Time has started to dwindle down for Morgan and me back home in Memphis. We have about 2 weeks left before we head over to Europe for 15 weeks. We both feel it was a good idea to come home and regroup before leaving to go overseas again. There was so much that needed to be done, we missed our family and friends, and we needed a break from living out of a backpack. We started off our time at home by participating and helping with the events of Allie and Robin’s wedding. We had a great time seeing family and friends, as well as partying the night away on June 7, at Summer Trees. After the wedding, we went to Orange Beach, AL for a week with the Cowles/Belk side of our family. Once we got back from there, we went to the White River in Arkansas to fish for 4 days with my parents. We had great weather, caught a bunch of fish, and enjoyed spending time with our families. We had a few down days at the house, but then left again for 4 days visiting friends in Chattanooga and Nashville. We blinked our eyes, and now we have two weeks left until we fly from Nashville, TN to Milan, Italy. We have kept ourselves extremely busy trip planning and organizing where we will be during our time in Europe. Many people have asked what we are going to do, and we finally have an outline to show everyone. When we first planned the trip, we knew it would be Eastern Europe. Now, we have plane tickets bought, hotels booked, and a lot of friends coming to visit us overseas. Below I have outlined where we will be each week of our European excursion, as well as a map with our route. We will write another blog post once we reach Europe!

Cheers,

                David and Morgan

1. July 15-17^th: Milan, Italy

Fly from Milan to Barcelona

2. July 18-20^th: Barcelona, Spain
3. July 21^st: Travel to St. Jean Pie De Port
4. July 22- August 30th- 40 days hiking the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain
5. August 31- September 9^th: travel throughout Portugal by train
6. September 10-12^th:Seville, Spain

Morgan’s sister, Grace, is coming to travel with us from September 10^th– 24^th

7. September 13-20^th: Morocco

Fly from Marrakech, Morocco to Madrid, Spain

8. September 21-24^th: Madrid, Spain

Fly from Madrid, Spain to Istanbul, Turkey

9. September 24- October 5^th: Travel throughout Turkey

Fly from Izmir, Turkey to Bucharest, Romania

10.October 6-13^th: Travel throughout Romania

Take an overnight train from Romania to Budapest, Hungary

11.October 14-22^nd- Travel throughout Hungary

Fly from Hungary to Como, Italy

12.October 23-25^th: Como, Italy

These 3 days in Como will be spent with my parents who are travelling to Europe for 3 weeks.

13.October 26-27^th: Overnight in Milan, Italy and then fly home on October 27^th.