I could hardly keep from laughing. I turned around to the people behind me and said somewhere between a bark and a yell, “Ils ont trouvé mon passeport!” A couple people cheered at me but most of them ignored it. I gave the man all my passport application papers to shred and he wrote out…

I resolved to stand in front of Camille’s apartment until she came home. I wanted zero more surprises that day. Somehow, I’d managed to be lucky enough to have all the things I really are about on my person. I still had my wallet, a copy of my passport, my iPad, and my phone. It…

I started my day with Tom and Gabriel, made it through breakfast, and left with instructions on how to get to the place where the truck drivers stopped (there I might be able to find a ride all the way to Paris on a delivery truck or something). I walked out onto the street for…

After a couple trains I had finally made it to Nice. At first, I was totally lost, waiting for my CouchSurfing host, Gabriel. He was going to meet me at the train station but my phone stopped working when I crossed into France so I wasn’t sure where he was or when I would be…

I’m feeling so much better now. I’ve had two good nights of rest, SO much food, and all my laundry is clean thanks to Paolo’s generosity and hospitality. Plus, I had free time last night to catch up on Breaking Bad. Definitely needed this. Currently I’m on the train to Genoa which will then connect…

Sometimes, and maybe most of the time with me, things don’t go as planned. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  The Knock West Airport was nice enough. It’s run by Ryanair, a budget airline that runs through most of Europe. What they don’t tell you when you buy your ticket is that you have…