Most Frequently asked questions

 As the end is drawing near I have been thinking about the last nearly six months and all it has contained. Going throughout each day almost just feels like an ordinary day, an exciting day but ordinary at the same time because no matter what you´re doing or where you are life keeps going and the world keeps spinning. Looking back, though it all starts to feel a little more surreal. Now I think, ´Wow! I can´t I believe I did that all. I have wanted to do this for a few years and now it´s nearly over!´As I am still contemplating all of this and probably will for a while yet, there are also other things that come to mind when I look back, like questions that I have been asked over and over again. So just for fun, here are some frequently asked questions in my last 6 months travelling through Europe and mine and their usual response.

1) How long are you travelling for? "6 months." "6 MONTHS?"

2) Where have you all been? of course, the list was either longer or shorter depending on when they asked me but at the moment I feel like I bore people after finishing the final list..."England, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Holland, France, Austria, Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal."

3) Where are you from? "Canada."

4) Oh, you´re from Canada, you must be used to this cold weather then? "Um...not really actually. I am from the westcoast and it is pretty mild there. The coldest I´ve ever been in my life was in Germany actually." They look at me like I´m wierd.

5) So why are you travelling in the winter? "It just kind of worked well with things at home and it´s cheaper and less touristy...not sure I will do it again, though." I say as I´m shivering.

6) Do you speak French since you´re from Canada? "Uh...no. I took it for four years but when I was young and now I forget it all. Then I took Japanese. " "JAPANESE?" They look at me like I´m wierd again! I´m thinking about taking up French, though. I really want to learn a second language now that I´ve been travelling. So many people do and I feel a little out of the loop. I thought about German because I like that language and really enjoyed my 5 weeks there where I could pick up some of it but I think I´m deciding on French since I´m from Canada and all. It´ll probably come in handy a little more.

7) What are your plans after travelling? Haha, you can make this one even more frequently asked by asking me personally yourself  :)


8) Have you had any sketchy experiences? "My yoghurt was stolen...twice." Haha, no but seriously, it really hasn´t been that scary. I´ve seen stuff and been on high alert and sometimes uncomfortable but nothing has been directed right towards me, not that I can think of anyway. I do have a week and a half left so anything could still happen but hopefully it can be a whole 6 month streak.


9) What has been your favourite country to visit? This question has been sooooo hard until I came to Portugal. I love it here but with that being said, it doesn´t diminish the amount of love I´ve had for other places too. Each country is so unique and different and my experiences with people have been different as well, all positive but different which has a big impact on how you feel about a country as well. So, it´s hard but I can´t deny that Portugal is definately up there.

10) Do you miss home? I´ve missed home since the day I arrived in England, thought not enough to pack up my bags and leave, I knew I needed and wanted to have this adventure but man, I didn´t know I could miss so many things! I´ve missed Canada alot and have reazlied how much I really love it. I used to think it´d be so romantic to meet some handsome European man and get hitched and move to Europe but boy am I thankful that hasn´t happened because I would desperately miss my home and native land. I´ve obviously missed my family and friends, that goes without saying. I hope you are all prepared to look at 6000 photos too! Haha, I´ll be nice to some of you and show you the condensed version. Little things that I´ve missed probably has a bottomless list but I am definately looking forward to not living out of a backpack anymore, understanding the language, not getting lost, wearing perfume, not having to think constantly about where all my belongings are, although this has trained my airhead of a self very well to think a little more! Because I have finished off in Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, I am currently looking very much forward to not having people stare at me and yell things out to me, usually men. Ugh. I thought I would blend in a little more in these countries with my dark features but they apparently have failed me. I guess the backpack and camera give it away but sometimes I walk around without them and I still get the stares and hoots. The other day I checked my forehead to see if there was a sticker on it that read, ´Tourist´ but there was none. I´m not sure what the problem is here!
Ok...so that is not my usual response to that question but that is my answer for all you readers.

Tata for now!