They never said it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it....right?

A new found friend said to me yesterday "you know, I've done a lot of exploring, but I've done it alone, and I realized that it doesn't mean anything when you're alone. When you have noone to share the moment, what's the point?"

Well for being someone I just met, I felt this was a very loaded question, and hit altogether too close to home for me. I'm at the point in the trip where I've seen the city, I've taken pictures, and now had a few classes. I'm at the 'waiting for it to get better/interesting' point, so right now the loneliness mentioned above? Yeah, that's exactly what I'm feeling. The only phsyical touching I've done for about two weeks now is a handshake, and those are far and few between. I know that doesn't seem like a big deal, but when you think about it, how many times a day do you hug someone before separating, cuddle with your best friend on the couch, or your significant other later? How many of you can say they have gone a full 14 days without any of this? It's a very strange feeling.

At first this new found liberty and freedom to go and do what I wanted with whom I wanted was amazing, and exciting, but right now...It's just plain lonely. I miss my friends back home, and I guess the magical feeling of being here has subsided. I know that this is still where I need to be, and that it will get easier, and that this feeling will go away, but I wanted to give everyone a bit of the not so exciting outlook of this as well. (also, the main reason I'm keeping this blog is for me to look back on, and I want to document everything I've felt, and that includes the bad stuff)

To go back to my new friends question; I guess I'll use a quote from one of my new found favorite movies 'Remember me'. Ahem "Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it's very important that you do it, because nobody else will." Travelling alone is very much a liberating feeling, but yes, it does in fact make you feel just what it sounds like; very small, very alone, in this big world. I feel very alone these days, and if any of you know me, you know I don't take to making friends easily, and putting myself out there, therefore this isn't an easy experience for me. That being said, I plan to travel more, alone or not, and I will document as much of it as I can, to share with those who couldn't be there with me.