Monday, October 27, 2008

I'm All Alone...

I've reached the conclusion that I can't be alone.
It's nice, for short amounts of time, but my family has been gone all weekend, and they even took my dog.
I know what you are thinking... "You just backpacked an entire year on your own.."
Okay, true. But that's different! I was staying in dorm rooms with at least 5 other people in the same ROOM at all times. So to have this big house all to myself, I'm overwhelmed.
I know so many people at home... friends, family... but they all have busy lives, jobs, boyfriends... At least in Australia the majority of the people I met were doing the exact same thing as I was, and we were united in the fact that we were all away from home. I was never alone there, and I took for granted the fact that there were always friends nearby, and if there weren't, you could make new ones in a matter of minutes.
There are 2 types of people in this world:
Those who travel, and those who don't.
And I honestly believe that to be true. You can't just go out and say "I'm going to go make friends" here. People go on with their day to day life and aren't usually searching for new friends when they go out for the day.
When you are traveling, you can go out with the intention of making friends, and you do.

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