Upcoming schedule !

Upcoming schedule!

Well right now I'm in Marseille France,  it's lovely being in the south of France in June.  It's very warm, the streets are crowded and everyone is happy.  I've only been to Nice before and been wanting to come here for quite some time, I just wish I had more time.  I have a ferry that leaves tonight for Corsica and then I will meet up with Diane as we travel Europe for the next 3.5 weeks.

Yes, Europe!  We decided not to go to Western Africa, not because of Ebola, but mostly because it's rainy season and very hot there right now.  These countries don't have AC like the modern world so we decided to just spend some time in southern Spain and champagne country in France.  Sounds better right?

I booked my plane ticket back home to the states for my cousins wedding.  I will leave from Valencia Spain on July 15th.  Couldn't be more excited.  It will be nice to be home and see my family and friends.  Between now and then, I'll be in Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, France, including Corsica and Sardinia (Italy).  No new countries, but lovely ones and going to some places I've never been and also revisiting some places that I have been!  Really looking forward to my European summer!

Well London a week ago was fab!  Just great!  I enjoyed every part of being in the United Kingdom and everything felt so familiar.  The weather was cool and mostly sunny which is rare!  I just enjoyed going into marks and Spencer's and boots, tesco, and costa!  I met up with a former colleague of mine that I worked with when I lived there which was so nice!  Had our fair share of lager and vino!

After my short 4 days in London, I ventured off to morocco.  I had a nice place there so to be honest I didn't leave too much!  The weather there was pretty hot so walking around wasn't that pleasant.  I spent a good 4 hours walking around the medina in Marrakech but was slightly disappointed.  Maybe if I had someone to walk around with and stop at cafes and drink mint Moroccan tea with I would be happier?  Nevertheless, I get annoyed when every local is trying to sell me something on the street and talk to me in every language besides English.  They wanted to sell me everything which to be honest I wasn't having it. The souk is cool, but I've been to a lot of souks!  And since I cannot buy anything cool due to lack of space in my bag, well what's the point.  And the smell of the souk awful from all the horse carriages near by.  I think the warm humid climate soaked in the stench.. Anyways I was happy to chill out and smoke shisha in my hotel :)

23 days!  Not that I'm homesick or anything.... But I will enjoy these 23 days in Southern Europe feeling nostalgic and loving life drinking wine and champagne and eating tapas!

Israel! And more updates...

It's been a really long time since a proper post.  For some reason I've gotten out of blogging, but I shouldn't be lazy, I have a lot of free time, blah blah.

Anyways, right now I'm in Israel and I'm going to make a proper attempt to try and catch up on some posts.  I've been a lot of places since I was in the Balkan countries.

Israel was a spur of the moment decision to visit really.  I didn't know where I was headed after spending time in the Stan countries with my friend.  I knew that going to Israel, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Belarus, and morocco where at the top of my list in terms of 'europe' area and easily accessible to my next destination in the end of June - Western Africa.  

Well maybe I should update you all on where I'm headed first...

For now I'm in Israel until June 11 then I'm headed to London Town for some relaxing and revisiting my former British life.  Then I'm headed to morocco for 3 nights but only to Marrakech.  That's country 92!  Then flying back up to Barcelona and i will probably rent a car and drive to Andorra and stay there for two nights but probably go into southern France and check that out too.  Andorra county 93!  Then after this were planning on Western Africa.  These countries include, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Senegal, Mali, cote d'vore, Togo, Benin, Ghana and maybe more.  These plans haven't been finalized yet but then I'm hoping to fly home around July 15-20 for about a month.   Toronto already is booked (road trip from Sebewaing) for July 24th weekend.  ('Maybe I should just stay put....NEVER!)

So Israel!  Wow I'm getting goosebumps just being here.  It's absolutely amazing with all the religious sites here and re learning everything again that which I grew up with.  It's crazy how I've forgotten all these biblical stories but I'm remembering really quickly.  So far I took a tour to Bethlehem and Jericho.  I saw the place where Jesus was born and also where the manger was laid.  I saw the shepherds field where they were when the Angels came to them to tell them about the birth of Jesus.  Wow!  Today I took a tour to Nazareth which is where mary was and where she was told that she was going to give birth to the savior (even though she was a virgin).  Then off to the Sea of Galilee where Jesus walked on water and gave food/fish to thousands.  We passed through Cana on the way where Jesus turned water into wine....and the list goes on.  So many magical things!  I'm literally walking on the footsteps of Jesus!  On Wednesday I'm doing a full day tour to Jerusalem to visit the old and new parts.  

In addition to all this history, tel aviv is actually a really cool city.  I'm at a hotel which is right on the beach, I mean the Mediterranean Sea!  The sunsets are amazing and the feeling is good seeing all the people out exercising along the boardwalk.  I've met some really cool people on my tours as well.  Vincent and Jackie I hope you're reading!  They have been encouraging me to like write a book or something about my travels.  I'm not really that good of a writer so I thought I would at least try to revamp the blog.  

Until next time.  Cheerio !  (Getting ready for a bloody lovely time in the UK)