A posting from my travel journal I made a month ago...
It seems like it was just yesterday I was with Erica browsin’ the latest street fashion at Pull and Bear and basking in two hours of fado over dinner in Lisbon;
sunbathing at the beach in Barcelona with Anne listening to the monotonous drink and massage vendors blend into the spanish seaside or mingling with locals and tourists at Taller de Tapas;
trotting down Mary King’s Close and throwing back Scottish malt with my honeys Ching-Yin, Maria, Hetal and Depal;
trashin it out at a trailor park in Pisa with two Taiwanese backpackers;
cutting through Florentine beefsteak with some old Italian friends Domenico and Valentina;
Chillin’ at Clara’s hostel with Derrick, Shiu, Shawnee, Derek, Bryan and Phyllis;
practicing my Italian with Marcena and Lucia in Poppi while learning Tuscan kitchen secrets with Grazia and Mario;
havin a pint while watchin an English/South African football match in an Irish pub full of Australians in Italy and lounging at the much famed Monte Carla with Grant, Drew, Trent, Adam and Haley;
overnighting it on a train from Firenze to Nice with Ruth, Stephanie (2 Newfies),Dan and Braden (2 fellow Calgarians);
biking through the vineyards of Provence tasting some of the world’s finest wines with my bud Lou and his girl France,
immersed in conversations with the Jacquel-Blancs and climbing the rocks at Rochefort with him and his bro Antoine;
running around Genova and trekking through the seaside hills of Cinque Terre with Jennifer;
helping my best German-Italian friend Markus with his never-ending quest for girls in Rome;
chillin’ it holy stylz with Mase and Yung in Vatican city
or taking a trip to heaven at Gioliti with Adriana and
having a beer or a glass of wine with Canio, Caroline and Beppe;
winding through old city streets during nippy Prague evenings for some Thai food with Alex and Blanka and
finally, bummin’ it out with Nicky during frosty mornings over Austrian soft-boiled eggs and standing at the Viennese opera house to take in the sweet symphony of Beethoven’s Fidelio - this is so until the curtain closes on a drawn out round of applause; an applause to a life changing experience…
thank you friends.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Waking to the wind and rain tapping against the window pane behind me, I open my eyes and just lie there staring at the white ceiling above me. Staring blankly, and thinking… today, is my LAST day of four weeks (six including Spain, Portugal and Scotland) of my European adventures. The feelings are very surreal right now as the last few weeks blew by like a whirlwind - however at the same time, I was also looking forward heading to my “home” in Amsterdam and no longer have to worry about where I will be sleeping, what to eat, or what sites to see next. Nevertheless, I will miss the visits, travels and meeting with some of my oldest and newest friends in Europe.
Waking to the wind and rain tapping against the window pane behind me, I open my eyes and just lie there staring at the white ceiling above me. Staring blankly, and thinking… today, is my LAST day of four weeks (six including Spain, Portugal and Scotland) of my European adventures. The feelings are very surreal right now as the last few weeks blew by like a whirlwind - however at the same time, I was also looking forward heading to my “home” in Amsterdam and no longer have to worry about where I will be sleeping, what to eat, or what sites to see next. Nevertheless, I will miss the visits, travels and meeting with some of my oldest and newest friends in Europe.
It seems like it was just yesterday I was with Erica browsin’ the latest street fashion at Pull and Bear and basking in two hours of fado over dinner in Lisbon; 
sunbathing at the beach in Barcelona with Anne listening to the monotonous drink and massage vendors blend into the spanish seaside or mingling with locals and tourists at Taller de Tapas;
trotting down Mary King’s Close and throwing back Scottish malt with my honeys Ching-Yin, Maria, Hetal and Depal; 
trashin it out at a trailor park in Pisa with two Taiwanese backpackers; 
cutting through Florentine beefsteak with some old Italian friends Domenico and Valentina; 
Chillin’ at Clara’s hostel with Derrick, Shiu, Shawnee, Derek, Bryan and Phyllis; 
practicing my Italian with Marcena and Lucia in Poppi while learning Tuscan kitchen secrets with Grazia and Mario; 
havin a pint while watchin an English/South African football match in an Irish pub full of Australians in Italy and lounging at the much famed Monte Carla with Grant, Drew, Trent, Adam and Haley; 
overnighting it on a train from Firenze to Nice with Ruth, Stephanie (2 Newfies),Dan and Braden (2 fellow Calgarians); 
biking through the vineyards of Provence tasting some of the world’s finest wines with my bud Lou and his girl France, 
immersed in conversations with the Jacquel-Blancs and climbing the rocks at Rochefort with him and his bro Antoine; 
running around Genova and trekking through the seaside hills of Cinque Terre with Jennifer; 
helping my best German-Italian friend Markus with his never-ending quest for girls in Rome; 
chillin’ it holy stylz with Mase and Yung in Vatican city 
or taking a trip to heaven at Gioliti with Adriana and 
having a beer or a glass of wine with Canio, Caroline and Beppe; 
winding through old city streets during nippy Prague evenings for some Thai food with Alex and Blanka and 
finally, bummin’ it out with Nicky during frosty mornings over Austrian soft-boiled eggs and standing at the Viennese opera house to take in the sweet symphony of Beethoven’s Fidelio - this is so until the curtain closes on a drawn out round of applause; an applause to a life changing experience…
thank you friends.
2 comments:
wow reading your blog is depressing. Depressing in a happy, "o' the memories" kind of way (from your point of view) ... go stare at Kyan some more....
I'm glad you have such great memories of your time abroad. Warm fuzzies all over, Carlson - though i do agree with Eldon on the sad/sweetness of it.
Listen, you are missed in Amsterdam, and I'll say it again - it would be very cool to have you back (Ok, I'll get off the soapbox now). But you know - Vancouver is a great second option ;)
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