Back on the road again...

Or should I say... in the air, on a random couch, etc...

After a refreshing three weeks at home, I'm headed back across the Atlantic again! Believe it, friends. As many of you know, I am required for my degree to do a study abroad, and Uganda didn't count because I wasn't at a university there. Not a problem, I said, I will just go study abroad the semester right after Uganda! So I'm currently in transit to Seville, Spain.

First stop: New York City. Had a good nine hours in the city, and it was nine hours too long. After dodging a shady taxi driver (my heart was literally beating so hard I think you could see it like in the cartoons), I decided to just play it safe and sit at the airport until my flight. It really wasn't bad; I met three lovely people: one from Sweden who was just studying in Duluth (small world), one from Australia who is on her way to study in Norway, and another from Poland who was just studying in Chicago. Contacts!

Next stop: Reykjavik, Iceland! This country has been on my top five for awhile now, in large part because of Sigur Ros and the beautiful documentary Heim they put out a couple years ago. I'm staying with a great couple named James and Audra, and hope to tour the Golden Circle, soak in the hot thermal pools, and experience the northern lights on a dark clear night.

Then: Paris, France for a night and a day. Staying with a girl named Alex who claims I HAVE to experience the lights of Paris at night. Sounds good to me. :]

THEN: Seville, Spain! Home for the next four months!

I'll continue to use this blog while I'm traveling about, so please keep following! And I'll probably have better internet access than I did while in Uganda! It will be interesting to see how my faith grows during this next chapter of life. This will be the first travel experience that isn't service oriented and that doesn't revolve around my faith. I expect to be a bit of a loner, but if I'm diligent, I bet it will only assure me more of God's faithfulness and provision. Prayer is appreciated... Love to you all!