long term travel

anyone who has ever traveled for more than a month knows that mentally one has to break the trip into smaller parts. each part is generally about a week or two long. any longer than that it get too daunting to think about. its refreshing and events seem to fall within the periods better.

back in rome now, just flew in from telaviv. i am in between stage 3 and 4. (backpack sicily, holy week sicily, israel, southern italy, and greece). two more stages to go.

my mission in rome is primarily to ship a box of film and other assorted stuffs home. and then if i can get to the tickets in time tomorrow -- see the pope for wednesday mass.