i know, i've been TERRIBLE with updating.

i do, however, have photo albums posted for you all to see.

this one is from my eastern europe tour:
http://uci.facebook.com/album.php?aid=503&id=311400004

a week later, we headed to barcelona:
http://uci.facebook.com/album.php?aid=503&id=311400004

erica and i departed for prague, bussed it over to vienna, and then to bratislava. it was wonderful. we met up with helen in prague and i think that made our stay even more enjoyable. i can see myself living there. vienna was beautiful; the buildings were incedibly grandiose and lavish. erica had to fly out of the bratislava airport so we took the bus there and hung out for a couple of hours before parting ways. as a last stop i made it to budapest and spent two nights there. not too much to see in terms of sights, so i spent the latter half of my day at the thermal baths.

i came back to copenhagen for a day and left again for barcelona the next morning. i would have to say that it was the perfect end to my travels. not much sightseeing was done, and i thoroughly enjoyed it. sometimes traveling can get uber-tiring with waking up early and making it to all the museums and sights and taking a superfluous amount of pictures that you don't even know what they're of when you look through them again. sam, ian, and i flew into the city and met up with dave. the first three days were devoted to the primavera sound festival. now, i am not a huge fan of festivals, but this was the best one i've been to yet. the venue was huge, and there weren't too many people. you could get to a stage 15 minutes before a band started playing and you could easily make your way up to the front. i saw many acts that i thought i would never think twice to see (because either of ticket sales or just $$). the (good) acts usually started around 9pm, and we wouldn't get back to our apartment until 6 in the morning. our days were spent lazing around the beach and walking around the city.

ian and dave left us after the festival, and we stayed with an acquaintance of sam's. needless to say, we were a bit reluctant to stay in an apartment with people we didn't know, but it turned out to be the most amazing time. right now i am planning on going back next year. those we hung out with are british and i found myself speaking with an english accent at times. i love it.

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and so now i sit here in my room at 916pm, and the sky doesn't get completely dark until after midnight. today is the 15th, and i leave in five days.

it goes without saying that i am upset. ever since i came back from barcelona i haven't been able to sleep properly and i feel nauseous a lot of the time. i honestly had a great time here, and i must say that extending my stay here was the best decision i've ever made in my life.

it's unfortunate that the best friends i have here will be thousands of miles away come wednesday. i, however, do believe that i will see again those i truly care about, whether it be in a year or a couple.

i can't say that i'm not dreading going home either, because i have friends and summer school and everything else lined up.

life is beautiful.