cameronrolka

I’m spending my last day in Europe here in Bilbao before I hit a 9:55 AM flight tomorrow (about 24 hours in planes and airports…) I’m kinda anxious because I feel in kind of a limbo. I’m mostly waiting for the long flight, and hoping I make all my connections. Also I hope I get some sleep.

I think I’m going to be over talkative with everyone back stateside…. Cashiers, Attendants, random people on the street. In my head I picture it going like this: “Oh hey! How are you? You speak English! SO DO I!!!   Let’s be friends.”

This was my first time back to the city of Bilbao since I first arrived on July 5th. I thought it would be fitting to visit the Guggenheim as it was my first landmark in Spain. I’ve been through a lot, I’ve changed a bunch, and I’m more confident than I ever was before. I’m probably more excited for the future now than I was when I first got here.

Cheers, Spain been some good times.

It’s kinda obvious that I’m feeling some nostalgia leaving Spain…. It’s all bittersweet for me, and that’s the way I’d like to have it. I’d rather be sad leaving, and happy returning to America together rather than just the ladder or former.

In less than 48 hours I’ll be in a plane headed over a big pond to a landmass I vaguely remember being called America.

Is it home? Well I’m not really sure where my home is. I could say that San Sebastian is my home, but I’ve been travelling for the past 6 weeks… I’m returning to Portland where I lived for 3ish years, but after two weeks there I’ll be on another plane coasting into Minneapolis visiting my sister. Then after Minneapolis I’ll be bussing it to Ann Arbor, where I grew up. So I guess I could call that home, and I will be staying there for a while. But even then I don’t plan to stay in Ann Arbor for an extended period of time. Well I guess for now I’ll have to be content with a wondering soul with ties in San Sebastian, Portland, and Ann arbor.

The current plan is to end up in Ann Arbor, where I can live relatively cheaply with my family. I will work in a restaurant kitchen, and probably get caught up in some other projects in town. My plan is to start paying off my school debt as fast as possible, as i would rather pay it off in a year or two rather than have it hang over my head for 10 years. It’s actually pretty exciting prospect to be debt free in such a short amount of time, but it’s only really possible with some diligence. While Ann Arbor’s food scene isn’t quite Portland, it still has a food scene and restaurants where I can learn and gain experience. As of right now I plan to move back to Portland within 2 years.