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Day 0 - Selection / JFK to Madrid, Spain
Spontaneous much? I don’t think you can get much more spontaneous then this. I’ve always enjoyed traveling to different places around the world wether its new restaurants in New York City or newly recognized countries by the UN. The problems always been picking a place to go. Not any more. Thanks to a cool website I found while searching the internets this past month, I’ve come across a site that allows me to push a randomize button and I will automatically be shown a random point on the globe via Google Maps. What better way to travel the globe.
Now I had to place a few restrictions on my travel to make it both safe and time effective. First of all the destination had to be on land, had to be within 250 miles of a major airport, flyable via Orbitz.com, and not on the state departments watch list. So I got a few days off from work and got ready to throw the proverbial dart.
It only took three throws to come up with my destination. the first throw landed in the Atlantic Ocean, the second landed in the Pacific Ocean, and the third landed in a little town called Tivoli, Italy, about 35 KM west of Rome.
I got a great flight that evening and great hotel in the middle of the city and packed my bags .
The trip to the airport was standard. I parked in long term parking hoping not to be plowed in when I get back home. The airline I chose to fly was a budget airline but still had the same checkin and gate facilities at JFK.
The boarding process and flight itself was pretty harmless. I slept most of the way as I got three hours of sleep the night before.
Next stop Madrid, Spain... a layover en route to Rome.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010