Embrace the Adventure…
with a purple backpack, and clapping! I got off the train today in Angers (France) in a hurry– the train was late leaving and then somehow the time went by too quickly and caught me in the bathroom when the stop came… I rushed to grab my gear, then find my way to the hotel. I was a bit weighed down with a full size Thule backpack, the kind you might pack to hike the Grand Randonnée. I also carried a rather heavy REI messenger bag with my computer, books and purse inside. I’m headed to a conference put on by the English Library here. Of course, I went the wrong way. I could’ve taken a taxi but I thought I should be able to make it less than a mile to the hotel, choosing the shady sides of streets. About halfway there, each step a bit beleaguered by the…