Possibly another trip in 2012...

I landed some freelance work, and have managed to actually sell a few things on Turbosquid, so I may be able to go backpacking next May! I sure hope so, we'll see how the money thing goes. A while back I had thought about starting in Nice and staying in that area but I changed my mind. I decided that I loved the trip in 2009 so much, that I'm going to do the Rome to Paris bit again, but this time I'm going to visit places I missed.

For example, I didn't get to see the museum in Naples that holds all of the artifacts from Pompei. I also didn't get to see Vatican City or Florence. And the Coliseum in Rome is a blur in my memory because we tried to do too much in one day. All I remember is it was cool in the shade LOL So it will be the same route, but with different itinerary.

My name is...

Hi, my name is Tonya and I'm thoroughly addicted to backpacking.

Unfortunately I don't have a trust fund and haven't won the lottery yet, so I can't go very often. I decided to start this blog as a way to make the journal I kept on my last trip public. I'm going to start posting it now, and the dates will be made to match when I wrote the entry back in 2009. It will be just as I wrote it, except I will correct for spelling and grammar and there are a few things I may redact because they're personal.

I will also use this blog as a way to plan where I might go next, hopefully next year. I'm thinking of starting in Nice. I need something to plan for, something to look forward to. I'm currently unemployed, and instead of waiting for me to find a job, I figure I'll start planning anyway. I like traveling on the cheap anyway.