My summer vacation.

My summer itinerary:

Jun 20-Jul 4: Saying goodbye to my home in Toronto

Jul 5: 12-hour layover in London (visiting with Maria)

Jul 6-Aug 17: India (Visiting friends and family, helping set up a school in Pune, attending teacher-training seminar in Bihar, also visited Mumbai & Delhi)

Aug 18-19: Rest in London! (visiting the Da Costa’s & Deya)

Aug 20-23: Austria (visiting Simeon and Mariane in Vienna)

Aug 23-26: Switzerland (visiting the Guptaras in Zurich, also got to see Luzerne, Berne, Basel, Schaafhausen, Stein-am-Rhime, Konstanz, Meersburg)

Aug 26-28: Germany (visiting Michael in Berlin)

Aug 29-30: Czech Republic (visiting Honza in Prague)

Aug 31-Sep 1: Hungary (visiting Imre in Budapest)

Sep 2-Sep 6: Bosnia (visiting Susan in Sarajevo, presenting at education conference)

Sep 7-8: Rest in London!

Sep 8: Back to New York!

2.5 months, 9 countries, 19 cities: Pretty cool.
Getting to catch up with friends around the world: Awesome.
Having locals to show me around and provide me with a warm (free!) bed to sleep in: Priceless.
Having my travel costs for the conference covered by my university: Woo hoo!!!

All in all, not a bad summer. =)