Pre-Travel Thoughts, Vol. II

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Yo I’mma talk about my stupid idea of not actually planning anything.

Essentially, all I actually have mapped out are the first two weeks, as that’s when my sister is gonna be joining me, and since she’s only gonna be there for 10ish days, actually knowing where we’re going is probably a good idea. But, after she takes off from Paris back to the US, my entire plan is “I’m currently in X country. Next is Y country.” I don’t even have cities planned, aside from various things I would like to see, such as the Anne Frank Museum or the Sistine Chapel. So there’s a very vague guide I guess. But I also don’t give a shit, so I might end up in Russia.

I’ve read that this isn’t a very good idea because trying to book hostels and train rides and shit on the fly is obnoxious, and some cities will suck if you don’t research them, and you’ll likely spend more money cause you fucked up and have to buy another ticket or whatever.

BUT I DON’T GIVE A FUCK.

I’ll be researching cities as I get wi-fi and shit, so I won’t be completely blind, and my Eurail pass essentially takes care of all my major transportation needs, and I guess I’ll just wing it with the hostels I mean how much can go wrong am I right

(Plus I wanna be a free spirit, and being confined by my itinerary ain’t in my vernacular, man)

All this not-planning-shit is probably not the best way to travel, but eh, I can take that into account when I visit Asia in the future. I also really don’t wanna book a billion things online before I get there because that is so much work and I am so much lazy. Furthermore, I like the idea that if some crazy German is like “Hey mang, you wanna check out my place in Hanover? I’ll let you crash there for a few nights and I’ll show you around.” I’ll probably say no because he’s likely to badtouch me, BUT THE OPTION IS THERE.

On a related note, since my goal is to simply see Europe, I’m not super concerned with hitting particular cities for specific reasons; so much to do, so much to see, so what’s wrong with taking the back streets? I’m gonna be enamored by goddamn hobos asking for change on the street corner and the silly trash bins the Greece probably use, and that results in me not being too worried about where I end up, so long as it’s not an Albanian prison camp.

Fuck you.

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