Let the journey begin ...

Indeed. Sunday is the day when I start my journey . Can't believe it's so close now. After months of planning this, it's just right ahead. The bag is ready and packed. With hopefully everything in it that I'll be needing for 3 months. And how hard was that to do. But America is not a secluded place, right? So, the most important thing is my camera. The rest, I can always buy if needed.

I'm excited to leave. And I am more excited to arrive. But I am also a bit sad to leave. Leaving always carries this small bit of regret and sadness with it. Leaving things, people, feelings, familiarity behind. But I am also going to meet new people, experience new feelings, see new things and bring back a bag full of memories to keep. Pebbles to store. Treasures to cherish.

Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things.

~ Pierce Harris ~