plans are afoot...

It's only been three years since I came home, and already the call of the OE is almost irresistable once again.

Thus it begins...

Last time I went away, the timing was bad. I came home too early, without taking advantage of the opportunities laid out before me in London, let alone the rest of Europe. This time there will be no such mistakes, the timing is about as good as it is going to get. No attachments, nothing holding me back. So my plan is to leave at the end of May 2005 for San Francisco, where I will stay with Mark for perhaps ten days. Then I'll join up with Chris who is flying over from China. We'll spend about 3 weeks travelling America, then I'll take off to England, while he moves on to mainland Europe. EU passport at the ready.

I am excited at the prospect of going back to Europe on my own, and a little apprehensive. I think that I am much better equipped for it this time. Hopefully in the course of the coming 19 weeks, I will become even better prepared! 19 weeks seems such a long time to wait, and yet such a short time to organise everything.

On a whim, I have just enrolled in a couple of night courses at the performing arts school. We will see where that takes me, but I doubt it will alter my travel plans. Both courses finish in March, so won't clash at all.