I made the decision.....I decided to quit my job and go travelling! Being disabled, I wasn’t sure I’d get another chance. I took the redundancy package that was offered and bought a one way ticket to Seattle (from London). All I had booked was my first three nights accommodation and a 45 day Amtrak ticket – I was going to make the rest up as I went along….. Over 4600 miles from home, with only my sister on the same continent (New York), I was going to travel across the USA and see her. I was going to stop at all the major cities and soak up as much US culture as I could..... To keep in contact with my friends, I updated facebook with my travels. When I returned, many of my friends had had
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