It’s almost confirmed…

I am most likely graduating a quarter early. So that means a Solo Backpacking Europe Trip!!!!!

Thanks dad for the vote of confidence. Just need to get my mother onboard now 🥳

With all this potential time before getting a job, I wanted to curate a list of the places I’d like to visit, and some crazy bucket list items I could try.

I will continue to edit this post. Adding and checking off items, and hopefully making separate posts for some of them.

First up, destinations

  • Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
  • Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹
  • Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
  • Nice, France 🇫🇷
  • Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
  • Bologna, Italy 🇮🇹
  • Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
  • Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
  • Athens, Greece 🇬🇷
  • Delphi, Greece 🇬🇷
  • Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hm. Not sure if I’ll have time for all of this, but hopefully 1.5 months will cut it.

Tbh stuff I can do right now (SD edition)

  • A full beach day - dinner included
  • Ho chi minh trail
  • An’s dry cleaning (can’t believe I haven’t been yet 😐)
  • Zoo 🐼
  • Cave store, even if it’s overrated
  • Picnic at Kate Sessions

Funky, miscellaneous, and also with no timeline

  • Learn how to handstand
  • Become an extra in a show/movie
  • Make a clarified cocktail
  • Watch Evil Bong on Amazon Prime with Nidhi
  • Host/Attend an anything but a cup party
  • Visit the sand dunes near SD
  • Dine at a Michelin star restaurant

Oops, originally I was going to make some crazy bucket list items specifically for Spring and Summer 2026 (when I will be utterly jobless). But I don’t see why majority of these items need to follow that timeline! Other than the destinations, of course.

I will keep y’all updated.