A Little Piece of London…
The last part of 2010 was awesome. I got to do some really neat things. I felt that I was in a rutt for a while because my job was not taking me anywere. I was honestly getting tired of taking care of children that were not mine. Sometimes the children were not the ones with the issues, but the parents were the ones causing all the drama. Mainly management was not allowing me to do my job, so it made it hard to go to work every day. So I did what any sane man in my position would do… I took a trip.
I took a trip to Europe!
I had the opportunity to visit my sister in Sicily. She lives in Catania and I had an amazing time. It had been a little bit over a year since I had seen her and my nieces. So I planned a trip with my younger brother. We were going to take an adventure through Europe. It was going to be a trip of a life time (so I thought). I always see him at home, but we never hang out. So I got him to go with me and hang out as we backpacked through Europe. So the plan was for us to land in London and then make our way though Europe until we arrived in Sicily to spend Christmas with the family. The trip was going to take about a week before we got to Sicily. The countries to be covered were Great Britain (London), France (Paris), and Italy (Rome).
But, things did not happen that way. My brother did not get the clearance to go, so I left by myself. I left to London with the hope that he could meet me there or at least in a nearby city. I am not going to lie, I was sad, but I was determined to have a good time even if I was by myself. I was determined to make the best of this trip because 1.) it was already costing me money and I had already made the investment and 2.) I was up for the challenge.
Before I left I sent out a message asking people for prayers. I asked for safe travels and for everything to go according to planned. One friend responded and said he would not pray becuse then I would not be challenged to seek out what the Lord would do through my travels if everything came easy to me. Well, it worked! It was a definite time of reflection and pleeding to God. A lot of prayers were not answered, but it is through them that I feel I am a blessed man.
Arrived in London and on my way...
There were many cool things to see in London. I cannot sit here and type them all, but I can show you through pics a little of what I did in each city.
London:
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Alex Castro
