Eric Graczyk

What’s up world? There are many things that brought me to where I am today and this is a brief little history for you to take in and understand me better.

Growing, I was obsessed with pirates, explorers, or really just anyone who would seek adventure in the great unknown. It upset me that everything had already been discovered and there was no real ‘unknown’ left on earth for me to discover, or so I thought at the time.

When I was 13, my parents sent me off to a small fishing village in Northwest Spain called Sada, to spend the summer with my childhood friend whose family moved back to Spain. That was the best summer of my life and every since, traveling has always been something I wanted to do.

After college, I decided I was going to travel around the world for a year and it was the best decision I had made in my life, thus far. I went to amazing places and saw places and sights I had only dreamed of seeing in my youth and it made me realize there was still a lot out there to discover, maybe not for the world, but for my myself.

When I returned home, all I wanted to do was move to Argentina and live there, but I decided to put that off a bit and live in Manhattan. Being from Long Island, I frequented Manhattan growing upand I always wanted to live here, so I figured, lets do it now until I figure out my next journey.

My time in Manhattan had been going great but I always had a plan to travel again, I just didn’t quite know what I wanted to do. One day, I was walking with my friend Julie and she suggested I go to every country in the world and blog my experiences for all to read I just stopped in my tracks, thought for a moment and said, “You are right, that really is what I should do” and from that moment I have been planning for this trip. At that moment, I am sure she did not take me seriously but now she does and is one of my biggest supporters!

So now that I gave you the gist of how I got to this point in my life (trust me, the full story is a lot longer but really not too much more interesting so I will spare you) I will tell you a little bit about me as a person.

I am an avid football (soccer) player and a huge supporter of Arsenal FC, even though it proves to be very frustrating as of late. I love doing anything outdoors, especially when it involves any of my good friends or my family, or anything sport related. I enjoy meeting new people, eating good food, listening to talented