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When being at home is easier

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I'm safely home after my walk.  Would I still like to be out there?  Yes.  But it's also good to be somewhere familiar (1) again.


When I go away, I like experiencing new things.  It doesn't matter if I'm somewhere with a different language.  Somehow everything will work out.


And it did.  But this time, I am also enjoying being home.  Although I made it with my basic French (and help from English-speaking French people and online translators), it is easier to speak English (or German).  


It is also good to know exactly where I am sleeping each night.  I had booked all the places I stayed before I left, so I knew I had a bed.  However, because I was in a different place nearly every night, I had to find my hotel, guesthouse, or whatever.  They weren't always directly on the Way of St James, so sometimes I had to walk even further (2).

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