Europa!

two weeks and counting. now that the tickets and the car are secured, i'm starting to get psyched about this trip. today i'm booking the hotels and tomorrow i'm getting my digital camera...i hope. ebay's a fickle little thing, you know. the auctions ends tomorrow, so we'll see.

i cut out of work early today to do this. there was not much for me to do and i have sick time, so.... my dad had a some great ideas for places to saty. we're driving, but it's a good idea to have a couple of hotels in place for a couple of stays. i know where i want to go, but didn't put that much input in it. even though this is "our" trip and i am doing all of the leg work, i still don't really feel like i have a whole lot of say. it's crazy, because i do, i just lack confidence. although, i did manage to sway him away from Bonsia and Serbia for the more safe and less ruined Hungary and a castle tour. so, that's cool. he had a couple of cool ideas for stops. well, we're spending the first two nights in Paris. partially to check the place out, but also to relax and plot our course. then we're going to spend Christmas in Rome --which is fucking amazing. what better place?-- and New Years in Vienna.

so, i have to book some hotels. i want to find a place in Rome that's close to Vatican city, so we can just walk there. what do they do for Christmas? just mass? i don't know, but it's going to be dope.

i'm starting to get giddy.