While I haven’t actually been out of the United States (except for Mexico) I have always wanted to travel to certain parts of the world. One of those places would be Europe, more specifically Germany and maybe Switzerland and a few other tourist destinations as well. Although doing all of that requires getting a passport and what not and of course having the money and time to do it all in the first place.

Why Germany? Because that is what I’ve been told where our ancestry is and honestly I just like the way the language is spoken. Plus, one of my favorite bands hails from the great country so it’d be interesting to visit and see what it is like. Switzerland because of the hills and mountain landscapes that you see in so many of the beautiful pictures located throughout the web. Seeing Stonehenge would be neat as well just because of the history and mystique behind it.

All of this traveling would give me some great motivation as well to really start using my camera and considering I just purchased a tripod it’ll make taking pictures even easier. Maybe sample some other food from different countries just to see what it would taste like. The major problem being is that I’d hate to do a ‘tour’ of Europe forcing me to run on someone else’s schedule and have to deal with other people. I’d much rather just be able to do what I want when I wanted however I don’t speak the local languages so I may run into some issues depending upon where I went.

However, I imagine that in the larger cities you could find hotels and restaurants where you can speak English and be understood. One of the best chances of making this happen is to look for cheap european flights as the cost of flying is going to consume a fair chunk of the overall cost of the trip. Luckily there are many different websites nowadays such as Travelocity, Expedia and what not that offer some great deals on flights to Europe.