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Monday I hop onto a series of flights to go to Europe to spend the rest of the summer with my Brothers family. For the first week they are having me wonder about on my own starting in Athens, Greece. After four days on my own down there I'll take a boat over to Italy and reach Rome. Spend another four days there before catching up with my Brothers family in Brussels, Belgium where they live. I'll be helping out in caring for my year and a half old nephew and teaching him how to speak as well as how to use a toilet. My brothers family will also be doing some business trips during the summer which they will bring me along for. They are paying for everything on this trip that I need to live and my air fair. In preparation for the trip I've bought myself a digital camera and basic supplies needed to maintain myself while I'm over there. That also includes giving up my electric shaver for a manual razor.

I've been told not to admit that I'm an American because of the way some cultures see us. Also been told not to buy anything for women that approach me at the airport in Amsterdam. Granted this comes from my Uncle who hasn't been over there in over a decade while in the naval services.

So I'll be out of contact for most of the summer even though I will have access to computers while I'm at my Brothers place. Shortly after I come back in September I'll be returning to college for my last quarter in getting my bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. About time too since I've been in college for six years. Just hope that I get hired for a Career job that starts at the beginning of the new year. See y'all towards the end of September.

Lucky Dog! Have a great time and keep us posted on your adventure!

David

I'd have loved to do something like that. Do enjoy it!

Yeah. That would have been awesome. Have fun!

I know it's a little late, but have fun! With that camera it would make good fodder to create a blog to chronicle your journey....

Still alive over here in Belgium now. Been at my brothers place a little over a week so far. Had a lot of fun in Athens, Greece and Rome, Italy. Still working on processing the pictures. Didn't realize how much of a power hog my camera would be but I did get about 1.7 thousand pictures or so. Granted the first 20 are from home, such as picture of my new Girlfriend.

Its been interesting being with my year and a half old nephew. He's been developing some interesting skills and traits so far. Such as when movie credits are showing on the tv he will go up to the DVD player, open it, and take the DVD out then usually hands it to someone. Apparently he's been doing that for month or so but he's now picking them up by putting a finger in the middle and the other on the outer edge instead of just gripping it. He's also been more talkative but won't say "mommy" yet. When it comes to getting a parents attention he just says "daddy".

I've got about 8 more weeks before returning to the states and then shortly will have to return to OSU for my last quarter of college. Also as I mentioned earlier, I've got a girlfriend, a first for me. The bad part was we had just met 4 weeks before I left so we are currently balancing things while we are thousands of miles apart and 6 hours difference. Well I've got to get back to learning Visual Basic so I can help my sister-in-law with her work, if I can. Also help keep an eye on my nephew. If I can I will post pictures on my brothers website and like it here, maybe a while.

Here is one photo album I have posted on Facebook, will post more as I get the time to do so.

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?a ... d=12450472

Also here is an album of my Senior Design Class, starting with pictures I took for reverse engineering but the rest is of the main project, Designing a 4 wheel drive lawn mower that rotates around its center of gravity as well as handles slopes up to 40 degrees:

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?a ... d=12450472

Ah, very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Good luck with the girlfriend!

Cool pics! Its interesting to see your lawnmower design.

Glad you are having a good time in Europe!

Italy Part 1:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?a ... d=12450472

Italy Part 2:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?a ... d=12450472

Will be doing a week long trip to Germany starting this Friday, most of which will be in Berlin. Need to get more batteries for my camera still.

Wow.

I'm back at my parents place in Ohio now. Going to be moving back to Columbus Sunday for my last quarter of college as an Undergrad and hope that someone offers me a good career job before December comes around. Im still processing pictures from my Euro trip and will post more later.

TimberWolf wrote: Im still processing pictures from my Euro trip and will post more later.

Know what you mean.