Okay, suffice it to say, I had a legendary time on my vacation. That fact became even more apparent as I sat in my cubicle today, relegated once again to the drudgery of the day-to-day clock puncher.
But, it's like when there's water coming in slowly in your boat, you can use your bucket and throw some of the water out a little at a time. This would have been me blogging somewhat regularly on the journey.
Instead, my boat was sunk with a deluge of pure awesome, and thus it would be a disservice for me to try to collaborate the whole thing into one coherent streamlined post now.
So, bullets:
- A guy gave us free circus tickets when we were waiting in line for them. Presumably based solely on the inescapable magnetism of Slavic attractiveness. I promised to note this and pay it forward, I'm still working on that part. I gave pretty good tips based on the culture, so my karma has that going for it, which is nice.
- Swine flu. When your sole source of news is front page headlines, rather than the slow trickle of the internet, it can be pretty crazy to see news of some pandemic. But, I actually think I heard of it on British TV. So moot point.
- Swine flu. I think I may have it. Cest la vie.
- I learned about teamwork in school and even at work. And I agree with its principals.
- 2 Nights in Madrid (hotel), 2 Nights in Seville (hostel), 2 Nights in Granada (hostel), 2 Nights in Madrid (hotel). For the record.
- Note: Poland doesn't necessarily represent Europe. People aren't all sad, stand offish, and generally pissed off everywhere. Who knew. And the cities can be just as old and cool.
- Spending Euros can be confusing and disheartening. It's like a constant reminder that America isn't the most powerful currency. Zimbabwe is. Remember that.
- Trains are not obsolete. In fact, they are as lete as ever. And maybe the best chugga-chugga "Go to sleep" rhythm available on modern transportate.
- I infact lost weight on my vacation despite not doing my usual "cardio", eating pretty much as I pleased, and drinking. This is all due to the power of walking. If only we could somehow contract our cities here, people would walk more and be healthy. Can you hear that over the sound of your heart simultaneously ex and imploding, Houston?
- Nothing can buy or replace pure human experience. Nothing. Your 401K might tank, but your memory never will. Unless you get Alzheimer's.
That's all I can muster right now. Let it ride.
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