The one with the final comments

The bad:

Public transportation up north where I live is horrendous. 

So I get around a lot, like most people, by hitchhiking. I've gotten used to it, but sometimes it is a real pain in the arse. I think I would have been much happier if I had a car for only those two weeks of the excavation. 

I wanted to spend more time with everybody and go out to the pub at night with them, but unfortunately that didn't happen. 

The good:

Google translate is bringing the people closer together. The fact that I can even translate Facebook posts on the spot, is just brilliant. With one click I can translate an entire page from Swedish to English, although, it's still not perfect, it does the job most of the time.

General thoughts:

We are very much the same.

We use the same public network, talk on the same mobile phone, watch the same films, read the same books, etc. There are certain variations, but it's not that different as a whole. It definitely helps to bridge geographical and language gaps. I'm also aware that I'm referring to students, mostly, and to the ones that are actually curious, broad minded and connected to the contemporary world (FB, Iphone 5 and the big bang theory).

Closing thoughts:

I'm glad I don't have to get up at 5am anymore. 

I miss some of the new people I've met, and I hope to see them again in the future. 

I should have kept a flint to put on my shelf.

"Be excellent to each other"
'til next time...