I'm Pretty Tired... I think I'll go home now
Trip Start
May 25, 2009
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Trip End
Ongoing
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Almost home
Since I had been to Rome before I didn't feel rushed to do anything. I noticed tourists had increased at least 20 times over and it was almost unbearable to walk the streets. The weather has gone from being overly hot in Sicily to freezing cold in Rome. My tan is freezing and falling off me if that is possible.
The place I stayed at is basically a bar. Drinks aren't that cheap and I got drunk off anout 5o dollars worth of crap fosters. Weirdly bumped into an 18 year old Australian kid who was at the same hostel as me over 3 weeks ago and then bumped into another 18 year old kid from England who was in the same hostel as me a week ago.
Spent my time wandering the streets. Getting the Pizza tally over to at least 40 for the month.
Should this be the big philosophical entry to sum up my feelings of the trip. I will try not. My mum is happy I am coming home. My mum can take the wind out of my sales quite quickly about coming home. Tell my mum you will be away for a long time and she will make you worry about money. Tell my mum you will be home sooner and she will make you worry that your giving up early!
Actually my mum asked me if I needed money to get home. Which is another reason why I am coming home sooner. Last time I went travelling I was a burden when I got home. I couldn't afford the train ticket home from the airport or a beer and was still wearing old travel clothes for months afterwards. Also had to go back to my old crap job. Will be good to get home and not be Tom Hanks from Cast Away this time. On top of this I wont have to ride a bicycle around because I sold my car on Ebay! Although I am slightly worried that my car is going to be there when I get home because my Grandma is starting to suffer dementia and likes to through out antiques because they are old and give away other things in the paper that are worth thousands. For example her motorised seat for riding up the stairs. Worth about 5000 dollars, given away for free.
To anyone that thinks I gave up and came home early I should tell you that i never had any set time to be away. I never exactly planned to work in Paris or get a flat. My main goal was to just try living in a foreign country for a little while to know what it was like so I could be comfortable living in Australia. I know now that living abroad is exactly the same as living at home in a lot of ways. Routine kicks in. However, it is missing the niceities of home. The car, the dogs, I need to have a dog around me or I go insane. The thrill of beating senoirs in Saturday afternoon tennis and the joy of being at the end of Pete Newsomes and Jmac's insults! I did enjoy my time living in Europe but alas I don't need to live here anymore.
The only thing that I do regret is not driving around. I had originally hoped in my head to drive a beetle from France to Vietnam. But, reality kicked in. The middle east isn't very great at the moment. Iran is a dead end. Maybe another time. Driving around Europe was do-oable but too expensive to be worth it. Also on the list of another time things.
Next trip is hopefully asia somewhere. o more long ones for me. Maybe a holiday to Okinawa, Laos or Burma?
