Zackberridge’s Weblog

Well, Ive actually been home now for almost 4 days, but i’m finally caught up with this blog.  I thank everyone for taking the time to read about my adventures.  I tried not to write too much, but enough to give a descent picture of my journeys. I have had an amazing ride throughout Western Europe while meeting new people from all over the world who all seemed as though Ive known for years, eating foods Ive never heard of and half the time couldnt pronounce, trying new beer and wine, playing music with fellow musicians, creating art in cities across the globe, having conversations and debates, having many ups and downs, as well as many new experiences.  It was healthy for my soul to experience such a vast array of cultures and customs.  It was educational as well as an exciting challenge learning French, Dutch, German, Swiss-German, and Italian.  It felt good to confront challenges and to overcome them, no matter the circumstances.  My trip re-enforced my appectance of peoples differences, attitudes, traditions and ideas, and to continue to view everyone as small pieces of the Whole Picture.  To see thru the surface of someone and getting to know their soul as a part of my own is very comforting to me and is no different in my home town than  across the globe, for everyone has the same essence within.  Ignorance is eveywhere, as well as intolerance, however, its our choice how we want to interpret it, accept it, and still continue to love one another.  During my trip I laughed, I smiled, I frowned, I worried, I stressed, I cried, I sang,  I played music, I walked a lot, I travelled, I climbed, I rode, I pondered, I grokked, I made art, I read, I wrote thoughts and ideas,  I spoke positives and negatives……………………………….and all I got was this fucking t-shirt!   

I apologize if the last sentece offended anyone, but I wrote it on the plane ride home, and after the stress I went thru in getting home, it made me laugh really hard when I wrote it, so I had to put it in the blog. Cheers! Zack-World Man