YCGL - April 2, 2025 - I'm on my Way! Kinda.....
The Trepid Traveler! It’s 9:15 AM on April 2nd and it’s already been a fateful day. Well, it really started last night. I have been searching and researching this trip for months, really since October. I’ve looked up places to go and cities/towns that I want to visit for various reasons. When I’d find an interesting site or sight, I’d print it out and throw it in my file (which is just a stack of paper sitting on top of one of the cardboard boxes full of other stuff in my office and close enough to my desk that most of what I toss to the pile doesn’t end up on the floor). That included walking tours, tickets to events and trains, guides, tours that I wouldn’t take but listed good things to know, numerous important emails from Viking (90% of which was repetitious), etc. I did my first sorting in February, culling what I could and ended up with about a stack of paper about 3/8” thick in a 3-ring binder. I started my final sorting and putting in ...