Barcelona, SpainNovember 6, 2007
N41°23.190
E002°10.480
Today, as we strolled along the waterfront, making a final pass of some of our favorite areas in Barcelona, we grew a little melancholy. Yes, we’re headed home to San Francisco and we’ll be in the States for a few days, we’ll visit family, we’ll catch-up with friends, drive our car (on the right side of the road), and we’ll even get a chance to see Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals. Most importantly, we’ll get to be a part of a very special day for Joel and Lisa, their wedding day. But
it will only be a taste…
However, we’re both reluctant to go home, well, because we don’t really get to go to home. We’ll still be living out of our backpacks and not in our home, but at the same time we’ll be in our City. Sure, we’ll get to see our parents, spend time with them and enjoy their company; no, that isn’t a bad thing. The problem is we’ll temporarily get out of “travel mode.”
Being on the road for a little over nine months puts you in a different state of mind. Mentally you grow accustomed to a nomadic lifestyle and the constant changes, challenges and stimuli of traveling. However, we know a visit back to our old lives, although only brief, will make it
difficult to get back into “travel mode.” The comfort of home, seeing familiar faces, and just the ease of day to day life will be refreshing, but at the same time it will make us, well, soft.
N41°23.190
E002°10.480
Today, as we strolled along the waterfront, making a final pass of some of our favorite areas in Barcelona, we grew a little melancholy. Yes, we’re headed home to San Francisco and we’ll be in the States for a few days, we’ll visit family, we’ll catch-up with friends, drive our car (on the right side of the road), and we’ll even get a chance to see Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals. Most importantly, we’ll get to be a part of a very special day for Joel and Lisa, their wedding day. But
it will only be a taste…However, we’re both reluctant to go home, well, because we don’t really get to go to home. We’ll still be living out of our backpacks and not in our home, but at the same time we’ll be in our City. Sure, we’ll get to see our parents, spend time with them and enjoy their company; no, that isn’t a bad thing. The problem is we’ll temporarily get out of “travel mode.”
Being on the road for a little over nine months puts you in a different state of mind. Mentally you grow accustomed to a nomadic lifestyle and the constant changes, challenges and stimuli of traveling. However, we know a visit back to our old lives, although only brief, will make it
difficult to get back into “travel mode.” The comfort of home, seeing familiar faces, and just the ease of day to day life will be refreshing, but at the same time it will make us, well, soft. We still have at least three months of travel left and a lot more of the world to see. We still have a lot to look forward to including Christmas and New Years in Amsterdam with Dustin and Shelby. It will probably take us a few weeks to get back into the mode, and then we will have a hard time ever going home again!
3 comments:
I will keep you guys from getting soft, you can sleep on my deck and I will spray water on you at uneven intervals through the night!!
Tell that lady on the balcony to WATCH OUT!! There is a guy with a mask on in the window ready to kill her, dead!
Dude, I didn't even see the scary guy in the window... good eye!
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