Homeward Bound

Gutentag once again, everyone! Just got into Munich about an hour ago, and although I haven´t seen anything in this city yet besides the train station, I´m getting this warm fuzzy feeling that this city is going to be awesome. The hostel I´m at--Euro Youth Hotel--really has its act together. And I was just given a map showing all the beer halls and gardens in this city. Oh, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning right now!!! I´ll only type a little for the moment, because I want to get out and visit a museum or two and sample Munich´s best here.

As the title of this positng indicates, I´ve now turned directions and I´m making the pilgrimage back to the States, bit by bit. It´s a little sad, because you realize that the trip is coming to an end. While heading east, there´s no end in sight and you have no grasp of time...it´s a never-ending journey into the land of mystery. But my internal homing device went off a few days ago in Budapest, and now I´m on autopilot heading back west. There´s no getting off this train now...I´m on my way back home.

I parted ways with Eric yesterday morning, which was a little tough. We spent 9 continuous weeks together, through both the good and the bad. That´s the longest amount of time I think I´ve ever been around anyone non-stop. Sometimes we got along great...sometimes I think we annoyed the hell out of each other with our own individual quirks. But like a marriage (in a non-gay sort of way), we made it work, and it´s a little hard when that person isn´t around anymore to chew the fat with. So I will definitely miss his company. It´s weird being by myself again. Already, I´ve noticed a significant change as several weirdos are starting to come up to me and harrass me now that I´m a lone target. I´ll get into some of that more in a later post.