Surprise! (with bonus cheesy finish)
Trip Start
Nov 01, 2006
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Trip End
Aug 29, 2007
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
We arrived into the terminal and of course Jenny's folks and her sister Emma are there to meet her, PO with his camera at the ready. Then I hear "Where's the party?" in an unmistakeable Irish accent and my parents appear! "What the hell are you doing here?" is of course my first utterance. What a fantastic surprise! (Not least that it saves me a trip to Ireland, hehe).
So the trip is more or less over. That's it. We are back again and spending time with our families (the only ones missing being my sister Aoife and her boyfriend John). We spent a few very relaxing days in Newcastle, catching up with each other, being exceptionally well fed and watered, and doing some sightseeing in the area. Now my parents are gone back to Ireland and I'm ready to head to Glasgow tomorrow.
I've searched through all the stuff I stashed here so many months ago and realised how little of it I need, and how few clothes I actually own. In my mind there was a whole wardrobe to be uncovered here, but no. Perhaps a little too generous at the charity shops before I left, but that's a good thing.
I feel like I should give some sort of summary of the trip, what I've learnt, my top ten favourite places, yadda yadda, but no. I'll leave that out. What I will say is this: I may be skint and in debt and feeling the fear, but it was worth it. Save your money. Stop buying so much shit. You don't need it! Save your money, and then quit your job. You can get another one. And then go travelling. On your own if you have to. Take the train and the boat if you can. Fly if you must (I did). Go and see the world and worry about all the other crap when you get back. If you get back. Or, better still, don't worry about it at all.
Go travelling.
