Crap things about being home #1

The price of alcohol, ludicrous.

I could have bought a brewery in half the countries I’ve been through recently with the money I spent on one afternoon/evening out in Manchester yesterday.

It seems alcohol over here makes me do crazy things as well.

Home Again

It was only five and a bit weeks ago, but it actually seems like an age since I arrived in Istanbul but, oddly, it barely seems like two minutes since I was last sat in front of this PC the night before taking off.

In may ways it was a funny trip, 2 weeks into it I decided I had had enough and was all set to head home, I got over that feeling quite quickly but still felt happy enough when I booked my flight home, only after that did I start to regret it and, given I had a little more money, I now have the feeling that I came back a bit too soon – but it is done now so there is no point crying over it.

Despite the occassional feelings of travel-weariness I am really glad I made the trip, Eastern Europe is a fascinating place to travel through, especially given it’s context in recent world history and it was great to see some of the places I did and meet some of the people I met. One thing that really struck me was how more like us Brits the people are the further north you go, whether that be in the way they dress, behave or even the things that they sell in their supermarkets.

Without wanting to sound like a pretentious prick this trip has changed my outlook a little when it comes to travelling. Maybe it’s a short term thing but I have lost the (unrealistic) desire I have always had to go everywhere, and future plans are now focused on some specific destinations that I have a real interest in.

All good things do come to an end, but over the next couple of weeks I’ll be writing the trip up so at least I shall be able to relive it a little.

From Helsinki to Hell, erm I mean home

Well, here I am sat on my sofa in front of my computer. I can’t say I’m too glad that I’m here, but it could be worse.

Yesterday’s day trip to Helsinki proved more than worthwhile, it’s a great place and I definitely fancy going back sometime, a day really wasn’t enough to do it justice and the ferry ride back to Tallinn was an experience too. Over the next week or two I am going to fully blog my trip, and maybe even upload a few photos, so you can all get a lovely insight into what I’ve been up to.

Right now I’m off for a curry!

I’m hooooooooome

and I just had a curry, and it was bloody good. Now I feel like I’ve done Bradford and I can jet off somewhere else!!

Now I must sleep, I’ll get around to dealing with Barcelona when I get up!