So, I´m leaving Buenos Aires, Argentina and South America tomorrow... and will be back in the UK, and Edinburgh on the 16th.

Those of you who thought I was coming home on the 5th of August, you arn´t going mad. I brought my flight forward mainly due to financial issues (travelling does a lot cost money!). It´s a shame as there was so much more I want to do in Argentina, but I am planning on coming back one day. I loved Buenos Aires so much, I want to consider spending 6 months/a year here sometime in the future...

I´m feeling a little odd to be coming home, I´ve gotten so used to this lifestyle. It may sound silly but I´ve forgotten life back home. It´s not that I don´t want to come home, because I definitely do, but I guess i´m hesitant to leave.

Home has been on my mind so many times throughout the past 2 months (8 and a bit weeks) though, and at times when i just had my own thoughts (late night bus jouneys were the best...) I´d find myself thinking about the oddest places and things about home (Portobello...? A bus stop on Shandwick Place..?) and even feeling nostalgic for memories of things from the past.

Theres things I´ll miss about my time here in South America and life on the road, theres things I won´t, and theres things that I´m super duper looking forward when i get home...

Things I´ll miss:

South America... yup I think it´s a fantastic continent. It´s more than I´d imagined. I´ll miss so much about it (I´ve been nostalgic for Peru ever since I left it). Every country has something different to offer. I´d recommend anyone to travel here.

Meeting people and making new friends everday. It´s a great feeling to know you can do that wherever you go.

Making friends who live in various countries I might want to travel to, and who might not mind a little visitor sometime in the future :P

Having experiences you dream of and making memories you won´t forget.

Finding intriguing new places and places you could see youself spending a lot more time in.

Getting through challenging independent situations and feeling like you can do anything afterwards.

Things I won´t really miss:

Having to say goodbye to people you don´t want to, and places you´re not ready to.

Facing situations you don´t want to, when you´re tired and just want to find your next bed for the night.

Having to pack my bag every other day

...living out of a backpack

...carrying a backpack

...you get the picture.

Things I´m super duper looking forward to:

A proper cup of earl grey tea.

British accents, but more importantly Scottish ones... I´ve only met two fellow Scots while being away..!

Drinking water from a tap (how convienient is that!)

Having a break from jam...

...and having something else for brekie instead of bread and jam.

...like museli. How I´ve missed my morning museli. Museli or granola in South America consists of sugar puffs... everytime!

And on a that note... milk. Normal milk.

Humous - lemon and corriander, my love.

Driving

TIMMY! Big hugs are on the way...

Hair appliances (yes i know it´s really girly, and i can live without them, but I´ve blow dried my hair just 2 times in the last 8 weeks...)

Radio 1

Fixing my phone and having a mobile...

Edinburgh FRINGE! Best time of year

An obvious one... my own bed. Having slept in varous other beds - bunk beds, single beds, nice beds, rubbish beds, your own is always the best.

...and a duvet... would be nice.