Heading Out

Neal and I are getting ready to spend three months in Europe this summer and I thought I would get our blog going. For those of you who don't know we are heading out on the 13th from Elyria and taking the train to New York. This will be my first time in New York so hopefully we'll get to see a few things before we leave. We fly out of JFK on the 14th, have a stop over in Rejikavik, Iceland and get into Paris on the 16th. Right now we are in the final stages of packing and getting everything ready to go. Well, Neal is packed and I haven't started but it shouldn't take too long. How much stuff do I need for three months anyway?

I tought with this first entry I would give some history on Neal's and I's travels. We have taken some sort of trip together every summer since our Junior year in High School. We went to Europe with our high school French class that year and visited London, Paris, and Barcelona. We have also been to West Virginia to the New River to rock climb and raft, we have been to Kentucky and Mammoth Cave, Virginia and Washington D.C., and our biggest trip was a road trip to the Badlands, the Black Hills, Yellowstone, and the Grand Tetons. That was the first trip that we planned ourselves and did on our own. That was the first Brad and Neal's Excellent Adventure and so that is why this part deux. This blog is our way of trying to keep everyone updated on what we are doing. I hope that you enjoy reading it this summer and leave us comments about how jealous you are. I will be doing most of the writing and the pictures that we have will be courtsey of Neal.