1. freshness of visiting new places every week
2. hospitality of the Austrian family that has taken us in and everyone else that has hosted us
3. meeting up with old friends in new places
4. sunsets
5. metro rides (aka people-watching paradise)
6. baguettes (45 cents!)
7. culture and it subtleties
8. finally being in a place where the languages are somehow tied to english
9. being mistaken for locals… because the two completely lost Canadian girls are going to be able to
give you directions in German
10. the awkwardness of telling someone who has been talking to you for a couple minutes that you didn’t understand anything they've said
11. palaces/castles/ruins
12. high places with views… every city seems to have at least one
13. wandering around with no agenda (other than to maybe find cheap food)
14. having unlimited time to get completely lost
15. coffee (seriously North America, you're doing something wrong when it comes to hot drinks)
16. the incredibly good and cheap Asian food that is pretty much anywhere... also Kebab stands.
17. the instant bond with every other Canadian (it’s actually really strange)
18. CHEESE… so good... missing good old cheddar, but the rest is just plain delicious
19. snow, if there wasn't any this Europe in winter thing would be extra lame
20. going to church in different places and having the opportunity to meet brothers and sister
p.s. If you experienced any jealousy as you read this you should probably know that I wrote this list because I would give just about anything to be home right now... traveling isn't everything it's made out to be. It's exhausting, boring, and sometimes miserable. Being thankful sometimes takes some thought. Good and bad, I am where I am so I'm gonna give appreciating it my all.
In other news, I'm doing a year long disposable camera challenge. There's a blog coming that will describe exactly what that means and why there will be very few photos in any blogs written in 2014.
