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So sad ... I finally said goodbye to my travel companion - "Mead", the little notebook that could. He has been with me through thick and thin on this trip. Indispensable - for me, he has remembered train schedules, hostel phone numbers, confirmation numbers, email addresses ... I am sad to see him go! He is to me what "Wilson" was to Tom Hanks in "Castaway"! He gave and he gave, until he had nothing left ... so selfless! But seriously, Mead has been a great travel companion. I have also used him to keep track of my random thoughts until I could sit down and catch up on my real journal. He's only a bunch of spiral-bound little pieces of paper ... but still - he's done everything for me! You wouldn't think it - but he's kept track of my memories, and my hopes and dreams that I've discovered (and in some cases, re-discovered) on this trip. I am as attached to him as anyone could be to a notepad. Farewell, my good friend! I hope to see you one day in the big paper-recycling factory in the sky!