Shenanigans in the Schengen Zone

If you are anything like me, holding down the fort in my home town in Washington State just wasn’t going to cut it. I straight up ran away to Europe with intentions of coming back 2 months later…and ended up technically staying 5 years. This was all without a work visa, and I survived to tell you about it.

Have I had close encounters with the law? Yes. With Interpol? Not if you don’t count that cute officer on vacation in Greece.

I think people these days need to take a chill pill when it comes into rushing into jobs, buying a house, an animal, and getting married to get that shiny bling. It’s like…where you going? I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a fan-fill in the blank-tastic adventure these past couple of years. What, may you ask?

From up here the lights looked like a thousand miles of fire.

Fell in love in a hopeless place

Walked barefoot everyday

Explored random cities

Was Kevin Sorbo’s girlfriend in a movie

Frolicked in the fields of a 700 year old Swedish church

Drank Cristal on a yacht in Greece

Lived in a million dollar house in Mykonos, Greece

Had more shot duels in different countries than  money in my bank

Cheered on Karpats in Finland

I couldn’t have done any of this and thousands of other moments without taking a chance.
One day we will be old. Think of all the stories you could tell. So go out and write them.