I'm slowly processing the fact that this is my last night in España! I am already thinking about how to make another visit in the future (also, deseo a aprender mas Español to make my next visit more enriching...my grammar is probably off with the verbs, there).
For the last three days I have been in Barcelona. After cities like Sevilla, Córdoba, y Granada, this has definitely been a sensory shift. Barcelona is very modern, very urban. It seems a little...busier? More no-nonsense? Definitely much noisier. It is nice in its own way, but I think my affection is stronger for the other cities I visited.
Tomorrow, I depart for Milan and begin the next phase of my adventure. Here, I really go out on a limb because I know exactly two words of Italian (ciao and grazi). The language barrier is about to get a bit thicker. However, I am eager to learn and discover.
Milan, Italy's center of business and fashion, does not particularly interest me in its own right. I mean, it does host Da Vinci's The Last Supper, but it appears to cost 25-30 Euro to look at for 20 minutes. No, my main interest in Milan is its proximity to the Lakes, and in particular Lago Maggiore and Lago Como (I think I am more drawn to Maggiore because my guidebook doesn't shut up about how much George Clooney likes Lago Como. I mean, I like George Clooney but heaven help me if I visit a place just because actors like it).
As I bid España farewell for now, I reflect on all the lovely people who have hosted me. I will need to make time to do some anonymized personal profiles, because these intimate meetings have been a very special part of the experience so far.
For now, I bid you all good night (or, well, happy afternoon, maybe).
Welcome! Let's walk for a spell. Life is travel: we move, we encounter, we learn. If we stop too long, we start to die. By 2017 I stood in a rut as deep as a grave. Hungry to reclaim life, I clambered out and wandered all the way to Europe. Thus began this blog. Still, not all steps are grand, nor is every moment in motion. This blog, like life, thus has seasons. All of it embraces the lively human journey. If you post, please do so anonymously. This helps protect the integrity of the page.
Friday, June 2, 2017
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You're a true TM in both speech and writing. Reading about your adventures is so great. Safe travels:)
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DeleteAnd that's the gift of travelling alone, all that intimacy!
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