when can i come home to everything & everyone i know and love?!?!?!?!?

ok, so i am in a funk but i will get into that shortly. i first must tell how the rest of my time in luzern was. so after i blogged last i went and rented a bike for a halfday. the weather couldnt have been more perfect. i think i might have even gotten a little sun on my cheeks. they had a very vague map of different routes to take to get great views of luzern, the mtns and the lake. so after getting lost a couple of times at the start i was on my way. i dont know if i was actually on the mapped route but it worked out ok and it was so beautiful. the really neat thing is that my bike ride allowed me to get a few souvenires - some of which i will have forever.... and no i didnt get another tattoo. thats right folks - ROAD RASH!!! you guessed it, i wiped out!! hahaha :) i mean, i have been on a roll this whole trip making bozo mistakes (face/butt plant) so why not keep it up... lame. anyways, what happened was the bike path ended so i was on the road. and i dont really feel comfortable as cars pass me so i wanted to "hop" the curb to the sidewalk. but i didnt really take into consideration the height and composition of the curb and needless to say no "hop" was accomplished and i came crashing down. thankfully though i reacted quick enough to pull my head up so i didnt bust out any teeths or smear any of my beloved freckles ;) but my right ankle, shin, knee, elbow and wrist took quite a beating. right when i got up i started laughing at myself because really!!!! a guy in a car who witnessed the tragedy stopped to make sure i survived. and another guy walking came back too. that was nice of them and didnt at all add to my embarrassment.... :) i took pics that i really hope to post soon... so due to the fact that i was bleeding everywhere i didnt know if i should turn back. but what would i do if i went back - sit and mope? so i decided to press on because there was a glassblowing place down the way which is what i really wanted to see. so i made it there but didnt have a bike lock so i risked it and just left it outside. thankfully swiss people arent theives :) but i got to tour the factory and museum for free and the front desk lady even gave me a bandaid for my hand :) and i got to actually watch some of the guys make glass. i could have watched for hours (i L-O-V-E glassblowing!!). i want to do an apprenticeship.... but i will get to that after spanish school... yeah right ;) i bought a few tiny ornaments that were the cheapest things but cool nonetheless. i would have loved to buy it all! so after that i headed back, got lost (no suprise) in a neighborhood but somehow found my way out with the help of a kind lady and made it home. i did get the worst nights sleep ever though thanks to all my boo-boos.... :(

but todays travels went totally fine and i am in riomaggiore, italy. i guess its part of cinque terre.... i am still a little confused about how that all works. but i am definitely in a funk. i started getting in a funk during the train ride and it didnt help that i was listening to depressing music.... oops :( hopefully it wont last long. i am sure i will enjoy my time here. i will be here for six nights, 5 days. it is beautiful so far but i am just really ready to be home. and i am really hating being alone. i mean REALLY! when i am home i enjoy my alone time, but not for weeks at a time!! sheesh!!

so yeah, thanks for the comments on the previous post. they brightened my night for sure!! and i will get pics posted asap. hopefully while i am here :)