It’s been (another) long time since my last entry. There were a lot to write about, a lot happened, a lot went through my head. But I was being lazy again. In the past three quarters of a year, my grandpa passed away, I graduated, I got my first driver’s license, my parents came to Canada for the first time, and I backpacked in Europe for almost 3 months. Of course, there were countless other interesting things came and left in my life. I will restart writing in this blog by turning the clock back to 100 days ago.
This was the my diary on Friday, Sept 4, in Munich:
Three days before heading back to Vancouver, I’m starting to get a bit depressed. The rain outside in Munich may be a sign of homecoming soon. Thinking of going back to the routines, waking up to the same sight every morning, starting applying for jobs, ... basically, going back to reality. I forget about the tiredness from the trip, about the stressful process of planning and worrying where to be tomorrow, about living on bread and lean sandwich every day... I want this trip to continue. I don’t want it to end. It’s funny that only a few days ago, I was caught in a dilemma of wanting to go back home (to have the comfort of sleeping on my own bed) and, at the same time, not wanting this wonderful journey to end. And a few weeks ago, I was so tired that I simply wanted to go home. Guess life changes all the time, every year, every month, every week, every day, even every hour.
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I am going to miss running for the trains. Hearing “Thank you for taking Deutsche Bahn.” I will miss meeting all types of people on the road, making friends with likeminded travellers (seems we always do), having a day trip or even a few days together with someone I met only a few hours ago. I will miss the cobbled streets, the churches, the castles, the museums, the rivers, the lakes, the mountains, the architectures, the languages, ...... I WILL MISS EVERYTHING.
Now, I will recount this wonderful 80-day adventure in every possible detail I can remember, because I don’t want to forget about it.
