3 Continents, 8 Countries, 5 States

During the month of August, Michal & I made it to quite a few places.

3 Continents (Asia, Europe, North America)

8 Countries (Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, Turkey, Russia, Latvia, Finland, United States)

5 States (Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California)

We had always wanted to be able to take a constant trip for a whole month.  Even though this isn't exactly what we planned, we feel like we can cross "traveling for a whole month" off of our bucket lists.

And while we love traveling, and have never had a rough time being adventurous, coming back to America was quite the hassle.  Since this is a public blog, I think that I'll keep all the details to myself, but let's just say that I am one angry girl at KLM.  Getting to Utah from Poland was a hassle and this experience opened my eyes (big time) to major reasons why people just HATE to travel. I have never felt this way about traveling, but now - I will think twice before I decide on who to travel with.

So, once we got to Utah, we headed out 3 days later to California.  I know the 5 states is a stretch since one was a layover and another state we were just "driving through", but I'm counting it.

Michal had a job interview in LA (hence the reason we came to America) and we were so excited for the opportunity to move back to the U.S. We jumped on this opportunity, rented a car, drove down, and only spent like 2 hours really "site-seeing" LA.  Our reasoning was that we didn't want to see "all" (like we really could have seen all) of LA if there was a possibility that we would be moving here soon!  Hence, the only place we really got to spend hand-in-hand discussing our future was on Santa Monica's beach.

Michal has always wanted to take me here.  We've been here seperate from each other, but never together.  And even though I'd have to say the beaches in North Carolina trump California beaches anyday, I still enjoyed the wind in my hair (even if it did get curly from the humidity), the sand between my toes, and the salty waves on my legs.  

I feel like this was the perfect ending to the perfect trip.  And while we still aren't sure if Michal ever got the job in LA or not, we decided while walking along the oceanfront, that we were going to make the best out of being here in America.  Michal would interview at as many places as possible and see if we could stay here and move forward with his career in the States.  We felt like it would be best to have baby here with family closeby and that everything would work out - if we had the faith it would.  Sometimes moments like these surmount everything else.  To be able to speculate, talk about your future, discuss fears & hopes & dreams & wishes, to be able to confide in your best friend - that's what made every dollar of this trip worth it.