Getting ready...

In just a few days I will be winging my way across the Atlantic and back to the Balkans. I am flying in via Budapest but I am only staying one night there. On the way back in August I will stay about 4-5 days so I can see the city before I come home. I have a special affinity for the place that hosted the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and although the uprising against the Soviet Union failed, it revealed deep fundamental cracks in Soviet Communism.

My banking affairs are in order, I am fully ticketed for most of my travels, whether it be the two AA conventions, train, or air travel. I have rented a little flat in Bosnia, so I do not have to pay for all my meals out or hotels. It has a bedroom, kitchen, living room, and bathroom--All I need really.

This trip is more than an adventure, and I am no longer a tourist. This promises to be an incredible spiritual journey and pilgrimage.

Here is a picture from the Civil War Residency I attended a few weeks ago. This shot is from Antietam, in Maryland.

There are a few other shots from Manassas and Gettysburg as well in the public gallery...

I'll blog again before I leave.

Johnnyboy