Ah...the return route. It always seems longer than the ride there doesn't it? Dealing with the night train certainly does not make things any easier either. However, to be fair, when 45 Euro gets you from Milan to Paris in 9 hours and includes an overnight stay...what can one really expect ? When Mike and I finally made it back to Lueven there was both a sense of sadness that our journey was over, yet accomplishment over the sheer magnitude of what we experienced. We saw drastic changes in language, culture, and landscape; from hearty dutch Belgium, through elegant France, culminating in the ever passionate Italy. It truly was an experience of a lifetime. I felt like a culture warrior because, unfortunately, much of what everyday Europe knows about the US is from American media. When
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