Anticipation - Blogabond

Just a few days until my imminent departure. Flying to New York city on Tuesday to see my sister, Deidre, and a few friends. I'll be in New York for a week. The only definite plan for New York thus far is the All Points West festival across the water in Jersey City, where the main draw is Radiohead, but also Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, among others.

The anticipation, along with the stress, mounts by the hour, but it will all dissipate the second I step on that plane... I hope.

Just today I booked a two week trip to Casablanca from Barcelona, to ensure my entry into Europe (I just had a one way ticket. In order so that they don't send me back, I had to buy a ticket out of Schengen territory Europe within 90 days of my arrival, now all is well, hopefully).

I plan on using helpx (www.helpx.net) to organize work exchanges on farms, wineries, communities, etc.

The only bad thing about this trip is I'm not bringing my cowboy boots so the title for this blog only has proverbial meaning. Shame, really.

Tonight I shall rock out to the Raggedy Anns at a house show in the U-District. It will be my last rock n' roll show in the States for quite a long time. The last time I saw them at this same house, it kicked off the summer stellarly (photos at top). I do hope they can do the same for this trip.

written by

Dan Schoo on August 1, 2008 from Seattle, United States

from the travel blog: A cowboy boot to Europe's ass...

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