So don't judge me, I started a blog. But just cuz I didnt want to have to write 1200 emails just to keep in touch with everyone. That doesnt mean that you can stop writing me tho, I've been so happy with all the emails everyone has been sending and it improves my mood unbelievably.

So for those that don't know I'm in Greece right now. The first leg of my trip was homecoming at Queen's and it was absolutely unreal. Now I'm in Greece for a few weeks, then to London for about a week and then on to Africa for 2.5 months.

I arrived in Athens and made my way to my hostel and was pretty proud of myself, except for the fact that the hostel had given away the room I had booked, which was not good. So I had to carry around my massive pack around dark downtown Greek-speaking Athens and I did not have fun doing this. I eventually found the only hotel in the city with an open room, except that it was a tad expensive and as a result I blew pretty much all of my money on this first night. But, I was happy to have a place and plugged in my ipod, excited to relax and listen to music. Instead, my ancient adapter blew up, electrocuted me and blew the lights in my hotel. Sigh.

So the next day I got up and did the acropolis thing, blah blah blah. It was all right, pretty cool to see and all that, but there were so many thousands of people there, it kind of took away from it. So, I decided to hop on a bus and I went to this little town called Kalambaka. A very cool place, and I spent my bday hiking around the mountains and these sheer cliffs with monasteries perched on them. It was unreal, but a pretty lonely birthday to tell you the truth.

Anyways, I have learned alot of things already about alot of different stereotypes and other things too,

1)Germans really do sound angry as shit when they talk, no matter if they are angry or not. I thought I was about to get mauled by a group of senior citizens from Germany spitting angry tirades at me, when they all smiled and handed me a sandwich and a juicebox

2)Americans think it's hilarious to say that I'm a Canadan from Canadia...so hilarious

3)the new nokia phones have video capability....which may be used by a british punk rocker dude to watch gay porn for 4 hours on the bus seat in front of me. sigh.

4)Asian people often do replace the letter 'R' for 'L'. These 2 Japanese girls were telling me about all the places they had travelled: India, Turkey, Spain and Tirand. So when they said tirand i thought they meant tehran, so i asked them what must have been many very fucked up questions and shaking my head with a what-the-fuck-were-you-thinking-look, and asking, uh what was it like there? and nobody i know has ever travelled to that country before, which made them look at me like i was retarded. then i realized there was no full moon party in iran, and that they meant thailand. but then it got really confusing, cuz it turned out they actually had been to iran.

anyways, overall I am doing well. I think more than anything I wasn't really expecting to feel so lonely at times. Travelling by yourself is a very weird thing. The major positive is that you always feel free, and are always able to do whatever you want. But there are times when I just really miss everyone alot and wish one of you guys was here with me. It's not hard to meet people at all, it's just meeting people I like that can be a problem. I guess the positive in that is that it really makes me realize who is important to me and how amazing all my friends and family are. So if youre reading this I probably love the shit out of you and you should know that. All of the emails have been amazing, please keep them up, I want to hear what people are up to. Talk to you soon.