3 Weeks and Counting...

We are down to just under 3 weeks until I fly to Madrid. My plans are slowly coming together as the clock ticks and the departure day creeps up on me. School is winding down and that is exciting in itself- not to mention the fact I have an almost 3 month European adventure less than 20 days away. It's hard to believe I have been at St. Catherine's for two years already. Not a day goes by that I don't thank God for bringing me to such an amazing place and allowing me to work with amazing people. I also feel blessed to be able to travel the way I do and experience as much as I can that this awesome world offers. I think it was Confucius that said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step..." I may only be walking 500 miles, but the rest of my backpacking will definitely take me beyond the 1,000 mile mark.

So this my friends... is my first step- a blog. With the help of a fellow teacher and a dear advisee, I chose WANDER WOMAN as my theme complete with a picture. I like to think this summer adventure is in need of Wonder Woman's superhuman strength, flight, and highly proficient hand-to-hand combat skills. Please don't forget to note her bullet proof bracelets, lasso of truth, and her golden tiara that is used as a dagger yet with boomerang abilities to return to her head. I hope you can understand just how perfect this theme will be as the summer adventures begin.

Here is a ROUGH Guide to what I am planning for next 3 months:
 June 11- Fly to Madrid and spend a couple of days exploring...

 June 14- Make my way to St. Jean Pied de Port (France/Spain border town) to begin the Camino de Santiago or Way of St. James- a religious pilgrimage across Norther Spain...

 The next 33ish days I will be walking 500 miles across Spain ending in Compostela de Santiago...

 Followed by a month and half backpacking through Europe: Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, etc...

 Ending in Dublin, Ireland for the NOTRE DAME vs. Navy football game on September 1st.

 With that said, this is where I will be posting about my adventures, experiences, thoughts, and hopefully pictures to give you a glimpse of my summer as "WANDER WOMAN!"

 (Thank you Josh for the name and Virginia for the picture)