Well,
again,
sorry for
being inconsistent with my blogging. If
it makes up for
it, I
am having a
great time in Europe.
Denmark was alright,
nothing really special truthfully.
After that I
messed up some scheduling, and
only got to spend 1
night in
Berlin. I
somehow double
booked Denmark and
Berlin at the same time...
stupid.
The one night was fun there though, and I
will for sure
make it back there before I
depart to spend some real time there. I
saw a man
wearing a
rubber tank top
like 5 minutes
into my evening and I
was blown away.
From the little I
saw,
the Germans are
awesome.
From there I
went to Amsterdam.
Amsterdam is a
good time, I
had fun.
Spent about 4 or 5
days there and
then bailed off
to Paris. Paris
was beautiful. I
really liked the Louvre and standing
at the Eiffel Tower was a trip. I
never thought I
would be there. I met
this Australian guy, Julian,
at the place I
was at and
he was super cool
so we cruised around together.
We had some good laughs, and
became locals at a
small bar
down the way.
We went in
there my first night in France and I
guess we were legendary that night.
The next night we showed up and
we got handshakes and
such and
were greeted by almost the whole staff.
We were cracking
up.
They had this Belgian beer there that I love,
called Leffe Blonde.
It is a
real man-soda.
They get ya. I
think they are about 10-12%
alc by volume? I
can't remember.
They're good though. I
highly suggest them. I
covered a lot
of Paris
though,
even saw Notre Dame.
That was very impressive,
even though all I
could think about
was hunchbacks and
how uncommon they are
now.
I've seen a
few, but I
was thinking maybe it was more
common back in
medieval times,
like polio or
the measles.
Is there any correlation between huntchbackism and
scoliosis?
I've seen a lot
of people with lazy eyes in Europe.
It freaks me out. I
thought I
was getting a
lazy eye once.
It looked like I
had one in
my college grad picture. I
was not happy. Once
thing I have
realized though is how I
never get hassled by bums or
street folk
anymore...
which really makes me
wonder. In
all truth,
not exaggerating on
this one bit, a
bum seriously offered me
one of his beers one day and
then proceeded to pat me on
the back and
then walked away from me
having never even spoken to the man. I
felt bad about
taking his beer,
so I
told him no. But
jeeze,
talk about
having to take a long look in
the mirror after that one. Oh
well,
I'm havin a
good time.
I am now in the south of France, in Nice. Just arrived here today with some luck. I had to battle my way onto the train. They told me all the trains today were full and I would have to take the night train... I called their bluff and found out the train number and all that garbage and ended up sprinting to make the first train and missed it buy seriously about 10 seconds. The doors just closed and I watched it creep away as I turned down the boarding area. I only had to wait 2 hours for the next one and you know I was the first person on that train. I got lucky and only had to move out of someone seat one time. I've had it before where I sneak on a full train and you have to keep playing musical chairs and then you end up just wandering around looking for open seats. In France though they are more strict and my shenanigans don't fly, they make you buy a reservation even once you are on the train. Which is still cheaper than reserving it online where you have to pay handling fees and all that lame jazz. I'm having so much fun seeing how much I can get away with for free. I use my Eurorail pass like its a police badge. I show it to tram operators and bus drivers so sternly that they just get confused and let me on for free. If I could get away with using it in a taxi I would be so happy. I hope no one from the Eurorail company reads my blog and rats me out.
Anyways, I am in Nice for a couple days, then heading to Barcelona, then Madrid to see what my brother dealt with, thennnn to Portugal? I don't know. I want to try to get a boat from Spain to Italy. I think they have them? Maybe a luxury cruise? I would actually rather hop on a fishing boat and work for my travel. That would be awesome. I think thats possible. I am going to look into such things. Alright well, I feel like I have done a good blog. I am going to get some shut-eye and hit the beach tomorrow and get some sun on my pasty belly, and some salt water in my eyes. Goodnight.
