The beginnings of a journey…

It’s finally here!  The day has come!  The hour is nigh!  The winds are right!  The voyage has begun!

That’s right!  I’m off to Turkey!

Okay, technically I’m only flying as far as Montreal for this leg of the trip.  But after that I’m off to… well, okay I’m flying from Montreal to Munich, so that’s closer.  But after that I’m flying from Munich into Turkey!

It will be a rather long journey.  In fact, I should be arriving nearly 24 hours after I leave, when you take into consideration the time difference between Ottawa and Istanbul.  I’m excited to get started though!

I’m currently taking full advantage of the free wi-fi provided by the Ottawa Airport to update my blog.  I am rather worried that I forgot something that will be very important to have.  Granted, I do feel this way whenever I’m going pretty much anywhere on any kind of trip and usually it ends up that I didn’t forget anything.  But knowing that doesn’t really help my peace of mind.  Ah well, I’ll survive.

At this point I’d like to note just how strangely empty the terminal was when I arrived. I wish I’d taken a picture when I got to the terminal, but unfortunately I didn’t. I guess I’m not used to having a camera again, which is weird because it’s large enough you’d think I’d notice the extra weight.

Well, with that being said I’m going to go play with my new camera.  Hopefully I’ll get some pictures worth showing.

TTFN!

-Mike

It has to start somewhere…

Welcome to my blog!

I wanted something really exciting and mind blowing to say here, but currently I’m coming up blank so I’ll just start writing and hopefully something good will come out.

I’m starting this blog just before going to Turkey for the summer through AIESEC.  I’m super excited to be going.  I’ve got my visa and tickets.  I’ve got a new camera that I’m just dying to use.  I’ve got some Canadian paraphernalia (or will have shortly to be exact).  I’m not packed yet though, which I really should get to doing.  Instead though, I’m procrastinating by writing this blog post.  Hurray for procrastination!

Have I mentioned that I’m excited to use my new camera?  Yes?  Oh, well I’m excited to use my new camera.  It’s my first SLR camera and I really look forward to seeing the quality of pictures I can get while I use it.

If you will notice, there is a flickr panel on the sidebar.  The pictures you see at the time of this post (June 15th) are not mine.  They are good though, aren’t they?  As the summer progresses, I will be uploading the pictures that I take so my pictures will start to show up there soon.

I will be leaving for Turkey in two days… oh man… two days!  So excited!  Anyway, I will be leaving for Turkey in two days and there is so much to do.  So, it’s time to stop procrastinating and start getting ready to go!

I think I’ll try to come up with a catchy sign off phrase for next time.

Until then!

- Mike W.