leaving the country

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

Taking the noon train

Down the coast through L.A.

It's not just a weekend

A simple getaway

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

Mexico's fine this time of year

Stars are divine in the south hemisphere

Deserted south pacific

Isle off the charts

There's where I'll find

The pieces of my, my broken heart

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

Jumping the queen's ship

And I'm off to Calais

Tomorrow is waiting

I shouldn't be late

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

Summer in France outside Paris

An autumn romance of the Caspian Sea

A Greek tragedy, I imagine my part

There's where I'll find

The pieces of my, my broken heart

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

I'm bound for nowhere

And nowhere I'll stay

It's not a vacation

It's no holiday

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

~Rosebud~

 

I've had this cd for a while now, yet I don't really remember ever hearing this song, until I started making my travel playlist tonight. Its funny how appropriate it is for my life right now.

Today was interesting. I woke up early to go to breakfast only to have mom cancel on me, so I went back to sleep and stayed in bed until 11. I woke up then, to find out that our cell phone service had been disconnected because they forgot to pay their half of the bill. I had to figure all that out with dad and then finally got my phone working again. I took a shower, cleaned my room, and finished up my laundry. Caitlin and I had dinner with Dad at McAlisters, which was surprisingly nice and normal. When I got home, Mom was asleep on the couch so we missed church. She woke up in enough time to make a quick Target run for the last of my trip stuff, and then we stopped over at Starbucks so I could tell Sonia good-bye.

I finally got everything packed. It helped to actually have dry clothes and all of the stuff I needed from the store. Now I'm getting ready to activate my international SIM card from Cingular so I don't have to mess with phone cards this summer. Although the rates are still quite high so I won't be talking on the phone except to call and tell them I'm alive.

We have to be at UINDY around 9:30 in the morning, but we don't actually leave the US until 7pm; we are driving to Chicago to catch our flight there because it was cheaper.

Check the xanga I set up for my travels, I'll be back on this one in about two weeks.

~RLM

Monday, May 15, 2006

Vienna was amazing!

We saw the Klimt's at the Belvedere museum and went to the Opera last night.

We are in Budapest for two days, so I will have internet here, thankfully.

Everything is going well, and I'm having a really good time.

Comments please!

RLM

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

You will never believe what we did last night...

We sang Britney Spears and Madonna karaoke at a Hungarian bar.

And I have it all on video.

It was so much fun.

Today we are touring Buda and then going shopping in the afternoon, and since 80,000 forints equals about $40 american dollars, I have a feeling its going to be alot of fun.

Tonight we see a Hungarian folk show, and then we leave for Prague at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning...literally.  Our train leaves at 6am and lasts for 7 hours.

I'm going to go back to Cafe Gerbeaud this afternoon during our free time-that is the main scene of the book Prague-and we are also taking the funicular up Castle Hill-another important part of the book.

I really love this city, its definitely on my list of prospects.  Budapest is rundown, but incredibly beautiful.  I'm officially obsessed.

-RLM

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Hi from Berlin!

Prague was cool, but not somewhere that I fell in love with.  Budapest has been my favorite so far, it was absolutely amazing...except for the part where we almost got thrown in Hungarian prison b-c half the group forgot their train tickets.   That was a disaster. 

But Budapest is gorgeous, and I can definitely see myself living there in the future, so be prepared for me to move to Hungary. 

I enjoyed Prague, but it just wasn`t as amazing as Budapest.  I was almost disappointed.  I did get alot of amazing shopping done though...one word: garnets.  I also got a cute outfit at the H&M in budapest and prague. 

We leave on Tuesday so expect a more detailed entry once I have access to a normal computer and regular internet access. 

*RLM

p.s. I think I am switching from Arabic to German

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Home at last!

I've never been this excited about being in America before...maybe it has something to do with the never ending 10 1/2 hour flight I had earlier today. 

Time for lots and lots of sleep.

~RLM