The Red List

Having just graduated Highschool, I'm spending ~$4500 of hard earned part-time job cash on my first trip abroad unaccompanied by parents--yes, quite a terrifying and exciting experience for a mid-western pampered school boy.

But I won't be alone. I'm going with a very good friend for 3 of the weeks before being stranded in Vienna, Prague and Berlin all by my lonesome self.

The itinerary is as follows:

Flight from Chicago, Ohare to Amsterdam, Netherlands. (3 nights)

Amsterdam to Bruges, Belgium. (2 nights)

Bruges to Gent, Belgium. (2 nights)

Gent to Paris, France. (4 nights)

Night train from Paris to Munich, Germany. (3 nights)

Night train from Munich to Venice, Italy. (2 nights)

Night train from Venice to Budapest, Hungary. (3 nights - friend leaves for home)

Budapest to Vienna, Austria. (3 nights - possible stop in Bratislava)

Vienna to Prague, Czech Republic. (3 nights)

Prague to Berlin, Germany. (3 nights)

Berlin Germany to Chicago, USA.

All in all it adds up to a month-long trip from July 21st to August 21st. And we'll be bringing guitars.

Op! It's late! On with planning!

Hello visitors,

To understand the purpose and context of The Red List you may visit the Google sponsored blog page --http://contract2008.blogspot.com.

Note that the presented contract URL does not contain information on the Red List. Only the Blue and Black.

The Red List includes tasks such as "Spend a Month in a Foreign Mountain Range" or "Sail across an Ocean" -- little things like that. You get the idea...

Here, at The Red List, you will find all of my documented travel journals and insights as I trek across the unique and varied soils of the globe, starting this year in Europe on my first ever inter-railing voyage.

Stay posted!

J. Michael Armstrong
6/22/08