TravelinGirl

What, no photos? - Yes, there are many photos. I do not have them downloaded yet. This is not due to laziness (ok, maybe a little bit of jetlag), but because I do not have my card reader. But I promise that once I get my photos downloaded, and then have captions on them, that I will update this (as well as send out email).

Now that I'm home and having a bit of time to think about the trip in the context of my daily life, I have a few thoughts... 1) you get out of travel what you put into it - if you're optimistic and try to see the viewpoint of the people of the country you're visiting, you can't help but have a wonderful time. 2) next time I'm feeling unappreciated, I'll go away... everyone has been so welcoming and happy to see me (genuinely!), that in addition to the happy memories of the trip, I'm also having warm fuzzies about my return. 3) I thought it would be difficult to come home - to not have wonderful surprises just around every corner, to not be on the constant voyage of discovery... it's actually rather nice to be able to come home, let my hair down a bit, not have to be "on" and paying attention all the time and trying to absorb everything. (I'll post my thoughts about actual stuff from the trip later...)

posted by Unknown @ 10:56 PM