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... I would've gone anyway. I just wouldn't have been able to work or stay longer than three months. So I guess what I am really celebrating is having some security in Japan.

Whatever the case it is an amazing feeling. The only thing stading between me and Japan is the 1200km between Edmonton and Vancouver.

So I'm back home for the moment and like usual everyone who kept asking me when i was coming home or gave the impression of missing my company Has made very little effort to spent time with me.
I've been spending most of my time on the computer reading random articles on the internet as well i've taken up a new hobby reading books lol i know some how i've become a big nerd with no friends....

roughly 4 years ago i set out on ...

... I have now continued blogging (not just travel but on life in general) at www.whereshegoes.org which a site I made up to scribble on. Let me know what you think. To find my most recent writings, please visit me there. I will still receive messages through TravelPod for a short time longer but it would be best to reach me at whereshegoes@gmail.com Happy Travels!! Carmella aka. whereshegoes

... on and around my computer desk is no longer sheltered in my peripheral. The dull indifference is replaced with subtle urgency now as I survey my closets and drawers. There is just so much junk I do NOT need. It's as if my life email filter malfunctioned and let in all the spam. In this moment of passion, it's all I can do not to fling it all off the balcony, wipe my whole hard drive, or hightail it to the airport ;) freeing myself ...

... will two nights in Berlin, which should give me plenty of time. I then take a late evening train ride (4.5 hours) to Poznan Poland. I will spend a good day in Poznan before heading out to Krakow, Poland. In my last trip to Poland, I really felt I did not spend enough time in Krakow. I will spend about 3 nights in Krakow. I will then take a train ride from Krakow to Lviv, Ukraine. This will be one ...

... but it will have to do.....we got a lot of planes to catch on this one so I wonder how it will fair. So according to Tim the tour guide guy. We just pack our bags and get on the plane, they will take care of everything. So weird..... Stay tuned for more..... Oh this is what we are leaving....

... to think about this, and it was honestly one of the best experiences I have ever had. I love the people that I met, and I really hope I see them again. I learned so much - about places, cultures, living together with strangers, conservation, traveling...but I think I learned the most about myself. As cheesy as it sounds, I have truly never been so comfortable, content, and happy in my whole life as I was this past month. It's a bit of a surreal feeling being back ...

... after the first tornado hit Edmonton back in 1997. After Black Friday, which had me out in the thick of it all collecting up the gigantic hailstones to store in the freezer, I was obsessed. We didn't know we were in the middle of a tornado at the time when my sister and I watched the bizarre weather developing around us. I didn't even know what a tornado was at that ...

... if its just steps away from the bed. Unless you are stuck in the bathroom for one reason or another, there is really no excuse. I guess it was nice to be able to take 15 minute naps every hour but I just knew I would be working through the weekend. Still. I was grateful because I am sure having that flexibility aided in my quick recovery. By mid-afternoon, I was gaining some energy after having orange juice and peach yogurt. I ...

I sit and wait patiently as I have for several months now. I am ready for the pilgrimage without a tangibly definable Mecca to begin at any time. I feel this heavily upon me; it is time to leave, and yet I wait; for time to say my goodbyes - both the bitter ones and sweet ones; for the pesky money factor that I will need on this physical journey; for further ...