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  <strong>wherever you go, there you are</strong>
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Last year I had the incredible opportunity of traveling for almost 9 months
largely on someone else's dollar.

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I discovered in April 2001 that through the generosity of Dr. Maurice Pechet,
an SCR member at <a href="http://lowell.student.harvard.edu">Lowell House</a>
I was going to be able to take a year off and travel the world, my
destinations limited only by my own imagination and the funds that I was
given.  Anyone who has met and known Dr. Pechet will know what a wonderfully
generous and truly fascinating man he is.  I am fortunate to have known him
and to be the very unworthy recepient of his generous gift.

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After the end of my Junior year I spent the balance of 2001 working at <a
href="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft</a> in Seattle, an experience that
I neither regret nor want to repeat.  I left for Europe in the middle of
January and spent almost 5 months traveling, covering a lot of ground and
having amazing experiences everywhere.  After spending a month at home
decompressing I spent the summer exploring the United States along forgotten
two-lane US highways.

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Unfortunately I did a poor job of documenting these experiences, but what I
do have in the form of writings and pictures is accessible from the links to 
the left.  I did keep a diary this summer, but it is not in digital form and
I have no interest in typing it up, so those memories will be kept largely
private for now.

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I'm definitely bitten by the travel bug though.  I'm hoping to visit Croatia
over spring break with my friend Tim and find a job overseas for next year.

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