I’m sitting at the bus station in Trilinka and I’m just tired. It’s the kind of tired that makes you want to stretch out and get some sleep, which I may do in a few minutes. My bus leaves in about two hours so I could probably sleep for about an hour. For some reason I’ve been having a hard time falling asleep the last week or two. I don’t know why, but it’s become pretty standard for me to only get about 6 hours of sleep each night and I think it’s catching up with me.

The morning consisted of the normal routine, get up, take a shower and then pack the backpack, and then get something to drink or eat if it’s free, and finally check out of the hotel/hostel and find the bus/train station. That’s the usual order of a regular morning for a backpacker, sometimes the order changes a little, but it’s pretty standard, not that glamorous, but you do get used to it. I’m in the mood for a latte this morning, where’s a Starbucks when you need one?

My summer trip is winding down with only five days before I leave Athens for Dubai. I don’t think I’m going to like going home, but I’m working at coming to grips with it. It’s not that I don’t want to get back to a normal life, it’s just that since I’ve hit Greece I have started to enjoy myself the kind of way that I should have the whole trip. Don’t get me wrong, the vacation has been fun, but when I got to Greece I got away from the big cities and started to relax much more. My last five days are sketched out as two days in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece. Then one day in a location next to water, still to be determined, and finally make my way back to Athens for two days. If I find a place next to water and I’m enjoying myself, I’ll stay there an extra day and leave one day for Athens.