Wanderlust

I miss traveling... I could go to croatia this summer to visit Konstantin and wife. My mom is on board with giving my mileage so that I can go but I think my dad thinks I need to make more of a financial contribution to my expenses. So I feel bad asking him for mileage and money to travel. I want to go to Amsterdam and China and Croatia and South America- and everywhere I haven't been. I know that I gave up traveling for a while in order to go back to school and I am really lucky to live in this neighborhood that I love. I just miss traveling, I miss exploring, I miss seeing the world. I am hoping that I might be able to take a long trip after I get my masters since I will have 8 months before I start a doctoral program. I don't intend to travel for 8 months and I have NO idea what I am going to do during that time. It is way too long to work 10 paid hours (assuming I get the job) and then just do unpaid research. But I would love to take some long trip during that time period. Maybe I can pull off Croatia (and if I have a stopover in London- a visit to Anna) this summer. I will see if things are more settled over the next few weeks and if I can get a mileage ticket.