The plan

In case anyone's curious what I'll be doing between March 27 and my triumphant return to the States, here's what's on my Google Calendar:

- March 27-April 3: Grenoble, France. Three days in Paris. Possible day trip to Nice or Geneva.
- April 3-7: No plans. I might hang out a little longer in France or venture into Italy to track down some distant relatives of mine. Or who knows, maybe I'll just book the cheapest flight to wherever.
- April 7-15: Expert tour of Rome, Florence and Assisi.
- April 15-23: Madrid and Seville with my cousin Steve, who lives in Madrid.
- April 23-May 10: Backpacking trip from Leicester to Loch Lomond, stopping in Nottingham, York, Melrose, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Loch Lomond.

Then I'll come back to collect my things that I've left in Leicester and say goodbye to my dear friends, promising, of course, to visit each other when we're in Finland, Australia, South Africa, etc.

And finally, if I have any money left at all, I'll push back my return flight for one more week and spend it visiting Athens and spending a few days doing nothing lounge on a beach in Cyprus.

One last note for fellow lovers of travel. Watch this video about these guys' philosophy on traveling and the birth of their new magazine: http://afar.com/about/video