i'm going to have a whinge now. i don't expect anyone to feel sorry for me of course...i do fully realise that i am on the trip of a lifetime and that many of you would kill to be me (hahha! suckers!)...but backpacking, while obviously fabulous much of the time, can also be exhausting, disheartening and generally annoying. one spends much of one's time with one's entire world on one's back, sitting on various means of public transport for hours on end (usually - if you're anything like me- not at all sure whether you're even going the right direction - thank God for Matt or i'd be in Timbucktoo by now...!) and sleeping in rooms of questionable cleanliness full of strangers.
Today we spent a full day getting from toronto to montreal. the train journey itself took only 5.5 hours but then it took another few hours to find our hostel...only to discover, when we arrived, filthy and exhausted, that our beds weren't ready. guess that's what you get for booking the cheapest rooms in the city! hours...and i do mean hours....later we finally have a bed to sleep in and i can put my world down and rest my weary head.
but the thing about travelling is that i know tomorrow will be better. the excitement of discovering what is around the corner makes up for the mundane in-between existance. montreal is waiting to be explored...the beautiful park with amazing views...the old town full of boutiques and french bistros...tres bien. i'm a happy little backpacker again.
xx
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