The final countdown...

One week of this Euro-trip left, and I am getting excited to come home. BUT FIRST I am going to Lyon to visit my good friend Joel, who was my workcamp leader in Flamarens. I told him that I cannot come, I cannot afford the train ticket. He was very insistent that if I do not come I will miss exceptional moments, and I thought it wise to find a way to Lyon in order not to miss said moments. So, I found a ride to Lyon for 25 euro and I will get there later today. I will stay probably until Saturday morning, since I have a train ticket to go to London from Paris Saturday afternoon.
I am excited to see Joel again, and to see Lyon for the first time. It is supposed to be very beautiful. I said this to Danielle and she said "Isn't, like, EVERY place you've been to?" She is right; I have not been to many places that are not beautiful! It has been a very full trip; wonderful landscapes, culture, people, and food. I could not ask for more, and I am sure I could not handle more. It means that I will have to come back some time to have more experiences in Germany, Holland, Belgium and other places. I have a big problem now, since I have met so many people from so many countries. I want to visit them all, but I do not have enough money to do it all in one big trip, so I have to choose what order to do my travels in. Perhaps North Carolina, Cuba and Mexico in one trip; then Turkey, South Korea, Japan and Australia in another. And of course more Europe and eastern Europe. I hope the Villa has a lot of hours for me when I get home!