“But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can't read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can't even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.” 
― Bill Bryson, Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe

So FUCKING true and yet so damn awesome. I have experienced this first hand and I can say this is one of the best experiences one can have. No regrets. I am so lucky to be here doing this. I haven't blogged in weeks (?) but then I have been consumed by the various daily tasks I have to handle living here in Eindhoven, as well as the constant planning and surfing to make the arrangements for our next trip out.

Time is ticking away, tick tick tick whether I want it to or not, and I must make full time of the time and opportunities I have been given here. This is the way to life life by! I have waited so long to go overseas and it's such a wonderful experience. Learning to live and adapt to a foreign country, making my own dinners, cycling everywhere I go, life is so different and enjoyable here!

Italy was a real eye opener. I was SO EXCITED. I have always wanted to visit Italy, and well Palermo just happened to be near our arrival location at Trapani. I have heard of Palermo, and now I get the chance to visit it! The buildings were magnificent and the statues and architecture were so intricate and beautiful. Comapre this to the shallow commercialism of back home. You can breathe history here. PLUS I got to try cannoli in it's origin location. I honestly believe it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience, bucket-list worthy. Its not everyday, or easily that one gets to try a particular food in the region it was developed in, halfway around the world.

The ruins I visited were awe-inspiring. They were so huge and colossal, they must have been impressive when they were still standing. I wish I could see them. It was rainy and I didn't geta lot of nice photos but it was still enjoyable.  The food in Italy is SO GOOD. Pizza for 5 EUR is DAMN CHEAP. Especially when the sizes they came in was like a Regular for us. 10-12". Italian is such a fun language to learn! I hope to pick up more. I learnt a bit of it there so we can use it again next time.

The fun part is speaking to each other and reply in different languages. So fun. I must do it more often!