And so the Odyssey begins.........

After years of dreaming and months of planning the day has finally arrived. Today I leave on my personally highly anticipated around the world odyssey (ATWOD). This adventure has literally been rattling around in my mind for most of my life. We were cleaning out a closet in our home last month, in preparation for some remodeling, when I came across a toy I had as a child; a 3-D picture viewer. You placed a card with 2 photos on it into the slot and looked through a binocular like device to view 3-D images of historic monuments and exotic locales; Mt. Rushmore, Eiffel Tower, Ankor Wat, pyramids along the Nile, the Great Wall of China, Victoria Falls and dozens and dozens of other places from around the world. Every week the local grocery store gave the cards away or sold them at minimal cost as a promotional tool to entice you to shop.  Every day I would look at these images and dream of someday visiting each and every one of them. And when I was in high school I set up a folder to collect information and money for a trip to Australia after I graduated.  I still have the folder with “Australia 1976” written on the cover in fading pencil. The info and money are long gone, but the dream was still inside. Why it didn’t happen back then I don’t recall….. life happens.  But here it is 35 years later and in a few hours I will be boarding a plane heading for my first stop (after a minor layover in L.A.) Sydney Australia.  It may take a while, but sometimes dreams do come true.

Life is short….. do what you love.


G'day


norb

Welcome!

Welcome to Norb's Around the World Odyssey!

Many of you have asked me to keep you posted as I undertake my Around the World Odyssey (ATWOD), so in response I have created this site to provide periodic updates during my travel. Never having written a blog before, this is new experience for me and I am still learning the tools, tricks, and functionality so please consider this site "Under Construction". Overall my plan is to provide frequent updates and photos of my adventures that hopefully will be interesting and entertaining.

While my odyssey has alredy begun, my travel won't officially begin until June 29 when I leave Chicago for Sydney Australia, (via L.A). So if you would like to foillow my ATWOD, then this is the place to be! And if you know others who might be interested, or have nothing else better to do, then please pass this website along to them as well.



"Uncle Fester"

Thank you all for your support.



Sincerely,



norb

 

Next post: sometime before June 29.