My ITINERARY
Today was an amazing day. Suddenly I am not depressed, and instead I am excited. Finally.
After yelling at my parents about how all the advice they seem to give me for my trip is unsolicited, unproductive, and based solely on risk minimization, my father agreed to sit down with me and help me with my itinerary. I know that I'm old enough to make my own decisions, but I really expected them to collaborate more with me on this project. Don't get me wrong - they have been extremely helpful in asking everyone they know for contacts and calling these contacts for me (speaking to many of these people for the first time). It's just that their fear and worry about me being over there in scary Communist land has overtaken their ability to imagine what this might be like for me, leading them to avoid a lot of what I consider is important. So, today my father admitted this and decided to put his fear aside for an hour and help talk me through the dates and the itinerary. I imagine (I hope) that their involvement will decrease their fears of kidnap, rape, murder, and decapitation.
So here's my itinerary. Notice, my father suggested I go to Poland for a week, and I agreed that this was an awesome idea.
Israel: Jan 21 - Feb. 5
Kishinev: Feb 5 - Feb 26
Odessa: Feb 26 - March 12
Kiev: March 12 - April 1
Budapest (+): April 1 - April 15
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia: April 15 - May 7
St. Petersburg: May 7 - July 15 (with a 1-week side trip to Moscow, and a few day trips to Petrozovodsk, Vyborg, and Novgorod)
Helsinki: July 7 - July 15
USA: July 15
Now you all have no excuse. Start planning your visits today.
After yelling at my parents about how all the advice they seem to give me for my trip is unsolicited, unproductive, and based solely on risk minimization, my father agreed to sit down with me and help me with my itinerary. I know that I'm old enough to make my own decisions, but I really expected them to collaborate more with me on this project. Don't get me wrong - they have been extremely helpful in asking everyone they know for contacts and calling these contacts for me (speaking to many of these people for the first time). It's just that their fear and worry about me being over there in scary Communist land has overtaken their ability to imagine what this might be like for me, leading them to avoid a lot of what I consider is important. So, today my father admitted this and decided to put his fear aside for an hour and help talk me through the dates and the itinerary. I imagine (I hope) that their involvement will decrease their fears of kidnap, rape, murder, and decapitation.
So here's my itinerary. Notice, my father suggested I go to Poland for a week, and I agreed that this was an awesome idea.
Israel: Jan 21 - Feb. 5
Kishinev: Feb 5 - Feb 26
Odessa: Feb 26 - March 12
Kiev: March 12 - April 1
Budapest (+): April 1 - April 15
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia: April 15 - May 7
St. Petersburg: May 7 - July 15 (with a 1-week side trip to Moscow, and a few day trips to Petrozovodsk, Vyborg, and Novgorod)
Helsinki: July 7 - July 15
USA: July 15
Now you all have no excuse. Start planning your visits today.
posted by duckie at 6:19 AM
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