Not exactly around the world

[mowark]

Okay, I just bought my ticket so it's starting to feel final. My plans keep changing, but I have a better and better idea.

Here's what I'm doing for sure:
1) My big bro bought me a ticket to NYC, so I'm going there on Sept. 14-19. Great way to start a trip
2) I fly to Manchester on the 19 and I may or may not spend a few days in England.
3) I will either go from there to Spain or Italy for a week+ (this depends on what I do at the tail end of the trip).
4) I'm meeting 3 friends at Oktoberfest in Munich on Sept 27-Oct 1.
5) They really want to go to Prague, so since they only have limited time, that's where we are headed next
6) From here on I'm on my own. I plan to spend the rest of Oct and first half of Nov bouncing around Eastern Europe working my way from Poland to Greece. Def plan to see Slv, Slk, Hungary, and Croatia. I'll see what else I have time for

Here's where I have to options that I haven't decided on for sure.

Option 1:
Get TEFL certification in Budapest. Month long class starting mid Nov. This would give me enough time and money to look for work from mid Dec through end of Jan (maybe longer).
Pros: I love to travel and a career in TEFL would be cool way to do just that.
Cons: Less of a vacation and more of a school/job thing. Plus this isn't really what I want for my future in the long term way.

Option 2: From mid Nov to mid Jan
1) From Greece, hop a plane to Turkey
2) Turkey to Egypt
3) Tunisia
4) Morrocco
5) back to Europe to Portugal and Spain (in this case I would go to Italy after Manchester)

Pros: Never been to mideast or Africa. This would be the trip of a lifetime. I will have about $9,000 US by the time I leave after plane ticket and supplies. This means plenty of dough to travel for 4 months (that's $75/day). I'm so close and I have the funds so I might as well do it. I would then come home and work on the next phase of my life (probably grad school).
Cons: Rules out travelling for a living for next few years, but I'm not getting any younger and I would like to have a concrete future.

Overall, like my good friend said today, he doesn't exactly feel bad for me that I have to make this choice. Either way I think I'm gonna come out ahead.