After not sleeping for 48 hours, my exhausted state found being back in the United States strange. On the way to the parking garage in the airport, I even commented, "Wow, everyone speaks English here."
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| On the way back to Texas! |
In the spirit of being back in the United States, I have created a list of things that made me excited when I got back to America.
You know you have been in Europe for three months when:
- You are excited to get free refills.
- You are amazed by the size of drinks at restaurants.
- You always want to ask how much it costs to go to the bathroom.
- You are so excited to eat Tex-Mex and Texas barbecue.
- You don't have to ask if someone speaks English.
- You drive, even if a place is 200 yards away. (I almost just put meters here. There is obviously still a lot of Europe in me.)
- You are surprised when a stranger smiles at you.
- Your back is still hurting from the 40-pound backpack you carried around for months.
- You want to take a day trip to another country for a few hours but realize Mexico is too far away.
- You feel like you can buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks without breaking the bank.
I am currently working on editing my photographs and will have more blog entries about various cities on the way. I am also working on a new travel blog project, called pinkvalise. [pinkvalise.blogspot.com] I am going to work on it over the weekend and hopefully start updating regularly starting Monday.
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| We had been awake for over 48 hours here. On our way to Itasca from the airport. |
