I'm
now in Firenze, which is pretty much the last stop on my race through
the best Mediterranean cities (and a few others thrown in for good
measure... I guess it's good to leave the sandy beaches and see the
historical sites for a while). If you want to make a large wall map
homage to my journey, you could buy yourself a nice map of Europe and
then draw in the crazy route I took. You know you want to... consider
it a souveneir from me, hah. Unfortunately, it might be the only
souveneir you receive (aside from my lovely photo installations) as I
am not what you would call wealthy at this point or even what you would
call moderately able to afford 3 meals a day for that matter. Do
know that I always see things and tell the people I am with... Man, I
wish I could buy that for (insert your name here if I see something I
know you would like).
So, I know you're saying to yourself, I think I'd like to buy myself that wall map. And so for you, here is my gift... You'd want to start your line in the lovely city of Swansea (that'd be in Wales, no not wHales... it's a place in Britain... but don't tell them that); then you'd want to continue your line through Cardiff and on to Bristol (this is the route I took the train to get to my plane); now you're going to want to draw that line to Barcelona; and then south to Valencia; keep it going south to Alicante; then you're going to draw the line more inland towards Madrid; then back to the coast to San Sebastian; then that line will loop back to Barcelona; and then it'll race off to Nice by first stopping in Montpellier; afterwards it will move on to Venice with a layover at the dot on the map known as Milan; afterwards it will head through the Adriatic Sea and into the Ionian Sea to the Greek Island of Corfu; then you'll loop it back up to Venice and immediately off to Rome; then finally you'll bring it to Florence; to finish the line that completes the Holy Grail, I mean completes the full circle you'll have to wait eagerly for my last few updates.
Today, I went to see the Duomo and the Gates of Paradise that adorn the Florentine Baptistery doors, and then I went to Galleria dell Accademia where David stands at an astonishing height... seriously he's huge.
Well, my frequent updates that I know you all so love to read (hah) will be coming to an end soon. Thanks to all you guys who read them and special thanks if you responded thus giving me something to read when I paid (up to) 8 euro an hour (Venice is sooooo expensive) to get on the computer. There was always something to look forward to reading, which made 6 weeks of being virtually homeless not seem that way at all. When I get back, I'll make sure and respond to any of the messages I haven't had a chance to respond to yet... sometimes I only can get on for about 15 min and so I run out of time reading emails and trying to send out a post to say where I'm currently located. But never fear, I read every word of every email!
So, I know you're saying to yourself, I think I'd like to buy myself that wall map. And so for you, here is my gift... You'd want to start your line in the lovely city of Swansea (that'd be in Wales, no not wHales... it's a place in Britain... but don't tell them that); then you'd want to continue your line through Cardiff and on to Bristol (this is the route I took the train to get to my plane); now you're going to want to draw that line to Barcelona; and then south to Valencia; keep it going south to Alicante; then you're going to draw the line more inland towards Madrid; then back to the coast to San Sebastian; then that line will loop back to Barcelona; and then it'll race off to Nice by first stopping in Montpellier; afterwards it will move on to Venice with a layover at the dot on the map known as Milan; afterwards it will head through the Adriatic Sea and into the Ionian Sea to the Greek Island of Corfu; then you'll loop it back up to Venice and immediately off to Rome; then finally you'll bring it to Florence; to finish the line that completes the Holy Grail, I mean completes the full circle you'll have to wait eagerly for my last few updates.
Today, I went to see the Duomo and the Gates of Paradise that adorn the Florentine Baptistery doors, and then I went to Galleria dell Accademia where David stands at an astonishing height... seriously he's huge.
Well, my frequent updates that I know you all so love to read (hah) will be coming to an end soon. Thanks to all you guys who read them and special thanks if you responded thus giving me something to read when I paid (up to) 8 euro an hour (Venice is sooooo expensive) to get on the computer. There was always something to look forward to reading, which made 6 weeks of being virtually homeless not seem that way at all. When I get back, I'll make sure and respond to any of the messages I haven't had a chance to respond to yet... sometimes I only can get on for about 15 min and so I run out of time reading emails and trying to send out a post to say where I'm currently located. But never fear, I read every word of every email!
