Truly, I've found many of the travel blogs I've read quite annoying, uninteresting and even loathsome. There are few things more grating than someone spouting off their experiences in banal diatribes about the places they went and the things they saw without any real effort to describe their experiences or offer any more insight than I went there and did this.
Now, I'm sure that some of you who have taken the time to read this are thinking, well, he certainly wasted no time in being an ass. Please know that it is not my goal to come off as uppity, belligerent, or pretentious--though I realize that it happens on occasion. I simply wish to write something that will be interesting, something that will do a good job of showing what my experience is truly like and what it shows about myself or the world around me. I'm operating under the assumption that this will be much more interesting than a simple recounting of events.
What you won't see in this blog is updates on where I am or what my plans are. Once I figure out how this blog is laid out, I might be able to provide a separate page where I can include basic information like that. For now, I will say that I am studying French abroad at the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France.
What you will see in this blog is my views and outlook on the events. I will only reference to places I've gone and things I've done insofar as they help people understand what I'm talking about. I realize that this may require quite a bit of story telling, but I want this be much more meditative in tone than narrative. Expect a post once a week, maybe twice a week if something really important happens.
If you have questions, feel free to email me or contact me on facebook, and please please please leave comments. I want to see what everyone thinks, and I will do my best to get back to you. Be honest--though, keep in mind, I will ignore asinine or short-sight comments-- as I want you to be engaged as much as I am.
Though its Monday of this week, look for the next post this coming Friday or Saturday. Move swift like the wind; shed sight like the dawn.
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