Rubbish

I helped a friend of mine’s mother sort through books the other day.

Her mother is of British decent, and as such typically uses much more eloquence than the average American.

“This book stays, this book goes to Half Price, and this one… is rubbish.”

And that’s my new favourite word.

The sidewalk

From my apartment and to the Sam’s Club entrance off Great Hills Trail, the sidewalk is split into concrete sections.

These sections are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 strides long.

I don’t know what that translates to in terms of meters or feet – but it works well enough for me.

I prefer the even-stride ones, because I can start each new section with the same foot. This brings order to the chaos of the universe, somehow.

And that is good.

0500

It’s 5am.

Again.

Man, jet lag is fun.

I am currently working on penning the long story of our sometimes-whirlwind-other-times-very-slow trip through Europe.

It’s going to be long, that’s for sure.

Next stop: Venice

I’m writing this from the ferry between Corfu and Venice – last night we took the bus to the town of Corfu (main city – as opposed to the island), and crashed overnight in a hotel near the docks.

This morning it was up at 5am to check in for the boat, which left at 7. It then headed to Igoumenitsa, before turning around and making the trip to Venice.

Everything is still doing well – we’re alive, my foot only bothers me a little (I should have noted earlier that I got a big blister, which then proceeded to crack open, etc… It’s kind of nasty, but only bothers me sometimes.)

Anyway, the tricky thing about this boat trip, was the fact that we only could make a “Deck fare” reservation. Then, once on the boat, we had to put down on a waiting list for the cabin upgrade. The upgrade was successful, btw.

I’ll hopefully have some pictures of the other “Deck fare” passengers… It’s interesting, much different from previous ferry rides, with people just sleeping anywhere possible.

Anyway, time is running out (to the tune of 1 EUR/10 minutes). I’ll hopefully write more later.

Tarra!

Greece

Is awesome. Really. Awesome.

The food is delicious, the weather good (but windy), and the people friendly.

We’re staying in an old Villa on top of a mountain on the far north-west point of Corfu. I’ll finagle a map somehow sometime, if I get around to it.

We rented two scooters to scoot around the island. Today we went back to the main town to secure our tickets for the trip to Venice.

Life is good.

Hopefully I’ll have uploaded a picture for this.

Still alive

We’re in Brindisi, Italy – a few adventures along the way, but still alive.

There was the brain for dinner, the 5am taxi ride, and the endless hours spent sitting on a train.

There was also the surprise visit in Milano, the night train (try sleeping when you’re jerked awake every hour), and the wonderful hospitality at the hostel here in Brindisi.

We’re waiting to find out plans for how to get to the ferry, so I thought I’d post a quick update.

Until we speak again….

Europe, day two

I must say, typing on a French keyboard is quite the experience.

We arrived in Geneva yesterday morning at 7am, a lot earlier than we thought we’d arrive.

The day was spent bumming around downtown, while looking for a restaurant that Daniel’s parents recommended. “Relais de l’Entrecote” Apparently their specialty is rib meat with french fries, with some green sauce on the meat.

It was very good, and they had free seconds.

Then we took the TGV (French fast train) to Marseille, where we walked around the City for a while, then met up with some people from couchsurfing.com. Gerry, a local, was gracious enough to let us stay the night.

I think we’re off to the beach now. Tarra!