my (known) readership base has at least doubled! or increased by two... depending on how you look at it :p

i'm actually running quite low on slack time, hence the lack of posts. went for a nap at 8pm last night and stayed in bed till 7am. wasn't asleep for all of that time though, which was a shame cos most of the time that i was awake, i was trying to fall asleep.

for those of you craving more interesting reading than this, check out training europe, a live diary by jerome about his recent travels in europe. i don't actually know the guy (just his siblings) but he's a better writer than i, and i've recently finished reading through his travel tales and found them quite enjoyable. maybe you'll enjoy them too :)

to whet your appetite, here's what he had to say at the end of it all:

In my opinion travel is the best education one can get. It changes your outlook on life and rearranges your priorities. It breeds tolerance and an understanding of different cultures. It has also allowed me to learn about the history and language of a few of the countries I visited. There is nothing as exhilarating as travel, the notion of the unknown, the sense of discovery, the meeting of strangers.

I hope this has inspired some of you to travel. Nevertheless I will leave you with another quote:

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, narrow-mindedness, all foes of real understanding. Likewise tolerance, or broad wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
- Mark Twain