Travel Plans

Well as I promised in my last blog I am going to give you guys the details of the next few weeks of traveling in this post.

This Friday, as I have mentioned before, I am going to London to attend a Good Friday performance of Handel's Messiah at Royal Albert Hall in London's West End. I am really, really looking forward to attending the concert. I have attended performances of the Messiah before (even a sing along version in Edmonton) but I have never seen it on any holy day and I think that seeing it on Good Friday is going to lend it that something special, that is going to make it a once in a lifetime experience.

Then next week (the 5-9th of April) I am planning to fly up to Dublin for a few days to see the sights. But the continental portion of my travels begin on Saturday the 10th.

On the 10th I fly out of Stansted airport and fly to Bordeaux, France where I will spend 5 days with some friends who are from that city. It will be nice. We will travel around Bordeaux, and the surrounding countryside, and spend some time soaking the French culture (which I have been told can boil down to three things; good cheese, good bread, and excellent red wine....hopefully we'll see and experience more!).

From there I move on to Porto, Portugal on the 15th and I will spend just three days there. I have a hostel booked for the 'downtown' of Porto which is supposed to be amazing.

After that I fly to Madrid, Spain on the 17th of April. Here I will meet up with Wil Flanigan a friend from back at Creighton. I am staying at a hostel is a pretty trendy and popular part of Madrid that promises lots to do and see.

From Madrid I fly to Rome on the 22nd. I will spend 5 days in Rome taking in the history. I will probably do a day trip or two to a few cities in the surrounding areas, but none of that is planned yet and will probably be one of those last minute things.

Thats the overview of the travel plans for the last three weeks of April. I am not sure what my accessibility to the internet will be, so updates and pictures of my travels will be sporadic if existent. Chances are this will be my last update for the month of April. However, if that's the case the posts when I return will be substantial enough to compensate for the lack of immediacy!

Wish me luck.