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I'm in Greece!

I thought I should give a quick update, tell people I'm still alive and all. Currently, I'm in Greece with Anna. I've got about a week left before I head home, and I'm sort of looking forward to it. It's a lot of ups and downs, but I'm getting to the point that I'm ready to be back. Traveling is fun, but so is consistency and being home.

Otherwise, Greece is great. Anna and I have spent two full days laying on the beach in the sun. I read Diary by Chuck Palahnuick, and I beat Phonix Wright. I just started Professor Layton, so I should have plenty to keep me busy. We've also seen some cool ruins, such as Delphi and the Acropolis. Plus we took a boat tour of Santorinni yesterday, which was just awesome, and saw the most beautiful sunset ever. I've learned one thing on this trip: I desperately need to come back here with a girlfriend. It would be amazing.

On another note, I found a new man necklace. Yay!

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Tom is still alive!

Hey! I'm still alive and feel like I should post something. I'll be brief, though, since I want to go explore Florence. I just got into Florence, coming from Venice and before that Veinna. Veinna was pretty much the coolest thing ever, and was far greater than my expectations. Venice, not as much. It was a little dissapointing. Partly because I got really lost all the time. It is the most confusing city ever. I'll try and explain it later, in person, since I don't want to type much now, but the city makes no sense. You walk down an ally and hit a giant cathedrial and square with nothing around it, then you walk down another small ally, get lost for 20 minutes, and find a main street...that goes 20 meters in either direction, and then stops. It was weird. Also, the city seemed a little ruined and run down, there was a lot of graffeti and a lot of places were closed. I think in the next few years they'll have a big push to clean up the city, repaint and restore lots of the buildings, and it'll be really beautiful. It felt like you could tell it was supposed to be nice, but it hadn't been maintained.

Now I'm in Florence, and my hostel is great. I have free breakfast, dinner and a walking tour to go on. Plus, free interent. Plus a computer in my room. I never want to leave!

Heading to Rome in a few days, then meeting up with Anna for Greece! I'm excited. It's nice being by myself, but traveling with someone else will be a good change. And I'm almost ready to head home. This sort of life is hard, and it'll be nice to get back and have some consistency.

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I'm in Prague!

Hey guys. I'm in Prague. Maggie picked me up at the airport..about 45 minutes late. On the other hand, her apartment is pretty nice, even if it does have a creepy and untrustworthy elevator. Her kitchen is nicer than mine...stupid Maggie, I hate her so much. Well joke's on her, next year my kitchen will be...the exact same as hers.

Hey, I don't know if I ever put this in my blog but I'm living in a Uapp with Justin next year. Next door is my friend Scott living in a double as a single. That'll be nice...

So, yeah, in Prague...

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Some thoughts from Glasgow

I'm in Glasgow, quickly typing this up so I have a bit of credit for the internet tomorrow morning when I check out. So far, the biggest thing for me is I really miss my friends. Being independent and by myself is pretty awesome, sure, and I love the fact that I get to spend exactly as long as I want wherever I am. If I want to look at this store, I can, and when I get bored, I just leave.

Still, I really miss not having friends around. The people in this hostel seem a lot less friendly (and concious) than they did in Edinburgh, and I just find myself wishing I had someone to talk to a lot of the times. Even if it was just one friend and in the morning we said "meet at [place] for dinner, see you then," that would be a huge change, and one I would very much like. I miss my friends, and it's not exactly easy to contact them right now, and with having a hard time meeting people in Glasgow, I've been really wanting them here. I figure it'll get better once I get back to Edinburgh (and the more social hostel) and I'll feel really good when I see Maggie, but it's something that's been on my mind recently.

In other news, I saw a necropolis today. That was cool, if not just for the name.

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What I'm up to.

I have six minutes to write this entry. Let's go!

I'm currently in Scotland. I got here yesterday, sort of late, and met up with a few of the people who are sharing my room in the hostel; three Australians and a German. The five of us went out to dinner, and I bought a hamburger and fries for £2. I love Scotland. Afterwards we went to a Pagan fire festival, mostly because we were curious about it. It was very crowded, but unfortunatly seemed to be interprative dance while some people held torches. Apparently they were going to light a bonfire, but after standing near it for an hour and not being able to see the dancing, I gave up. I did see a bit of the dancing and it was really...bad. I was really tired anyway. My backpack is heavy, and I was carrying it a lot. I got back just after midnight, met a few other people who are sharing my room (as they were trying to sleep) and just crashed. So far everyone I've met seems really cool and fun. Everyone seems to be a traveler in their 20s, and seems really laid back and mellow, and pretty friendly. Hopefully this keeps up!

I also want to be those Austrailains when I grow up. They've been traveling a lot. They jut mentioned off hand their time in Vietnam. How cool is that? Got to go.

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