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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
the end of my summer travels
How is everyone out there? I hope all went well for your summers and things. I hope no one had to work all summer without a break. I know how that is and it is just so unfulfilling when you start the fall semester with all of these other people who look so well rested and relaxed about everything. If you read my last entry you will know that I obviously had a lot of fun.
I finished off my little mini tour of Europe with a bang. I made it up to Amsterdam with a hitch and everything there was a lot of fun. I met plenty of chill people and of course went to as many clubs as I possibly could within the time allowed. The trip to Berlin was fun because I took the train and seeing the countryside of Germany is amazing. We went right by the Alps before our first stop and then up to Berlin. Berlin was lot more chill for me because I was out of funding at that point. I just kept it simple and did the usual tourist type of stuff. I got my exercise in as well since I thing I need to lose some weight. I felt like I put on some drinking pounds from the first week and half so I rented a bike. Fitness isn’t typically on my mind but I decided that this would be a fun way to get two things done at once. I also started eating right and not just snacking and drinking a lot. So that last little bit of the trip was sort of cleansing in a way. Thank goodness I did that because the plane ride home I got really sick and I think it probably would have been worse had I already felt sick before I ever got on the flight.
Now we’re all back and we’re together once again. Hopefully you’re all ready for another year of school and another year of keeping ourselves out of trouble. I know that I am and I think that after my trip I am just full of energy and now I think I may have started a bit of a biking habit in myself. When I got back I went out and bought a new road bike, it was actually recycled, and I have been riding to class and work every day now. If you see me zipping around town this week just give me a shout and we can chat for a while.
