texas - you guys are great. they couchsurfed at sarah's place friday night so i was able to go out to 6th street with them friday night, then saturday we wandered around downtown, played mini golf, and watched austin hyped up on 5 shots of espresso all day (it's more entertaining than you'd guess). saturday night the guys and i hit up pete's dueling piano bar and had a grand ole time chilling and enjoying the last night all together for a while. they seem like old friends already, and hopefully we'll meet up in dallas soon for a ranger's game!
connecting with the people around you is the best part about life. it's not about money, or status, or things. it's about relationships and how you treat those relationships. i had a great time in prague, but i could have chosen to never talk to anyone again. instead, i have kept in touch with many people from my trip and plan to visit more in the future. are you valuing your relationships enough? or have you lost site of what matters?
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