MY GP EXPERIENCE

The great thing about traveling is regulating your imagination into reality.  Seeing things for what they really are.  I had my Americanist view of Europe, but to actually be blessed with the opportunity to see the world, is something i'm thankful for.  The chance to broaden the horizons and engage in an ancient discourse and learning. It's not so much you are going to a foreign land,  but rather it is you who are foreign. 
 

I often left my trips open for discovery.  The 15 countries I visited, I rarely consulted a map.  It was always an adventure not exactly knowing where you are going.  I find that feeling rather pleasant, compared to the monotamous routine you encounter when being in one place for long periods of time.   
 

It was hard not to label my self as a tourist.  Often blamed as being one.  I had to remind myself I was here for a job.   Being on a dirtbike is the most comfortable place I find myself.  At least I thought that before I arrived here.  The unfamiliar tracks I visited where the most alien of all places to me.  The disection of each, were often met with such massive humbling experiences.   Simply put, it was the hardest challenge I have faced as a rider.   The legendary sand tracks put to shame anything I have contested before.  The many months in Florida riding places like Croom and Dade City could hardly prepare you for bottomless sands of Lommel or Leirop. 

The diversity of European cultures is easily comparable to the World GP.  Each track relfected its hosting country and had something unique about it.  For myself, going to a Spanish or French track ment nothing to me.  It was something I would look forward to finding out.