Welcome!!

Well this is my first post so I felt that it was appropriate to start off with a brief explanation of what it is I am doing and where it is that I am going. First off, this is my travel blog. I will be posting pictures, writing entries, and responding to your comments throughout the entirety of my trip. You can respond to pictures and posts and comment on whatever. I will probably be checking it once or twice a week but sometimes it might be awhile before I can get back to anyone or write anything. Now that we have that out of the way: where am I going? My first flight leaves on the 6th of February. I will arrive in Sydney, Australia on the 9th after a 22 hour layover in Tokyo, Japan and a 4 hour layover in Seoul, South Korea. I will be in Australia for 11 days and leave on February 20th. After Australia I am headed to Pattaya, Thailand, through Bangkok for 3 months. I will be located at a dive shop there completing my divemaster certification. On May 14th, I leave from Bangkok heading to Istanbul, Turkey. I will be there for 4 days, mainly in the city. May 18th I leave for Athens, Greece where I will be crossing paths with one of my friends, Lee. I am seeking employment at a dive shop there to work as a divemaster for the summer months. My other friend, Matt Wink, is meeting up with me in Greece in mid to late July. We are sailing across the Ionian Sea to Southern Italy and travelling through Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, and then Spain over a period of 4 to 5 weeks. We are going to the world's largest tomato throwing festival in Bunol, Spain at the end of August. I then fly out of Barcelona heading to London on August 31. I will be in the UK for 9 days until I leave from Edinburgh, Scotland on the 8th of September to return home, back to Atlanta. Well there you have it, my entire trip in a nutshell. Alot of it might change or some might not change at all, but now you can stay updated on it. Hope all of you check this frequently and I am looking forward to hearing from you!!