Couple more points after travelling

Have i mentioned how nice it is to be able to buy some food at a cafe or grocery store and not have them ask me if i have change, since they don't? In Rome, many of the bars, pizzerias and other stores never seemed to have change on them, and i definitely wasn't trying to break a 100 each time.

Have i mentioned how nice it is to not watch tv? In Rome i left MTV on while i showered & got ready to leave in the morning, just to provide some background noise, but the rest of the time was content to leave the thing off. For the first couple days i was home, i forgot that i had tv to watch. In a way a shame, as i generally learn a lot (have a tendency to watch History Channel and CNN, and i disagree with people who say watching other tv is a waste - it's more a matter of the critical eye one uses while watching it), but also got me out of the house a little bit more.

I'm off to work on photos from the trip.