Cincinnati, OH – Hello to all who are interested in following along. The voyage is officially underway.  I said goodbye last week to Blue Ridge School in Virginia after serving four years as the English Language Learners Coordinator. I then spent the weekend on Lake Erie witnessing the marriage between Brian Egan and Meridith Sulser. I’m now in Cincinnati visiting my cousin Darren. Tomorrow I drive to New England to see Sam Campbell’s school presentation. I fly out for Germany on Friday June 12th.

My itinerary is not entirely set, as I like to maintain a certain amount of flexibility. A lot depends on whether I am accepted as a volunteer to do the Peace Boat out of Japan this winter. But fingers crossed, here is more or less a tentative itinerary:

June 12th, 2015: Frankfurt, Germany to see a family friend, Chiara and her family.

June 17th, 2015: Lugano, Switzerland; Work as an administrator for The American School in Switzerland Summer Program

August 19th, 2015: New Delhi, India. Explore the Himalayas in Northern India and Western Nepal

November, 2015: Fly to Vietnam and complete the Ho Chi Minh Trail on a mountain bike

December, 2015: Report to Japan to begin Peace Boat Training

December 17th, 2015 – March 30th, 2016: Peace Boat circumnavigates the world

April 15th, 2016 – September 2016: Thru-hike the Appalachian Trail

October 2016 -January 2017: Trek Te Araroa in New Zealand

February 2017 – May 2017: South America: Hike, Kayak, Bike