And so we begin

Nearly a dozen friends and professors, in addition to my parents, should be receiving this entry in their email today. If you’re reading this, welcome.

I’m about to set off on the longest, farthest journey away from home that I have ever taken. By the end of “today,” I’ll be in France. I have gone through several stages of fear and panic in the past week, but now it’s time to put those fears aside. If you’re reading this, you’re going to be on the journey with me for the next six weeks. And so, once again, in the words of Kennedy… “Let us begin."

For more of my content on the trip, make sure to visit flickr.com/photos/jo… for pictures from time to time, and twitter.com/joshbrez for my Twitter feed (micro-updates and musings).