Except for missing a connecting train by mere seconds (seriously, sliding doors style) I got home without a hitch. Despite my hosts being asleep, they heard me ring the bell and I was let in. Even though it was beyond 12:30am, I stayed up awhile before happily laying down to sleep on my comfy air mattress. No…
Month: January 2017
The Vagabond in the Van
Como una vaga. That’s the Spanish phrase my mother used to say anytime I was out and about for too long. As if it’s a bad thing to lose track of time exploring or talking to friends about the world beyond small town life. Well intentioned, but it framed wandering as something I shouldn’t do and only further built…
Friday 6th January – Hmm, Mercedes or Porsche?
What the hell? This time, the chronic snorer was right below me and he went all night. Unbelievable. In the morning, two different alarms went off around 7:30am, when my body was starting to wake up. I don’t appreciate people who set alarms then don’t get up because all they’ve done is worken up everyone…
Thursday 5th January – BMW Brainwash
I didn’t need an alarm this morning, I was woken up by two different people’s alarms, after which there was no movement so I got up for the shower before anyone else could. Good move. I was at breakfast by 8am and I chilled out in the dining room for a while why I ate….
Wednesday 4th January – Snow in Munich
The bus ride went off without a hitch. I was upset not to have a free seat beside me, but I must have a nice face, because another lady flying solo chose to sit by me. I was grateful for some extra space when she got off the bus at our first stop seemingly in…
Tuesday 3rd January – Bla Bla, Nah
I had to wait for the bathroom this morning, ah the joys of hostel life, but it was only for a few minutes. I was happy that I wouldn’t be sleeping here again. Still in recovery/relaxed mode, I walked around the corner to the same café I’d had breakfast at yesterday. The waitress recognised me…
Monday 2nd January – Jobs in Prague
I’d found out the previous night that there was a free walking tour of Old Town offered at 11am so that was my only plan for the day. I didn’t feel ill this morning, so maybe this is it! Maybe I’m better! I will still play it extra cautious. I woke up at 8am, much…
Sunday 1st January – I Miss My Van
I woke up around 9am feeling hungover despite the previous night’s drinking diet of only water. During the night I’d been up a few times to go to the toilet, I was sick with the virus again. There was nothing solid inside me, only liquid, and I could feel it churning uncomfortably in my stomach…
Saturday 31st December – A War Zone to Bring in the New Year
I slept well, but I soon discovered my bowels weren’t behaving again. I told Alex as much and we devised that the milk products I’d had in his creamy and egg-yolky salmon pasta had sent me backwards the first time and Juja’s creamy and egg-yolky avocado pasta from the night before had done the same….
Friday 30th December – Outside!
Blue skies, tummy no longer rumbling, maybe this was it? Maybe I’m better! I went brave this morning at breakfast and had marmalade on my toast, but still kept it pretty light. I was itching to get outside, feeling better than I had in days. We ended up rushing out the door to get Sabrina…