meet me further down the line...
well here i am, six weeks deep, with a profound respect for a lot of new things. i have packed europe in only my rainbows, my feet are now a permanent shade of black on the bottom. what can i say, it has been an amazing summer. salamanca was unbelievable, i learned spanish, i learned what staying out all night actually is, and i couldnt have asked for a better group of friends to do it with. portugal is portugal, its too out of the way for mainstream american travel and its a good thing because its one of the coolest places ive ever been. traveling to england solo was also one of the best decisions that ive made. you get a sense of independence that you cant find anywhere else when you do something like that. its truly liberating. we had a blast in nice, kind of a nice break from 5am clubbing and defintately a welcome change from the cardboard i was sleeping on in hostels. i realized that instead of being bored all the time that if i learned how to read a book i could occupy hours of train/plane time. this has been quite a discovery for me. past that i cant really describe what happened this summer. it has been the best time i have ever had and its beyond words. i am chilling in my hotel room in paris now, its 550am. i cant sleep, but im glad because maybe it will put me out on the plane. this terrorist business is quite scary, paris is on lockdown every where. i flew out of gatwick last week and now its all over the news. also scary. last night i got on the internet and found the hard rock cafe here. yea call me a tourist but i have had some serious ranch dressing withdrawls. i ate a cheeseburger that was entirely too large and greasy with some fries that i soaked in ranch. unfortunately they did not have bud light or natural light, but i made do with a bloody mary and a studweiser. today i got up and did absolutely nothing (except going to subway and having a few afternoon cocktails followed by a nap). it was excellant, i just laid around and watched about 6 consecutive hours of BBC repeating the same thing over and over. "Top stories this morning (the same thing we have been talking about for a month) Hezballah and Israel. Still fighting. Attempted plane bombings in London. London. Attempted Plane bombings in London. London scared. Israel kills ten more children/terrorists. Good for them." Its kind of ridiculous, but at least they keep you updated. Its nice to watch foreign news because you at least get a more worldly perspective on everything thats going on. I am dissapointed that I just heard the UN passed a resolution to stop the fighting. I was hoping Israel would have a chance to drop a few nukes (a few as in 40) and possibly destroy everything in the middle east. Thats a solution to peace process, if they are all dead then there is no one to suicide bomb our planes and buildings and shit. if the arabs dont want that kind of publicity and connotaion associated with their religion, then heres an idea, quit being terrorists. i mean really, they hide behind towels and sell oil, how much more scandalous could they be? (they have been whining on british tv all day about islamic racisim, i wonder why...) .i have been dreaming about that orange and blue for a few weeks now, im starting to get a knot in my stomach. boys ill see you on sunday, its going to be a ridiculous year...
so heres the end of my tale, a great one it has been, full of adventures and stories no one will ever believe, but i was here and i still dont believe half of what happened so. anyway thats it, lo es fin, sweet home alabama, lord im comin home to you
posted by Graham Potter @ 10:45:00 PM
